Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

From a post on the GQRP Yahoo group.... "On the IARU Region 1 website Colin Thomas, G3PSM, reports on progress in Mainz towards an Am...

Yesterday we had a sudden shock when my wife was rushed into Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge suffering from severe back pains and sicknes...

A couple of times in the last few days the Reverse Beacon Network (a worldwide network of receiving stations automatically uploading spots ...

The "team" today This afternoon Andrew G6ALB, Ted G4NUA and I got together to finish building the "Sputnik" transmit...

Most of today 10m was relatively quiet here with just inter-G WSPR reports. I was about to switch things off when I noted a report from CX2A...

Starting with reports of my QRP WSPR signal from VK6BN at 0640z, the day on 10m has been simply amazing. The band has been WIDE open to all...

Having just got back from France I switched on the FT817 on 10m to find the band wide open. Not that much on SSB (W4, 5B4 etc) but on WSPR w...

If things go to plan, there should be a 3 page article of mine in the October RadCom. As I am away in France I've no idea if this appear...

After many years I am thinking of upgrading my "main" HF/6m rig and these are my main options. Any views on which one to go for? ...

Enjoying a few days in the Perigord region of France with excellent scenery, history, food and wine. Rural France remains very unspoilt and ...