Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Base loaded whip and battery operated FT817 on Dartmoor With 2.5W SSB and the short vertical on the car I had more fun today, this time ...

Thurlestone, Devon This afternoon I enjoyed the beautiful coastline of the South Hams of Devon whilst doing some operating with the FT81...

Reading Julian G4ILO's excellent blog I noticed he mentioned the Youkits TJ2B 4 band HF SSB/CW transceiver from China.  The spec of ...

As I prepare for my West Country holiday with my brother next week, I'm amused to see the QST advert for the Elecraft KX3 in use in v...

Operating pedestrian portable in South Devon Next week, I am off to South Devon to stay with my brother for a few days. This time, I am ...

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/rlapthorn As part of our de-cluttering session before we move, I've listed some more items on eBay . This ...

At the moment I'm still pondering the bands to try at my new QTH in a few months from now.  One possibility is 23cms, a band I have ne...

http://www.hamsphere.com It is some years since I tried the QSOnet and Hamsphere virtual amateur radio systems. These are virtual rep...

The ExtremeTech website has reported a possible major major (i.e. game changing) breakthrough in Li-Ion battery technology with the headlin...

With the recent upsurge in interest in long range optical communications it is easy to forget that optical data communications over long dis...