Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

According to the Rocket Radio website , AM and SSB will be allowed for UK CB users (for the first time) from July 2014. There will no doubt ...

According to the tracking data, my new Dell PC has been dispatched from their factory and should be here soon. Assuming all is well, I shall...

Netgear Wifi Extender We had intermittent internet coverage in our main bedroom so I invested in a Netgear wi-fi range extender this ...

Ignore what recently published 10m band plans may say - 10m AM is alive and well just above 29MHz with most 10m AM between 29 and 29.1MHz. ...

At the moment I am unable to do any amateur radio operation in my shack for the next few days. Firstly, my shack  has been taken over to h...

Both my PCs are playing up today. Firstly, the Dell Inspiron 630m, XP OS, is getting very tired and refuses to boot up today.  Several key...

I am looking forward to this new GPS frequency locked 432.430MHz beacon GB3UHF near Wrotham Kent (IO91) becoming active. It is to be co-si...

Today I have returned to MF WSPRing., The antenna is currently my very short Marconi which consists of a very short vertical wire (1.5 to 2m...

PY2RN is putting in a COLOSSAL +9dB S/N signal on 10m WSPR at 1854z with 5W and I just wonder if this is perhaps TEP assisted? Chordal hop ...

After a few days on 40m, I have QSYed back to 2W on 10m WSPR. 4X1RF is already spotting me  but no signals at any real distance are yet bei...