Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

See http://w5olf.com . As a user for several months of a W5OLF WSPR 10m beacon OK I am biased. However, if your interest is a small WSP...

Well, I was delighted, honoured and surprised, to get a nice letter from the RSGB today. In it, it said I'd been awarded the Wortley-T...

So the 10m band has yet again opened across the Atlantic with  KB4SC (6560km) spotting my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon at 1312z and several times ...

Sunspot number is little changed at 43. 10m propagation is expected to be "fair". This morning, the usual suspects UR/SWL56, 4X1RF...

I have remained on 472kHz WSPR and intend to continue through the night, but being Wednesday, Windows may try to install updates in the midd...

This is not amateur radio.... Today we visited Oxburgh Hall , looked after by the National Trust, in Norfolk.  This is a fine moated house...

Several USA stations spotted my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon today, despite the low sunspot number and only "fair" 10m conditions. The ...

This afternoon, I'll be giving my 40m Pixie another outing on 7.023MHz. I'll take a look on the Reverse Beacon Network to see if I ...

Sunspot number has slipped again and stands at just 38 today. 10m propagation is expected to be "fair". Already 4X1RF (3519km) ...

Just 5 QSOs this evening on 2m SSB (5W pep) with best DX 204km to G7RAU on the Isle of Wight. As my antenna would still not rotate (bolts t...