Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

As I write this we have just over one hour to go of this year. In some parts of the world it is already the new year. For me, it has been a ...

With my voice still poor (stroke) and still the same few reappearing night after night on 472kHz, I think my challenge for 2016 will be to w...

So far, 3 spots from FY5KE (7110km) on 10m WSPR, Nobody else spotting me today.

Newmarket Horses Newmarket, the worldwide home of horse racing, is just 4 miles away. We do most of our food shopping there - mostly in ...

There is still no news (at least not that I have heard) regarding the UK availability of this transceiver or its price here in the UK with i...

Solar flux has dipped to 98 and sunspot number is 34 today (K=4). 10m conditions are expected to remain "poor" today. Currently ...

This morning, there was an odd sight in the sky. I think it is called "the Sun", although it seems a long time since we last saw i...

See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/december/another_eo79_transponder_activation.htm . It is some years ago that I successfully had...

Someone has been posting comments on recent posts in the attempt to add links for free advertising. Be aware that these comments have been d...

After an abortive outing on 10m and 6m WSPR, I have returned to 630m (472kHz) WSPR a few minutes ago. G3KEV (232km) has already spotted my ...