Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Once again, after many years, Kingsbridge in Devon has trains again. The light railway is again running along the side of the water delighti...

I am nearly 68 and an Old Age Pensioner. Today, I lost my lone baby tooth that was still in my mouth. For all this time it had remained unti...

This was a project started before my stroke, but it is a reminder that 10m is always a good band for cross-town nattering. It is not a co...

The lower VHF bands are becoming less popular for professional users as antennas on handhelds are long and there is Es interference from ti...

This morning I got an email from Waters and Stanton offering 5% off in a "post Black Friday" deal. I expect MLS will be doing simi...

As you know if you read this regularly, I was not active overnight. I returned to 10m JT65 around breakfast time, but no spots as yet. UP...

Solar flux is 83 today (this is quite good for where we are in the solar cycle). Sunspot number is 59. A=4 and K=1. I wonder what joys 10m J...

Tonight, overnight, I am not on any band. I went QRT on 10m JT65 about an hour ago and should be back in the morning around breakfast time.

Southgate News has a link to a nice review of the Elecraft KX2 transceiver. The KX2 is smaller than the KX3 but is ideal for QRP portable u...

After a rather disappointing evening and overnight on 630m WSPR, I QSYed to 10m JT65 at breakfast time today. As yet, no spots given or rece...