Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

32nd CANVEY RADIO AND ELECTRONICS RALLY, Feb 5th (Sunday) The Paddocks Community Centre, Long Road, Canvey Island, SS8 0JA. Doors open a...

For about a day, I went on 20m JT65. It was too easy, with spots all across Europe and the USA even with 2W and a poor antenna on 20m. HF ...

Solar flux is 75 today. Sunspot number is 40.  A=21 and K=4 .

472kHz WSPR TX last night - a great night! Last night was, without a shadow of a doubt, the best night so far this season. My 5mW ERP fr...

Cambridge is famous for its Backs and Colleges. This is a view along Trinity Street. Lots of bikes!  Kings is about 400m further along on ...

At 1418z I closed down on 14MHz JT65 (2W) and started up on 472kHz WSPR (5mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna"). It usually t...

Solar flux is 76 today and sunspot number 28. A=29 and K=4.

Being lazy, I left the rig and PC on 20m JT65 overnight and it is still on as I write. My own signal is being widely spotted around Europe....

A few days ago we went for a walk at nearby Anglesey Abbey and saw these mute swans near the water mill.  They are always there.  In the s...

First I moved to 10m JT65. Then I moved to 20m JT65. I called a couple of stations calling CQ but without success. Of late, I have been beac...