Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Solar flux is 71 today and the sunspot number is 11. A=5 and K=1.

As we are near the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, I have been on 6m MSK144 RX overnight and this morning. I decided to look around 50.28...

At about 1830z I turned off the 10m WSPR TX beacon (no spots all day) and moved from FT8 RX on 50.313MHz to 6m MSK144 RX on 50.280MHz. I...

Since mid-morning I have been on 6m FT8 RX. So far, 8 countries spotted. Although I have also been on 10m WSPR TX (500mW), no 10m spots toda...

Tonight, I will try MSK144 on 50.280MHz RX. The Perseid meteor shower peaks, so there is a good chance of copying many European stations by ...

There is a crisis brewing. The North Koreans are treading dangerously. The USA is being provoked and Trump is a loose cannon. If the USA f...

This has been posted before, but it is to show amateur radio need not be expensive or hard. I built this antenna in minutes and it worked...

Solar flux is 71 today and the sunspot number 11. A=4 and K=1.

Finally, I went QRT on all bands about 1930z. I may go on again tomorrow.

My wife said she heard thunder, so I have disconnected everything again. At the moment it is rain, rain, rain. Tomorrow looks better. I susp...