Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Today, this should be quite good for this part of the solar cycle, but a lot will depend on 10m activity. So far, I have been active for abo...

Stock markets around the world seem to want to tumble. This may be a correction (and relatively short lived) or the start of a prolonged d...

Last night, 20 unique stations spotted. This is quite a good number.  Again, all were EU stations with none from the USA.

Solar flux is 78 today and the sunspot number a respectable 35. A=6 and K=0.

After a really disappointing day on 10m FT8 RX, I have returned to 630m WSPR RX. Already 8 unique stations spotted with best DX EA5DOM (152...

It appears the FT817nd replacement (the FT818) has been granted FCC approval. Details are sketchy and all my information so far is second-ha...

Have been on 10m FT8 RX for about an hour. DO1MBV (721km) is the only station spotted so far. UPDATE 1750z: No further 10m FT8 spots here...

Freesias, with their fantastic scent, brighten up dull winter days. Even with the remnants of my cold, I can still smell these.

With 20 unique stations spotted overnight (all EU) on the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground, this was a pretty decent eveni...

If you are after a truly miniature transceiver maybe this will fit the bill? It is also sold via Amazon, but when I looked it said "c...