Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This weekend we have "Burwell at Large", which is a 2 day exhibition at which village groups have a chance to showcase themselve...

According to Southgate News, China is to launch a couple of lunar satellites which will send data on 70cms. The Chinese also plan a lunar r...

Solar flux is 68 today and the sunspot number 15 (quite high for recent times). A=12 and K=3.

After yesterday's foray onto 20m, today I have returned to 2m FT8 mainly RX. Just before breakfast I called CQ and was reported by a c...

My wife made this collage earlier.

As far as I recall I had never tried FT8 RX on 20m. In the past I took a peak at 20m JT65. Within just a few minutes I was copying all a...

Solar flux is 68 today and the sunspot number zero again. A=20 and K=3.

For about 90 minutes I have been on 472kHz (630m) WSPR RX. So far 8 uniques spotted in 5 countries with best DX EA5DOM (1525km). This is pr...

For years we have seen these attractive birds around our Close. Then, a couple of months ago, they disappeared. Today, a couple were out...

18 MARCH 2018 : HACK GREEN BUNKER RALLY Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, French Lane, Hack Green, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8AL. This will ...