Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Quite a decent night with 17 different stations spotted with best DX EA7HPM (1726km). All were received on the earth-electrode "antenn...

Solar flux is 69 and the SSN 0.  A=5 and K=1.

My dad did not mince words. If he was still alive he would say, "they couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery". How right he...

After the daylight hours on 10m FT8 RX with just UK spots, I have now returned to 472kHz (630m) WSPR RX. 2 spots already with G1GKN (99km) t...

After a walk around the village we ate at the Packhorse Inn. The last time we ate here was March 2017 and it seems to have gone downhill. ...

Until reminded by Facebook yesterday, I had forgotten that N1BUG was spotted here on this band last year on the earth-electrode "ante...

Overnight, I was on 160m FT8 RX. Quite a reasonable night with best DX HK3PJ (8482km) in South America. In all, 7 North Americans, 1 Caribb...

Solar flux is 69 today and the sunspot number 0. A=6 and K=2.

About 10 minutes ago I QSYed from 160m to 10m FT8 RX. As yet, no spots. UPDATE 1015z : One station spotted so far: G4HZW (212km). UPDA...

For a change, I decided NOT to venture on to 10m today. No doubt I will have missed the best day for months! My normal pattern is 10m FT8 in...