Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Solar flux is 70 and the sunspot number 13. A=3 and K=1. Are we seeing the first tentative indications of cycle 25? The spots reappeared qui...

Since about 2030z, I have been on 472kHz WSPR (10mW ERP 20%, 80% RX). At the moment I cannot access the WSPRnet database, so I have no idea ...

On average, solar flux has been improving since last July. OK, we are still very much in the doldrums and the sunspot count is still poor, b...

Photo credit: Kyknos own work Small, remote, islands have always fascinated me. I was puzzled why Croatia seemed to go way out in the Ad...

After a brief CQ call (2.5W), I am now on 10m FT8 RX.  Local G4WSZ (12km) spotted my CQ and the only station spotted on 10m FT8 RX, so far...

An old editor of Practical Wireless contacted me yesterday about Bill G4PJ .  Bill, a SK for many years, lived in Salcombe, Devon and was my...

In all, 10 North Americans spotted overnight on 160m FT8 RX. So, perhaps 160m conditions are still good and the other night, when so few Nor...

Solar flux is 69 and the sunspot number 0. A=12 and K=3. Still feels like sunspot minimum to me.

For about 20 minutes now, I have been on 160m FT8 RX using the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. As on previous evenings,...

This may be morbid, but I very much hope this poem is read at my funeral. As many know, I came from Salcombe, Devon. You may have to click t...