Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Solar flux is 75 today and the SSN 25. A=7 and K=2.

It rained today in Porto, northern Portugal. In fact as I write it is probably typically English weather - a mix of mist and rain! One o...

This ham gathering is perhaps one of the biggest in the world and a place, traditionally, where the big manufacturers launch new products, o...

It is a very long time since I was fit enough to do serious project building work, but I know that buying crystals, unless you are buying ve...

Solar flux is 78 and the SSN 27. A=5 and K=0.

The IARU VHF/UHF Region 1 Newsletter has details of the FM 2m QSO between ZS3 and ZD7, See  https://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/vhfuhsshf

Southgate News is a good source of information about amateur radio, Today includes news of a big solar flare amongst other snippets.

Today, I saw my first swifts (birds) this year. They migrate up from Africa, returning in August. The only problem was these were in norther...

Solar flux is 78 today and the sunspot number 27 (quite decent for this part of the cycle). A=5 and K=0. It looks to me as of we have passed...

As this is the first Tuesday in the month, it is the RSGB's UKAC activity contest starting at 1900z for 2.5 hours. Activity levels are u...