Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

After a few days' break, I have returned to WSPR on 472kHz. As before, I am using about 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna...

Southgate News has a piece on a possible "beginners licence" to encourage VHF/UHF activity. This would be non-technical and with ...

Back in the summer we had a bad experience at Bill's in Peterborough. Bill's is a big cafe chain and they usually quite good. I ...

As I was in Cambridge today, I felt compelled to carry out some research. As I stood outside a shop in Cambridge today I observed the use...

As 10m was dire here yesterday, I decided to try 20m FT8 RX using the tiny wire loop on the back of the rig indoors. I made the switch yeste...

Solar flux is 66 and the SSN=0. A=6 and K=2.

Sunday 13 OCTOBER : HORNSEA AMATEUR RADIO RALLY Floral Hall, Hornsea HU18 1NQ. Doors open at 10am with admission being £2 with under 14s f...

I am not sure what I think about this. It seems to me to be totally wrong if the UK government is subsidising fossil fuels when we should...

Unless there is a metaphorical rabbit about to be pulled out of a hat, I think the UK Prime Minister is about to see the total annihilation ...

This was the first HF rig I bought, back in 1979. It was 10W on all the then HF bands. With it I worked all over the world on 10m QRP SSB ...