Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Although I did not reach Norway last night, 14 stations spotted me as the table shows. Not a bad night, once I had my setting correct!

As I mentioned yesterday, we went for a walk in Ely yesterday. This is a view of the River Ouse which runs through the city. Delightful ev...

Solar flux is 69 and the SSN 13.  A=2 and K=0.

Julian died 5 years ago from a brain tumour. He was a great amateur who was well liked. Even now, I still get people coming here having rea...

Although I have not got "split" working currently on the FT817ND, I am on TX again, with the antenna current back to what I expect...

On TX several spots again with best DX The Netherlands and the Isle of Man. On 2m FT8 RX 6 spots so far (to 1611z). UPDATE 1636z : Now 7 s...

I soldered several joints on my 472kHz ATU but still nothing in DIG mode from the FT817ND. On AM, it works. So, either I have some "fin...

It was not raining, so we decided to do a walk around Ely this morning. This is a delightful city (as it has a magnificent cathedral) with...

At the moment the indications are for the next solar peak to be the same or slightly larger than cycle 24. Of course it is still too early t...

Someone has reminded me that the "split" mode on the FT817ND only works if VFOa and VFOb are on the same modes. It is just possib...