Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

As our son was 44 earlier this week we took him out for a nice meal as he was here overnight.

Solar flux is 69 and the SSN 0. A=7 and K=0.

Amazon is a bit like the UK yeast spread Marmite: you either love it or hate it! My wife and I really try to support local, village busine...

Normally, loops are matched with a primary winding about 1/5th the size of the main loop. In my case the matching is done using a tapped t...

A few moments ago I went on 2m FT8 again. As usual, I am using 10W to the big-wheel omni antenna. On 2m FT8 RX 2 stations in 2 countries spo...

OFCOM has details of the release of additional 5G spectrum on its website. See the OFCOM website for more details.

A very long time ago a couple of horse chestnut trees were planted in our churchyard to celebrate the battle of Waterloo in 1815. The phot...

Solar flux is 70 and the SSN 0. A=7 and K=3.

Anyone looking at the stock markets, oil prices and currencies in the UK will realise this was a very bad day. Clearly people are spooked...

Tonight is the March leg of the 6m activity contest starting at 2000z. The only antenna for the band is my V2000 vertical omni. I'll t...