Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

One thing our strange times have taught us all is we have to live in the moment. We are rediscovering beauty all around us. Even the smalles...

Yet again I am on 10m FT8 with 2.5W and the tiny indoor loop antenna. Today the loop is at right angles to the direction yesterday as an exp...

At least here in the UK the price of the IC-7300 has not dropped. It seems like the UK dealers have a cartel on prices.  I am not saying t...

At least one forecast seems quite confident that we have now passed through the sunspot minimum and are starting the climb to the next peak ...

Last night, at 9pm UK time, quite a few of us on our close came together to sing a Vera Lynn song for VE day. It was a real binding moment, ...

Way back in the 1970s I lived in Cambridge and was a regular at our local club.  At some point I was on the committee.  I now live 12 miles ...

Solar flux is 68 and the SSN 0.  A=4 and K=1. Pretty poor!

This may be old news, but the RSGB news service GB2RS confirms what we all suspected that the Dayton Hamvention has been cancelled. Many w...

Although I love FT8, I have a confession to make: I have never tried FT4! At some point, I must do so. It is much faster than FT8, but pro...

At about 0720z the 10m FT8 gear was turned on. As usual, 2.5W to the indoor loop. UPDATE 1130z:   A couple of spots of my 2.5W so far toda...