Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.

16 Jul 2020

ICOM IC-705

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Apart from the price (too high), this is "my" sort of radio. It produces 5W with the supplied battery pack and 10W with an exter...

Sunspots - Thursday July 16th 2020

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Solar flux is 68 and the SSN 0. A=5 and K=0.
15 Jul 2020

Anglesey Abbey earlier - NOT amateur radio

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The photo shows some of the things we saw in the grounds at Anglesey Abbey earlier.

10m FT8 (5W)

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Just now I decided to go on 10m FT8 with the tiny indoor loop antenna and 5W. Plenty of stations spotted across Europe and 3 spots of me alr...

DATV in the Netherlands

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According to a piece in Southgate News VERON is encouraging operators to demonstrate DATV (digital amateur TV) on 2m in August. See  http:...

Facebook memory

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The photo shows the sky 2 years ago. It appeared as a FB memory today.

Shack photo

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The photo shows the shack earlier with the tiny indoor 10m band loop antenna on the left.

Collapit - NOT amateur radio

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When I lived in Devon a long time ago one of my favourite spots was Collapit Creek on the Kingsbridge Estuary. This photo is probably over...

Last night on 70cm

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Every 2nd Tuesday in each month the RSGB holds an activity contest on 70cm. Although I normally stop on for less than an hour because of m...

10m WSPR TX (500mW to the indoor loop)

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10m WSPR spots of  me last night to 2050z As I needed my main rig (used on FT8) for the 70cm UKAC contest last night, I decided to p...
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