Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Mars will one day be explored by humans. For now, we have oribiting satellites and robots on the surface. The recent UAE satellite has been ...

Once again I am on 2m FT8 QRP with 2.5W and the big-wheel omni antenna.  So far, spotted on TX by 8 stations with the furthermost GI6ATZ (4...

Ex-president Trump has been cleared of impeachment. This is not too surprising as the senate would have needed a 2/3rds majority. What I sin...

Yesterday, I replaced the wire that I used successfully on 472kHz WSPR TX with a very low ERP.  It was also used successfully on 160m and 80...

When I was a teenager I still had hair. This was a photo of me back in 1968. Some changes. 😉 These days I am bald and quite a bit heavier! 

 Solar flux is 71 and the SSN 0. A=13 and K=2.

  Last week at Hare Park Chippenham. Notice the cow.

Last evening, the Cambridge radio club had another Zoom talk, this time on the monitoring station at Baldock.  This time, we also had a view...

 At 0945z, when we went for a walk, I went on 2m FT8 RX. Since getting back, I have been on TX too with 2.5W and the big-wheel omni antenna....

Doing a walk around the village in the biting wind it is hard to think of the sunny weather in South Africa some years ago.  This was a very...