Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

 If I had money to burn, this is a VHF/UHF rig that I might consider. It covers 2m, 70cm and 23cm, all modes. It is an SDR transceiver. It i...

Solar flux is 74 and the SSN 11.  A=11 and K=0.

For about a day now, we have been back home after a short break in Brighton travelling by train. The photo shows some of the scenes. We had ...

 At the moment, we have a CME hitting the Earth. This looks minor.

The BBC has an interesting piece about the use of free space optical communications to bridge the River Congo in Africa where optical fibre ...

The Es season is over. Although there will still be openings via the E layer, these will be more sporadic and short-lived, unlike a few mont...

As an experiment I tried my earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground on 160m FT8. The match is very good and with QRP I have been s...

For almost 600 years we have lived in South Devon. We were probably here thousands of years earlier. The photo shows where my ancestors live...

 Solar flux is 73 and the SSN 0. A=24 and K=4.

Most hotels have a similar buffet breakfast. This was my breakfast this morning. I last stayed in this hotel about 33 years ago on a course ...