Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

The following rallies have been notified to me: Sunday August 21st - Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society.  Contact rally@rugbyrats.co.uk . S...

This is just a reminder that my free PDF G3XBM Project Scrapbook is available if you want to download it. It is a brain dump mainly of the ...

Gear turned on at about 0836z (500mW TX beacon). No spots at 0848z. UPDATE 1042z:   Still just the 3 spots earlier, which looked like a burs...

These days these are one of the most common tits. Often they fly from tree to tree in flocks making a high pitched "song". As a ch...

For the last few days people have been reporting my QRP 8m FT8 TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial. So, I shall be on again after breakfast. Es is les...

Solar flux is 123 and the SSN 82.  A=31 and K=2.

As 8m QRP FT8 was not good, I have QSYed to 10m QRP FT8. Compared to 10m WSPR, it appears like a different band with lots of F2 DX from Afri...

This antenna has just come to my attention. Like all things ICOM it is expensive. It is meant to cover all HF bands (maybe with a tuner on s...

Many people suffer with high local noise on 160m. Even here in a rural village it is close to S9 on SSB.   FT8 can be quite an effective mod...

As the 10m antenna is available, I am again on 10m WSPR TX with the 500mW beacon. It is now 0932z and I have been on about 45 minutes, but n...