Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

OFCOM has been consulting about commercial drones. It is aware that they are getting bigger and better with longer ranges, so it has worked ...

This photo shows Cambridge Market earlier this week. 

Don't ask me why, as I do not know, but there is a small uptick in Es propagation in mid-winter. Do not be too surprised to copy Europea...

As my 2m antenna was already connected to the rig, I am on 2m QRP FT8 this morning with 2.5W to the big-wheel omni antenna. Already spotted ...

As my 10m antenna is available, I am on 10m WSPR with the W5OLF beacon. 4 unique stations have spotted my 500mW 10m WSPR so far today. UPDAT...

As it is the Geminids MS shower, I left the RX on 144.360 MHz overnight.  Only 4 stations spotted on MSK144 with the big-wheel omni. I think...

Solar flux is 166 and the SSN 140. A=5 and K=2.

This was central Cambridge earlier today. It was very cold. There were fewer people about than normal. This may have been because of the col...

 As it is the Geminids MS shower, I am on 144.360 MHz MSK144 RX using the 2m big-wheel omni antenna. I am hoping to copy some DX on 2m, prob...

This morning we drove into Cambridge. My wife had her U3A course and I went shopping. She took this photo through the car window.