Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

In my view  2m FT8 has been transformational with DX possible at any time with QRP.  Yes, SSB activity has declined, but I feel sure some s...

This painting was done in 1884. It shows the coastal village of Hallsands that was washed away early in the 20th century. Dredging offshore ...

 Solar flux is 143 and the SSN 73.  A=10 and K=1. 

Many times in the last 10 years I have been reminded of the kindness shown to me.  Complete strangers have offered me help and several have ...

If he is around, I may try a 23cm SSB QSO with G4BAO . John has a superb 23cm station, so I should certainly be able to copy him.  My statio...

Many years ago in the so called,"cold war", we had many contacts on amateur radio with stations across the world  including many s...

As teenagers a very long time ago, my wife and I had yellow jackets. Years later we bought some more. Back in the 1960s my uncle called us ...

At 0945z, I turned on my 10m FT8 using the FT-710. So far, spotted by 9 stations and I have spotted 43 stations after just 5 minutes. Statio...

  Activity levels on the narrow-band transponder of this geosynchronous satellite are still very low with plenty of space. In my view, this ...

Isn't it great when you read about someone in our hobby doing real experiments that truly explore the boundaries? Such cases are the exp...