Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

 Yesterday I came across this, which may be of interest especially to USA readers. Notice an amateur band at 11m, no 160m , no WARC bands an...

My 500mW 10m WSPR beacon was turned on at about 0915z.  Yesterday, 55 stations spotted me.  UPDATE 1432z:  So far today I have been spotted...

 At the moment I am back on 6m FT8 with the IC-705. So far, at 0930z, 3 English stations have spotted me. UPDATE 0936z: 6 English stations ...

 As reported yesterday, I have an issue using my IC-705 on 10m FT8. There was no problem on 6m.  It suddenly occurred to me that this might...

Most days, I watch the YouTube videos from Times Radio.  Often they interview a wide range of experts on a host of world affairs. It is har...

Solar flux is 170 and the SSN 90. A=28 and K=2.

Until this year I had never heard of this phrase. This year, I have heard it several times. Maybe I have led a too sheltered life!   I am wo...

A reminder that OFCOM updates the data it holds on licences etc.. It also has announced more about the auctions of 26GHz and 40GHz spectrum.

Before it went funny I was briefly on 10m QRP FT8. 20 stations spotted me before I moved to 10m QRP WSPR with my beacon.

 My 500mW 10m WSPR was turned on earlier this morning. At 1101z, 8 stations had spotted me. UPDATE 1311z:   20 stations have spotted me. See...