Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

These were very popular QRP CW transceivers some years ago. I owned a built one and had lots of fun with it. As I recall, I mostly used it o...

Many people have iPhones. I had no idea (until seeing it in Amateur Radio Weekly yesterday) how many apps there are for Apple and Android. M...

Every day in my email I get The Knowledge newsletter (Google it). It is free. Shown today was a farmhouse  in Suffolk, UK.  I am sure many c...

My gear was turned on at about 0905z UPDATE 1700z:   Spotted by 199 stations (mostly European) and I have spotted 259 here, presumably Es m...

 My beacon is on. UPDATE 1341z: So far 46 European stations have spotted me. Es I guess.

Most hotels now have a buffet breakfast that keeps you going all day. This was my breakfast in Canterbury yesterday.

 Solar flux is 142 and the SSN 133. A=15 and K=3.

Most people are familiar with ferrite rod antennas as RX antennas. I think this works as the effective size of the rod is "magnified...

 The largest nuclear power plant in Europe (I think) is in a war zone.

Quite a few people are experimenting by sending data over LoRa Meshtastic which is around 898MHz in Europe and does not need amateur radio o...