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Having confirmed that most 6m MS activity is around 50.280MHz in Europe, I am again monitoring this overnight.

One of my Facebook memories today was of a report from the USA 🇺🇸 when I was using my ultra-simple CW transceiver on 10m. See  https://sit...

OFCOM is to auction off chunks of mm wave spectrum near 25GHz and 40GHz. It also updates the information it holds on licences etc.. See the ...

For many years, I have been aware that my perception of speed is "different". When I drive (locally only) it is as if I am doing 2...

My QRP 6m FT8 has been on since just after breakfast. So far, spotted by 20 stations. See map. UPDATE  1417z:   24 stations (all in Europe)...

 My QRP beacon has been on most of the morning. So far, 13 stations have spotted me.  UPDATE 1420z:   26 stations have spotted me.

 The windmill next door has been on the blog many times but this is an unusual view over the allotment gardens .

This peaks on November 17th.  Usually meteor showers result in VHF reflections. Although some manage QSOs with random meteors, the duration...

Thanks to Amateur Radio Weekly , I have been watching a video showing how someone uses a microcontroller as a TX and RX just by writing cod...

 Solar flux is 140 and the SSN 71. A=8 and K=3.