Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

  Last evening and night were quite successful on 630m WSPR RX considering my poor setup (see table). In all, some respectable DX on multipl...

 Solar flux is 143 and the SSN 75. A=7 and K=3.

My gear was turned on at about 1825z (coax to 2m big-wheel via ATU and a mains earth). UPDATE 2010z:   So far, 5 stations have been spotted ...

These days I feel my age.    Yesterday and today I cut the lawns for the first time this year. The first cut is often harder as the grass is...

 This comes out (I think) every day from Times Radio. I watch it most days.

At 1106z, I QSYed to 8m FT8 RX. UPDATE 1830 z:   No spots all day. QRT now. I suspect this will be my last test on 8m until the Es season.

My gear was turned on just after breakfast. I was on TX very briefly (7 spots) but I am mostly RX only.  It is amazing that something this s...

For many years I have used an Asus Chromebook. I am using one now. Mine has been brilliant. They use Chrome OS rather than Windows. This mea...

 Solar flux is 146 and the SSN 73. A=4 and K=2.

  We went for a walk around this village near us after lunch. It has many fine cottages. Nice to see the sun.