Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

It would appear that the world is entering recession, has higher fuel costs and Iran will emerge stronger and the USA weaker. Iran is consid...

It is now about 3 months since I got my 10m QDX-M FT8 transceiver and the Zachtek 200mW WSPR TX. Much to my surprise, I am getting more fun ...

 This was a quote from the BBC website. I will let you guess who said it!! "You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself...

 It is clear that the war against Iran is having consequences across the planet.

My beacon was turned on at about 0750z.  UPDATE 1340z: 4 stations spotting me. UPDATE 2001z: 7 stations have spotted me. Now QRT.

In all yesterday I was spotted by 5 stations.  See map from WSPR Rocks by VK7JJ.  The spots from the German research base in Antarctica seem...

 Solar flux is 152 and the SSN 143. A=12 and K=2.

I have a 10m 200mW WSPR beacon by ZachTek in Sweden.  What I really like is that, apart from switching it on, nothing at all has to be done...

It looks like the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has over 50% of the market share in sodium based batteries and the price of these will f...

In my lifetime the US dollar has been the reserve currency. It has been regarded as a safe haven to invest in. Oil has been priced in US dol...