Real-World Amateur Radio

If you spend any time on the bands these days, it won't be long before you hear the term "SteppIR" being used by enthusiastic ...

The WARC bands are really underrated.  This weekend, it's been wild on the other bands, where as is often the case, middle aged men are ...

You know how it goes.  You look out the window and wonder about life, the universe - and antennas! I've never really tried anything be...

A big 'well said' to Mr. Brian Hodgson, G3YKB (unless the RSGB got the author wrong - they often make such mistakes), for highlighti...

The April 2012 edition of RadCom, the RSGB's monthly magazine, carries breathless announcements of a surplus - yes, you read it right - ...

Ah yes!  That old nut!  The contention that amateur radio is on the way out. A more recent take on this undeniable phenomenon is the analy...

Ever since I decided to try a vertically polarised delta loop, my simple little station has been kept very busy sending signals across the w...