Real-World Amateur Radio

We're undergoing another sunny, dry summer in the UK.  Unsurprisingly, we're all very happy about that! But there are problems ass...

A year or so ago, I built a copper tube Slim Jim antenna for 2m.  This was for general coverage of the local area, and I hoped it would be a...

...is how long RadCom survived before being put in the recycling bin this month. Yet again, I ask myself: why?

Storms are very rare over these here parts of Wales.  So rare, that one tends to establish a ham shack without too much thought for lightnin...

This weekend it's the digimode fest test, if you pardon the rough terminology. Surprised to see not an awful lot of activity.  More su...

12m hasn't exactly been buzzing recently.  In fact, other than occasional bursts of activity into Latin America, it's been pretty de...

Yes folks, it's time for the 6m 'Magic Band' to open once more.  Last year, the band was wide open around 13th May, so it's ...