Real-World Amateur Radio

Too much grumbling recently! Today has been a snowy old day, but quite sunny this afternoon.  So I took the opportunity to complete my sma...

This morning, something has changed on 20m, and it's not a good change. FT8 is a mode that has attracted instant and widespread appeal...

It's been quite interesting to see how propagation to DP0GVN changes with the time of day lately. The peak signal is quite brief, and ...

G0LUJ has excellent low noise levels, and very sensitive receiving capabilities. Last night, a moderate geomagnetic disturbance took place...

I thought this blogpost by VE7SL the most interesting I've read in a long time.  So interesting, in fact, that I will have a go! By...

The solar conditions have pretty much reached the lowest they can go - and 14MHz is showing this quite nicely. The plot shows reception at...

News from the Royal Observatory of Belgium: http://www.stce.be/news/417/welcome.html