Real-World Amateur Radio

Yesterday, I received my new, small screen for the Raspberry Pi. I bought this so that my power consumption for a solar/battery shack is c...

Yesterday saw sporadic E activity at least up to 144MHz.  Atmospheric radar showed PMSE above Wales, and powerful thunderstorm activity has ...

Yes, I know.  There has been quite a lot about the RSGB again recently. I make no excuses for keeping a constant eye on what the RSGB does...

I recently came across a blog site that hasn't been upated for many years.  Despite this, it had an interesting criticism of book review...

Facebook isn't something I use very much, other than to keep up with a very few, generally educational sites. I do tend to quietly fol...

This blog started out, as its header says, to highlight the fact that ham radio does not need to involve huge amounts of money in order to e...

A while ago, I wrote about my troubles with a 21" LG computer monitor (no TV reception circuitry), which produced copious amounts of in...