Real-World Amateur Radio

Over the past days, small receiving loops have been the focus of my attention. It's an entirely new avenue for me, even though I've ...

IT SEEMS A WELL-HIDDEN NOTE ABOUT COVID INFECTION AMONGST OPERATORS ON THE ALEXANDER ASSOCIATION WEBSITE MEANS THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED AS O...

  Up early today.  Another sub-zero day, the sixth in a row this week, but skies were clear.  I decided to head down the beach on the east c...

Yes, winter arrived in good fashion (by our standards) in Wales this past week. Temperatures hovering around freezing all day and night. Not...

Well, it took five months and more work than I had ever anticipated. But the results is a nearly 200-page study of Marconi's Carnarvon t...

It’s not uncommon for most hams, at some point in their radio lives, to find themselves unable to erect an outdoor antenna. Most of us have...

I thought I might do a little survey of Marconi's Caernarfon station for a couple of weeks, back in early May.  Approaching the start of...