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Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Happy New Year to the friends and subscribers of Oxford Shortwave Log & ...
Monday, 28 December 2020
"Kilowatt Eight United Revolution" 3.790 MHz Dennis in North Carolina ve...
TI2CF 'Carlos' in Costa RIca on 3.795 MHz booming into Oxford 10 dB over S9
Is this unexpected signal on 3.731MHz part of the Russian/Ukrainian pro...
Saturday, 26 December 2020
40th weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Transatlantic MW DX: WGIT Puerto Rico 1660 kHz copoied on the vintage Y...
Transatlantic MW DX: CHCM Marystown 740 kHz simulcasting the signal from...
Friday, 25 December 2020
Working G0EVY and the guys on their almost nightly 80 metres net, on Chr...
The wonderful sounds of longwave in the early hours of Christmas morning
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
MW DX: WRCA 1330 kHz, Waltham Massachusetts copied in Oxford UK with Ela...
Transatlantic DX: VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland & Labrador copied on the vin...
Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop: comparing indoor/outdoor reception: Med...
GB3RS at the National Radio Centre 'pile-up' in support of the NHS ‘Get ...
Working GB3RS at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park on the...
Saturday, 19 December 2020
39th weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 18 December 2020
Mystery 21 Radio testing on 4875 kHz appear to have 'borrowed' the BBC N...
LW DXing with the Elad FDM DUO: RÚV Rás 1/Rás 2, Gufuskalar Iceland 189 kHz
Copied radio operators in the early hours of this morning using USB on 3...
Thursday, 17 December 2020
Icom IC-R75 + Bose SoundLink Mini 2 more wonderful folk music from Radio...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Radio Tarma 4775.04 kHz, Peru closing down at 02:00 hrs UTC
Transatlantic DX: VOCM 590 kHz booming on the Icom IC-R75 with audio via...
Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop: comparing indoor/outdoor reception: Rád...
Saturday, 12 December 2020
38th weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 11 December 2020
How I passed the UK Amateur Radio Full Licence examination
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Some brief thoughts and a quick audio test on the Yaesu FT-847 HF/VHF/UH...
Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop: comparing indoor and outdoor reception:...
Icom IC-R75 + Bose: WJR Newstalk 760, Detroit, Michigan, 760 kHz transat...
Saturday, 5 December 2020
37th weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 4 December 2020
Transatlantic MW DX: WGIT Puerto Rico 1660 kHz almost booming in on Ico...
Superb signal from Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil on the vintage Y...
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop: comparing indoor and outdoor reception:...
Transatlantic medium wave DX: Bloomberg Radio 1130 KHz New York booming ...
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop: comparing indoor and outdoor reception:...
Radio San Antonio 4940 kHz Villa Atalaya, Peru copied with Icom IC-R75 a...
Radio Tarma 4775.04 kHz, Peru copied with Icom IC-R75 with audio via Bos...
Saturday, 28 November 2020
36th weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 27 November 2020
Bose + JRC NRD-525: transatlantic MW DX - VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and ...
Bose + JRC NRD525 on LW: wonderful folk music from Radio Antena Satelor ...
Transatlantic MW DX: Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz New York copied with vinta...
Thursday, 26 November 2020
The Panasonic RF-B65: not copying Radio Verdad 4055 kHz quite as well as...
The legendary Sony ICF-2001D: solid SYNC lock on Radio Verdad 4055 kHz G...
First copy of Amhara State Radio 6090 kHz Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, since 2017
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Super-rare indoor audio from XEPPM Radio Educación 6185 kHz, Mexico City
First copy of La Voz Alegre 6180 kHz, Mahajanga, Madagascar from my QTH ...
Very rare copy of Radio Aparecida 6135 kHz Aparecida, Brazil on the Yaes...
Saturday, 21 November 2020
35th weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 20 November 2020
Testing the 6115 kHz signal from Radio New Zealand with the JRC NRD-525 ...
Strong mid-afternoon copy of Radio New Zealand International on 6115 kHz...
The diminutive Sony ICF-SW07 and a longwire: Radio New Zealand Internati...
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Sony ICF-EX5 MK2: Radio New Zealand International on fixed crystal-contr...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Medium wave DX: VOCM 590 kHz St. John's Newfoundland & Labrador booming ...
Medium wave DX: VOCM 590 kHz St. John's Newfoundland & Labrador booming ...
Medium wave DX: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz New York, booming into Oxf...
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Anothing booming signal from Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil, this ...
DXing with the Elad FDM DUO: wonderful signal from Radio Verdad 4055 kHz...
DXing with the Elad FDM DUO: AIR Jaipur 4910 kHz, first copy since 2015
Saturday, 14 November 2020
34th weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack (mor...
Thursday, 12 November 2020
Panasonic RF-B65 versus Sangean ATS-909x: Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala
Panasonic RF-B65 vs Panasonic RF-B40 vs Panasonic RF-3100: Rádio Clube d...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Lowe HF-150 versus Elad FDM DUO standalone mode on receive: Rádio Clube ...
Radio New Zealand International 6115 kHz, copied in Oxford on vintage Pa...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Be aware of a size problem with IKEA Alkalisk AA batteries...
Panasonic RF-B65 vs Sony ICF-2001D vs Sangean 909x: Rádio Clube do Pará ...
Panasonic RF3100L vs RF-B65 vs Sangean 909x: Radio New Zealand Internati...
Monday, 9 November 2020
Very cheap DX: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil copied on £30 Tecsun...
Saturday, 7 November 2020
33rd weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack (inc...
Friday, 6 November 2020
Another nice signal from Radio San Antonio 4940 kHz Villa Atalaya, Peru ...
DXing with the Yaesu FRG-8800: S32 'The Squeaky Wheel' 3828 kHz USB Ros...
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Transatlantic MW DX: WFED Washington DC 1500 kHz copied with the Elad FD...
A signal from Radio San Antonio 4940 kHz, Villa Atalaya, Peru copied on ...
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Simply superb signal from Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil on the le...
Sangean ATS-803A proves it's worth: Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala copi...
Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil booming on my Panasonic RF-3100L de...
Saturday, 31 October 2020
Thirty second weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the s...
Friday, 30 October 2020
Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil booming on my Sangean ATS-803A thi...
Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil booming this morning on my 1970s So...
Thursday, 29 October 2020
Copying Radio New Zealand International 9700 kHz strongly at home this m...
Radio New Zealand International 9700 kHz copied again this morning with ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Copying Radio New Zealand International 9700 kHz at home this morning......
VY2ZM calling CQ on 20 metres during the CQ World Wide DX SSB contest la...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
£13 Retekess V115 portable radio: strong signal from The Voice of Korea ...
DXing with the Yaesu FRG-7700: Radio Mali 5995 kHz Bamako, strong signal...
DXing with the Yaesu FRG-8800: Gander VOLMET 3485 kHz Newfoundland & Lab...
Saturday, 24 October 2020
Thirty first weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 23 October 2020
A quick review of the MFJ 971 portable antenna matching unit
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Medium wave DX: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz New York booming into Oxfo...
Strong signal from Radio Mali 5995 kHz Bamako copied with Icom IC-756 tr...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Comparing the Icom IC-R75 with the IC-7300 on receive: Voice of Korea (D...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil; massive signal into Oxford UK on t...
DXing with the Icom IC-7300: Radio Mali 5995 kHz, Bamako copied with a s...
Radio Mali 5995 kHz Bamako booming into Oxford on the JRC NRD-525
Saturday, 17 October 2020
Thirtieth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 16 October 2020
Dxing with the brilliant Elad FDM DUO: Radio San Antonio 4940 kHz Villa ...
DXing with the Elad FDM DUO: Radio Tarma Peru, 4775.05 kHz
Thursday, 15 October 2020
Radio Tarma Peru 4775.05 kHz copied at my QTH this morning with a strong...
Transatlantic MW DX: clear ID from Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 k...
Transatlantic MW DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, Grenada b...
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Can the Sony ICF-2001D match the NRD-525? Here's a comparison with my pr...
Brilliant signal from Radio Tarma Peru 4775.045 kHz using the JRC NRD-525
DXing with the Icom IC-7300: Radio Tarma, Peru 4775.045 kHz copied in Ox...
Saturday, 10 October 2020
Twenty ninth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 9 October 2020
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF-3100L: Gander VOLMET 3485 kHz Newfoundl...
DXing with the Yaesu FT-817: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, Ca...
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Radio Tarma 4775.05 kHz, Peru, copied on vintage Yaesu FRG-8800
Rare copy of Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz Bolivia using vintage Yaesu FRG...
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
International Space Station: IZ4RYB Bologna, Italy copied via the ISS re...
Sunday, 4 October 2020
Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 6...a game that will be remembered...
Saturday, 3 October 2020
Twenty eighth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the s...
Friday, 2 October 2020
DXing with the Yaesu FT-817: WGIT Puerto Rico 1660 kHz strong transatlan...
DXing with the Yaesu FT-817: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil, boomi...
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Yaesu FT-817: transatlantic DX on MW: VOCM Newfoundland & Labrador 590 k...
Operating on the Harwell ARS HF net using an Icom IC-7300 and end-fed wi...
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Antonov AN-124 spotted over my QTH coming in to land at RAF Brize Norton
DXing with my JRC NRD-525: Radio Difusora Roraima 4875 kHz, Boa Vista, B...
DXing with my JRC NRD-525: unusually strong signal from Rádio Voz Missio...
Saturday, 26 September 2020
Twenty seventh weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the ...
Friday, 25 September 2020
DXing with the Yaesu FT-817: Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala...blown awa...
Is the Yaesu FT-817 any good as a SW DX radio? Here is Radio Tarma Peru ...
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
DXing with the JRC NRD-525: Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala copied in Ox...
First ever copy of audio from DWD Pinneberg Weather 6180 kHz - using the...
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
DXing with the JRC NRD-525: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil, super ...
DXing with the JRC NRD-525: another copy of Radio Nacional da Amazonia 6...
DXing with Icom IC-R75: rarely copied Radio Nacional da Amazonia 6180 kH...
Saturday, 19 September 2020
Twenty sixth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 18 September 2020
Voice of Nigeria 11.7699 MHz, Abuja Lugbe - first copy since the summer ...
Monitoring the 80m (3.710 MHz) match of my end-fed wire via an MFJ-949E ATU
Thursday, 17 September 2020
Yaesu FT-817: noise issues operating with cheap switch-mode PSU - and th...
A tune through the 6m band during the 50MHz UKAC contest on 10/09/20 usi...
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
C-17 Globemaster 'ASCOT 803' approaching RAF Brize Norton: tower comms o...
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey: CV22 - KNIFE72 approaching Brize Norton - as se...
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey: CV22 - KNIFE72 approaching Brize Norton - anoth...
Saturday, 12 September 2020
Twenty fifth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Twenty fifth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 11 September 2020
Adding 1/4 wave ground-plane radials for 80 metres to my £4.50 end-fed wire
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Another increase in height for my home-brew £4.50 end-wire top-band wire
Super audio from my Yaesu FT-817 via a Bose SoundLink Mini 2
Monday, 7 September 2020
A brief overview of the functions and operation of my Yaesu FT-817 QRP rig
Saturday, 5 September 2020
Twenty fourth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the s...
Friday, 4 September 2020
Summertime MW DX: WRCA 1330 kHz, Waltham Massachusetts copied in Oxford UK
Summertime MW DX: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz New York, booming into O...
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Summertime MW DX: WHAM Newsradio 1180 kHz, Rochester, New York; first ev...
Summertime MW DX: WGIT Faro de Santidad 1660 kHz Canóvanas, Puerto Rico ...
Summertime MW DX: Newstalk 1010 Toronto 1010 KHz copied in Oxford UK
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
How to simply convert a G5RV antenna into a Marconi 'T' for Topband 160 ...
A significant increase in height for my £4.50 Topband end-fed wire antenna
Saturday, 29 August 2020
Twenty third weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 27 August 2020
DXing with the legendary Sony ICF-2001D: S32 'The Squeaky Wheel' 3828 kH...
DXing with the legendary Sony ICF-2001D: CFRX Toronto 6070 kHz copied on...
Medium wave DXing with the legendary Sony ICF-2001D: VOCM 590 kHz St Joh...
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: Ultra-rare copy of Radio Aparecid...
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: super signal from Radio Voz Missi...
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: Strong signal from Myanmar Radio ...
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: strongest ever signal from Rostov...
Saturday, 22 August 2020
Twenty second weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the s...
Friday, 21 August 2020
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Bra...
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: Radio Difusora Roraima 4875 kHz, ...
Thursday, 20 August 2020
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala v...
DXpedition with the Panasonic RF3100L: Trenton VOLMET 6754 kHz USB, Quin...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Tower comms from RAF Brize Norton using a Yupiteru MVT7100 scanner and a...
Saturday, 15 August 2020
Twenty first weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 14 August 2020
RAF Brize Norton 'touch and go' air traffic over West Oxfordshire (Yupit...
RAF Brize Norton 'touch and go' air traffic over West Oxfordshire (Yupit...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Comparing a Diamond X300 2m/70cm antenna with my home-brew colinear...wi...
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
A brief overview of my new Diamond X300 antenna for 2m and 70cm
Monday, 10 August 2020
Wellbrook ALA1530 versus bonito MegaLoopFX: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz...
Sony ICF-2001D: stonking signal from Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazi...
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Twentieth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 7 August 2020
Two simple improvements to my £4.50 top band end-fed wire antenna for ha...
DXing: Sony ICF-2001D & MegaLoopFX: Voice of Tigray Revolution 5950 kHz,...
DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D & MegaLoopFX : Radio Difusora Roraima 4875...
Thursday, 6 August 2020
DXing with the Icom IC-7300 + top band wire: Trenton VOLMET 6754 kHz USB...
DXing with the Icom IC-7300 + top band wire: S32 'The Squeaky Wheel' 382...
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
G4SJY operating GB100RS Royal Signals for 80m net copied with end-fed to...
Monday, 3 August 2020
Radio Tarma 4775 kHz Peru, booming into Oxford on my Yaesu FRG-7700, las...
Radio Tarma 4775 kHz Peru strong signal into Oxford on my Icom IC-R75
Saturday, 1 August 2020
Nineteenth weekend since lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 31 July 2020
DXing with the Icom IC-7300 + top band wire: Rostov VOLMET 2941 kHz, Rus...
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Sony ICF-EX5MK2: an example of the extreme selectivity possible with syn...
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D: Gander VOLMET 3485 kHz Newfou...
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
The Panasonic RF-3100L (DR-31): a quick review of features and performance
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Wellbrook ALA1530 versus bonito MegaLoopFX: WWCR Nashville 4840 kHz usin...
A weak daylight signal from Grenada 1400 kHz medium wave beautifully fad...
Monday, 27 July 2020
Sony ICF-EX5MK2 vs ICF-2001D: very strong signal from Jill FM 531 kHz me...
Another top band session with the brilliant Icom IC-7300 and my home bre...
Saturday, 25 July 2020
Eighteenth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 23 July 2020
Icom IC-7300 & DIY coaxial vertical dipole for 4m: super audio on FM
DIY coaxial vertical dipole antenna for 4 metres, made from ham shack junk
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Aston Villa 1 - 0 Arsenal...could prove to be an historic win - listenin...
Sony ICF-EX5MK2 vs ICF-2001D - superb signal from Chaîne 2 981 kHz, Algeria
Sony ICF-EX5MK2 vs ICF-2001D - a super stable signal from RNE Radio Naci...
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Seventeenth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Sony ICF-EX5MK2: A review of the features and performance of the after ...
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
A coaxial Collinear antenna for 2m and 70cm mostly made from junk bits a...
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D: amazing signal from Radio Ver...
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2010: VOCM 590 kHz, Newfoundland, Ca...
Saturday, 11 July 2020
Sixteenth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 9 July 2020
More brilliant audio from the Icom IC-7300 on the 80m band, 3.70882 MHz,...
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D: Voice of Korea (DPRK) dayligh...
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
The trials and tribulations of 2m VHF contesting: Yaesu FT-991 & colline...
Monday, 6 July 2020
Superb audio on the Icom IC-7300 again: Top Band 1.846 MHz with home-bre...
Medium wave DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D & Bonito MegaLoopFX antenna; W...
Saturday, 4 July 2020
The fifteenth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 3 July 2020
Living room DXing with Sony ICF-2001D: amazing signal from Radio Verdad ...
One kind word deserves another...
Thursday, 2 July 2020
First use of my Icom IC-7300 on 80 metres: Harwell Amateur Radio Society...
Getting on-air with my £5 end-fed Top Band wire antenna, 1845.5 kHz
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Very first use of my Icom IC-7300: Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net ...
Sunday, 28 June 2020
Fourteenth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 26 June 2020
Icom IC-7300 ham radio HF/6m transceiver - first power up and a brief ov...
Icom IC-7300 HF/6m ham transceiver - unboxing
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Transatlantic MW DX on the summer solstice: attempt #3
Transatlantic MW DX on the summer solstice: attempt #2
Transatlantic MW DX on the summer solstice: attempt #1
Monday, 22 June 2020
Oxford Shortwave Log reaches 1,000,000 views!
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Thirteenth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 19 June 2020
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D: Voice of Korea (DPRK) dayligh...
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D: WINS New York and News Talk T...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on Top Band 1.8459 kHz copied on Ya...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D: very rare copy of Radio Mosoj...
Living room DXing with the Sony ICF-2001D: Radio Difusora Roraima 4875.0...
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala, copied with vintage Lowe HF-150
Monday, 15 June 2020
Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala copied on vintage Yaesu FRG-7700
Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz Brazil really booming in on vintage Yaesu F...
Saturday, 13 June 2020
Twelfth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 11 June 2020
My £4.50 antenna: first results on 160m & a decode on FT8 by Antarctic s...
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
How I built a simple 160m top band transmitting antenna for £4.50 that a...
Rare copy of Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz, Cochabamba, Bolivia with the ...
Rare copy of Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz, Cochabamba, Bolivia with the b...
Saturday, 6 June 2020
Eleventh weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 4 June 2020
Sony ICF-SW77: a nice signal from Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala
Sony ICF-SW77: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz Brazil booming into my QTH l...
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Sony ICF-SW77: HCJB Voice of the Andes 6050 kHz Ecuador, first copy sinc...
Sony ICF-SW77: Sudan Radio 7205 kHz, Al Aitahab, rare copy at my QTH
Saturday, 30 May 2020
Tenth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 28 May 2020
Medium wave DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, Carriacou, Gren...
Living room DXing with the Icom IC-R75: huge signal from WGIT 1660 kHz P...
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Living room DXing with the Icom IC-R75: VOCM 590 kHz with clear ID...mus...
Living room DXing with the Icom IC-R75: Voice of Tigray Revolution 5950 ...
Sunday, 24 May 2020
My Iroda butane gas soldering iron comes to the rescue in repairing my 7...
How to set up a Yaesu FT-991 for FT-8 using the WSJT-X software
Saturday, 23 May 2020
Ninth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 22 May 2020
Sony external antenna connector for portable shortwave radios
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Brilliant longwave as heard this morning with the Icom IC-R75 via the Bo...
Icom IC-R75 with audio routed through Bose SoundLink Mini 2..great music...
World of Music Radio: 5840 kHz Randers, The Netherlands 100W TX power, c...
Monday, 18 May 2020
Sangean ATS-909x & 30 metre random wire: Harwell Amateur Radio Society H...
Living room DXing: Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala copied on the Icom IC...
Living room DXing: very strong signal from Gander Radio 3.485 MHz on the...
Saturday, 16 May 2020
Eighth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 15 May 2020
Sangean ATS909x: Gander Radio 3485 kHz USB copied with random wire
Sangean ATS909x: S30 'The Pip' 3756 kHz USB with ham radio operators on-...
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Sangean ATS909x: copied Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala on random wire
Who said the Sangean 909x was deaf?! Strong signal from S32 'The Squeaky...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Living room DX: S30 'The Pip' 3756 kHz USB Rostov-na-Donu very strong s...
Living room DX: S30 'The Pip' 3756 kHz USB Rostov-na-Donu very strong s...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society Friday night net on top band 1.8453 MHz co...
An over from me on the Harwell Amateur Radio Society Friday night net 3....
Sunday, 10 May 2020
Living room DX: very strong signal from S32 'The Squeaky Wheel' 3828 kHz...
Saturday, 9 May 2020
Seventh weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 7 May 2020
Radio Mali 5995 kHz Bamako copied with a Lowe HF-150 & Bonito MegaLoopFX...
Impossible!! Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala, copied with an indoor wire...
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
Bedside radio DXing: Incredible to copy Voice of Tigray Revolution 5950 ...
Medi 1 Nador Morocco 171 kHz longwave copied with clear signal above loc...
Sunday, 3 May 2020
Pure radio joy: The interval signal from DR Langbølge 243 kHz, longwave ...
Saturday, 2 May 2020
Sixth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 1 May 2020
Bedside radio DXing usingTecsun PL-880 & Sony AN-71: Radio Nacional da A...
Bedside radio DXing with Tecsun PL-880 & Sony AN-71 antenna: Helliniki R...
Bedside radio DXing usingTecsun PL-880 & Sony AN-71: Radio Voz Missionar...
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Bedside radio DXing with the Tecsun PL-880 & Sony AN-71: S30 'The Pip' ...
Bedside radio DXing with the Tecsun PL-880 & Sony AN-71 antenna: Gander ...
Bedside radio DXing: S32 'The Squeaky Wheel' 3828 kHz USB, Rostov-na-Do...
Monday, 27 April 2020
Medium wave DX: WGIT Puerto Rico 1660 kHz booming into Oxford UK at sun...
Sunday, 26 April 2020
Medium wave DX: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz New York copied in Oxford ...
Medium wave DX: VOCM 590 kHz St. John's Newfoundland & Labrador booming ...
Saturday, 25 April 2020
Fifth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on 80 metres 3.7117 MHz LSB with an...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on 160 metres top band 1.847 MHz LS...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on 160 m top band 1.84935 MHz LSB c...
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Gander VOLMET 3485 kHz USB copied on JRC NRD525 & Wellbrook ALA1530 magn...
Roma Radio IAR 2624 kHz Marine Meteorological Broadcasts For Shipping c...
S32 'The Squeaky Wheel' 3828 kHz USB, Rostov-na-Donu copied on the JRC ...
Monday, 20 April 2020
Back from Brisbane...British Airways 747 landing, passes over half-empty...
Saturday, 18 April 2020
Fourth weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Listening to ABC Radio Brisbane and Queensland 90.3 MHz on my last morni...
Listening to ABC Coast FM 90.3 MHz on my last morning in Australia in th...
Friday, 17 April 2020
DXing in Brisbane: Trip to Hell's Gates, Noosa National Park
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
The best afternoon of FT8 on 2 metres to date
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Comparing the Wellbrook ALA1530 against the Bonito MegaLoopFX: Radio Mal...
Comparing the Wellbrook ALA1530 against the Bonito MegaLoopFX: Rádio Clu...
DXing from Brisbane: Water Dragons roaming around at Australia zoo
Monday, 13 April 2020
Comparing the Wellbrook ALA1530 against the MegaLoopFX: Graphing SNR dat...
Comparing the Wellbrook ALA1530 against the MegaLoopFX with an SRDplay R...
Sunday, 12 April 2020
Upgrading my FT8 performance on 2m with home-brew collinear antenna
Upgrading my FT8 performance on 2m with home-brew collinear antenna
Friday, 10 April 2020
DXing from Brisbane: AIR New Delhi (Vividh Bharati) 9865 kHz Bengaluru
DXing from Brisbane: Voice of Korea 9435 kHz North Korea (DPRK) copied f...
DXing from Brisbane: This arboreal herbivorous marsupial (Koala lol) is ...
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Comparing the Wellbrook ALA1530 with the Bonito MegaLoopFX using the SDR...
Monday, 6 April 2020
DXing from Brisbane: Voice of Korea 9425 kHz North Korea (DPRK) copied f...
DXing from Brisbane: more views of this wonderful city at night
DXing from Brisbane: FT8 decodes using WSJT-X, SDRplay RSPdx and MegaLoo...
Saturday, 4 April 2020
Second weekend of lock-down in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Friday, 3 April 2020
DXing from Brisbane: The Wallabies at Australia Zoo are up for an easy meal
DXing from Brisbane: Voice of Korea 7570 kHz North Korea copied from 21s...
DXing from Brisbane: FT8 decodes using WSJT-X, SDRplay RSPdx and MegaLoo...
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Confirming both Wellbrook magnetic loops are performing the same
Practical Wireless Magazine: a collection of editions from the 1960s and...
DXing from Brisbane: more footage of the stunning downtown cityscape at ...
DXing from Brisbane: more Radio Hams copied from 21st floor hotel room u...
Sunday, 29 March 2020
First weekend of COVID-19 lockdown in the UK: what I'm up to in the shack
Saturday, 28 March 2020
DXing from Brisbane: my first copy of ham radio operators; VK4ALR Allens...
DXing from Brisbane: BPM Xian time signal 5 MHz China - a personal first
DXing from Brisbane: the Wallabys and Kangaroos at Australia Zoo just ch...
Friday, 27 March 2020
First audio in 12 months from Radio Mosoj Chaski 3310 kHz Cochabamba, Bo...
DXing from Brisbane: Voice of the people 3480 kHz South Korean transmiss...
Thursday, 26 March 2020
DXing from Brisbane: The MeerKats at Australia Zoo are beyond cute
DXing from Brisbane: PBS Pyongyang Pangsong 3320 kHz DPRK, copied from m...
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
DXing from Brisbane: colourful lighting makes the city looks amazing at ...
DXing from Brisbane: FT8 decodes using WSJT-X, SDRplay RSPdx and MegaLoopFX
DXing from Brisbane: strong signal from Radio New Zealand International ...
Sunday, 22 March 2020
Dxing from Brisbane: walking around the city at night
DXing from Brisbane: Pacific weather report from Radio New Zealand Inter...
DXing from Brisbane: a scan of the FM band using an RSPdx and MegaLoopFX...
Friday, 20 March 2020
DXing in Brisbane: Voice of the people 3925 kHz Kyonggi-do Koyang, Sout...
DXing from Brisbane: Voice of Vietnam 4, Daclac 20KW TX power copied wit...
Thursday, 19 March 2020
DXing from Brisbane: Crocodile craziness at Australia Zoo - part 3
DXing from Brisbane: Crocodile craziness at Australia Zoo - part 2
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
DXing from Brisbane: Crocodile craziness at Australia Zoo - part 1
DXing from Brisbane: a better signal from Solomon Islands BC 5020 kHz, H...
Dxing from Brisbane: 5055 kHz Radio 4KZ North Queensland, Innisfail #2
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
DXing from Brisbane: WWVH Hawaii 5000 kHz copied with RSPdx & Megaloop FX
DXing from Brisbane: a night-time scan through the medium wave band with...
DXing from Brisbane: Non-directional beacon SU 380 kHz Sunshine Coast Qu...
Sunday, 15 March 2020
Dxing from Brisbane: 5055 kHz Radio 4KZ North Queensland, Townsville
DXing from Brisbane: Non-directional beacon BML 374 kHz LW, Bromelton
DXing from Brisbane: Non-directional beacon CG.278 kHz LW, Coolangatta
Friday, 13 March 2020
Dxing from Australia: a brief review of my set-up: RSPdx, PL-880 & Bonit...
Coming into land at DXB Dubai International, aboard an Airbus A380
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Dxing from Brisbane: 5055 kHz Radio 4KZ North Queensland, Townsville
DXing from Brisbane, Queensland: a daylight scan through the medium wave...
DXing from Australia: A walk around Brisbane and first impressions
Half-empty car parks at Heathrow airport...but planes still landing ever...
Planes are still landing at Heathrow every two minutes...
DXing from Brisbane: Voice of Straight 4900 kHz, Fuzhou, Fujian province...
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
DXing from Brisbane: Radio New Zealand International 6115 kHz...the last...
DXing from Brisbane: Radio Saudi International 9885 kHz, Riyadh copied w...
DXing from Brisbane: AIR New Delhi booming into Australia on 9865 kHz
DXing from Brisbane: Voice of Korea 7570 kHz North Korea English program...
DXing from Brisbane: incredible to hear a weak signal from Shannon VOLME...
DXing from Brisbane: Australia VOLMET 6676 kHz copied with PL-880 & Meg...
Sunday, 8 March 2020
Bedside radio DXing: CHU Canada 3330 kHz Ottawa - copied on the PL-880 t...
Sony ICF-SW77 USB reception: Harwell Amateur Radio Society LF net 1846.8...
JRC NRD-525: Radio Fana 6110 kHz Addis Ababa Ethiopia, first copy at my ...
Friday, 6 March 2020
Brief explanation and first test of set-up for operating FT8 on 2 metres...
A look through the 1976 edition of the World Radio and TV Handbook
UVB-76 'The Buzzer' 4625 kHz loud and clear at my new QTH on the JRC NRD525
Next DXpedition: Brisbane, Australia with the RSPdx, PL-880 & MegaLoopFX
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala, untypically good signal on the JRC NRD-...
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: Radio Difusora Roraima 4875 kHz Boa V...
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: WFAN 'The Fan' New York 660 kHz copied in Oxford ...
The new RSPdx: VOCM St Johns 590 kHz with ID and Rick Astley with an 80s...
Monday, 2 March 2020
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: carrier observed from Mongolia MNB Radio 1 on 227...
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: WUNR Brookline 1600 kHz Massachusetts rare copy w...
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: WFED 1500 kHz Washington DC incredibly strong sig...
Saturday, 29 February 2020
!!! Watford 3 - 0 Liverpool !!! end of the game on TalkSPORT Radio 1053 kHz
FT8 live stream
Friday, 28 February 2020
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: 1440 kHz WAJR Morgantown West Virginia PF copied...
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: 1140 kHz CBI CBC Radio 1 Sydney, Nova Scotia rare...
Live stream test
Thursday, 27 February 2020
S30 'The Pip' 3756 kHz Rostov-na-Donu copied in Oxford UK on JRC NRD 525
Shanwick Radio 3491 kHz USB received in Oxford UK on a JRC NRD-525
An external view of the Greenham Common Control Tower
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
The Park Air Series 5000M Airband receiver at Greenham Common: London A...
The view from what's left of the runway at Greenham Common
Transatlantic MW DX: News Talk 1010 Toronto copied in Oxford UK with Ico...
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on 80 metres 3.7105 MHz LSB copied ...
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz incredible signal i...
The new SDRPlay RSPdx: 1010 WINS New York booming in to Oxford UK
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Transatlantic MW DX: simply amazing signal from VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundlan...
Completing my ham station at my new QTH with the Icom IC-756
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on Top Band 1.846 kHz copied on Yae...
Monday, 17 February 2020
Transatlantic MW DX: CBGY CBC Radio 1 750 kHz Bonavista Bay Newfoundlan...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on 80 metres 3.707 MHz LSB copied w...
Icom IC-R75 audio through Bose SoundLink Mini 2: Antena Satelor 153 kHz ...
Transatlantic MW DX: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz New York booming on v...
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: Radio Verdad 4055 kHz Guatemala copie...
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: transatlantic MW DX - WFED 1500 kHz W...
Friday, 14 February 2020
A quick tour of the new and improved Oxford Shortwave Log shack
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Amazing signal from Radio Verdad signing off 4055 kHz Guatemala copied i...
1963, 1976, 1981, 1986 & 2002 editions of the World Radio and TV Handbook
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Medium wave DX: WGIT Puerto Rico 1660 kHz strong signal into Oxford UK o...
HARS HF net on 80 metres 3.707 MHz LSB with a bit of chat from me, copie...
Sunday, 9 February 2020
Storm Ciara trying very hard to destroy my G5RV anternna!
Harwell Amateur Radio Society Rally 09/02/20: a quick tour of the main s...
Saturday, 8 February 2020
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and Labrador
CROSS Corsen maritime radio station, Brest 1650 kHz mixing with pirate s...
Thursday, 6 February 2020
I was interviewed by Jon Hudson of SDRplay about the RSPduo at the UK Na...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: 1400 kHz, Carriacou, Grenada, copied in Oxfo...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WABC 770 kHz New York - personal first - cop...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WGIT Faro de Santidad 1660 kHz Canóvanas, Pu...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
February 2020 edition of Radio User: review of the SDRPlay RSPdx & my 2n...
Monday, 3 February 2020
Autumn transatlantic MW DX:1540 KXEL Waterloo Iowa booming into Oxford U...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WENE Fox Sports 1430 Endicott, New York, c...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WGIT Faro de Santidad 1660 kHz Canóvanas, Pu...
Friday, 31 January 2020
Transatlantic MW DX: VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and Labrador strong signa...
Thursday, 30 January 2020
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: 1320 Khz CJMR The voice of the city, Oakvill...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: Bloomberg Radio 1130 kHz New York like a loc...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: CFRB Newstalk 1010 Toronto copied in Oxford...
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: WGIT Faro de Santidad 1660 kHz Canóva...
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: comparing audio from Carriacou Grenad...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net on Top Band 1.844 MHz copied with Y...
Monday, 27 January 2020
Radio Voz Missionaria 5940 kHz Camboriu, Brazil copied at new QTH with I...
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: comparing audio from Newstalk 1010 KH...
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: comparing audio from WJR Newstalk 760...
Sunday, 26 January 2020
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: CHRF 980 kHz Montreal Canada, Personal First...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: MW DX: CKNB 950 kHz, Campbellton, New Brunsw...
Saturday, 25 January 2020
Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz Brazil almost booming into my new QTH on an...
Friday, 24 January 2020
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: : CJBC 860 kHz Toronto, Ici Radio-Canada Pre...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WOR 710 kHz, New York copied at 6am in Oxfor...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WRKO 680 kHz, Boston copied at 6am in Oxford...
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WPTX 1690 AM, Lexington Park, Maryland copie...
Autumn transatlantic DX: rarely heard CHHA Voces Latinas 1610 kHz Toront...
Radio Difusora Roraima 4875.03 kHz, Boa Vista, Brazil strongest signal f...
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WFED 1500 kHz Washington DC booming into Oxf...
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WRKO 680 kHz, Boston copied at 6am in Oxford...
Monday, 20 January 2020
Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW portable: WRMI 7780 kHz Okeechobee Florida with ...
Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW portable: Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB...
Saturday, 18 January 2020
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: WRCA 1330 kHz, Waltham Massachusetts, with ID
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: CFRA 580 kHz Manotick Ottawa, with ID
Autumn transatlantic MW DX: CBGY CBC Radio 1, 750 kHz, Bonavista Bay New...
Friday, 17 January 2020
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: changes to how these will be tested o...
My last recording of Europe 1 Felsberg 183 kHz on the Lowe HF-150, New Y...
My last recording of Europe 1 Felsberg 183 kHz on the Sony ICF-SW100, Ne...
Thursday, 16 January 2020
Old Skool Technics, Sherwood, Tangent Hi Fi and a message from Heaven 17...
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
#1 Radio Algérie Chaîne 3, 252 kHz daylight signal in Oxford whilst RTÉ ...
#2 Radio Algérie Chaîne 3, 252 kHz daylight signal in Oxford whilst RTÉ ...
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: more on how longwave performance comp...
My last recording of Europe 1 Felsberg 183 kHz on the JRC NRD-525, New Y...
My last recording of Europe 1 Felsberg 183 kHz on the Yaesu FRG-7700, Ne...
Monday, 13 January 2020
Rare Barlow Wadley XCR-30 Mark 2 short wave receiver for sale on eBay - ...
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: initial thoughts on how longwave perf...
Final 'over' from me on the Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net 3710 kH...
Harwell Amateur Radio Society HF net 1.846 MHz copied on Icom IC-R75 at ...
Friday, 10 January 2020
The latest commentary in English from the Voice of Islamic Republic of I...
Thursday, 9 January 2020
BBC Radio Ulster, Belfast 1341 kHz medium wave copied at my new QTH in O...
Wednesday, 8 January 2020
SRRPlay RSPdx versus Elad FDM DUO: overview of comparison testing set-up
Tuesday, 7 January 2020
Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, Carriacou, Grenada, copied with...
VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and Labrador first copy (with ID) at my new QTH
BBC Radio Scotland 810 kHz medium wave copied at my new QTH in Oxford
Sunday, 5 January 2020
New Year, new house: full size G5RV antenna set up at my new QTH in Oxfo...
Friday, 3 January 2020
Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW portable: All India Radio 7380 kHz Benglaru on 1...
Retekess V-115 portable: BBC World Service 7445 kHz Madagascar relay on ...
Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW portable: All India Radio 6140 kHz Benglaru on 3...
Thursday, 2 January 2020
Bringing in the New Year with BBC Radio Wales 882 kHz MW...for a change!
Wednesday, 1 January 2020
Sadly 183 kHz Longwave was finally silent last night: Europe 1 from Fels...
Happy New Year to the friends and subscribers of Oxford Shortwave Log & ...
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