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Friday, 30 December 2022
The '1933' net talking 'Tizwas' and generally sharing non-woke viewpoin...
Thursday, 29 December 2022
A nice signal from Radio New Zealand International 9700 kHz on the Icom ...
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
Listening to midnight mass on Christmas Eve from Radio 4 longwave 198 kH...
Monday, 26 December 2022
The wonderful sounds of Christmas Eve on longwave with the Yaesu FRG-8800
Friday, 23 December 2022
Improved longwave reception on my crystal radio set with a bigger antenn...
Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Iceland RÚV copied on longwave 189 kHz from Gufuskalar 189 kHz for the f...
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
More hillarious chat on the '1933' net - via the wonderful JRC NRD-525
Monday, 19 December 2022
First shortwave station copied on my crystal radio set: Radio Romania In...
Sunday, 18 December 2022
More signal testing for G0BNC/mobile out in the rain in West Oxfordshire
Saturday, 17 December 2022
Very strong signal (peaking S9+10 dB) from XPA2 13387 kHz Russian spy st...
Medium wave DX: VOCM 590 kHz Newfoundland and Labrador powering through ...
Friday, 16 December 2022
North Korea booming into Oxfordshire S9 on 12015 kHz with the Icom IC-R75
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Crystal radio set: a brief commentary on constructing a suitable coil fo...
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Reach Beyond Australia 11825 kHz Kununurra, pushing S9+30 dB as they clo...
Sunday, 11 December 2022
A signal test for G0BNC as he operates his mobile set-up from West Oxfor...
Thursday, 8 December 2022
I made a 'Foxhole' diode using a piece of 'blued' steel & pencil lead: c...
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Crystal radio project: measuring the range of my variable capacitors usi...
Sunday, 4 December 2022
Improving the selectivity of my crystal radio with a dual-gang 390 pF ai...
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Radio 5 Live 909 kHz and TalkSport 1053 kHz medium wave copied on a home...
Monday, 28 November 2022
Listening to the World Cup on a homemade crystal radio (with a little he...
Friday, 25 November 2022
Radio New Zealand International 9700 kHz, excellent signal in Oxford on ...
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Listening to Harwell ARS members on the 40m sked with a borrowed Icom IC...
Monday, 21 November 2022
Radio New Zealand International good signal on 7390 KHz in the afternoon...
Friday, 18 November 2022
Transatlantic MW DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, Carriacou,...
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Digital shortwave : Radio France International 3965 kHz DRM, Issoudun co...
Sunday, 13 November 2022
Radio New Zealand International good signal and first copy for a while o...
Saturday, 12 November 2022
Reach Beyond Australia 11825 kHz Kununurra, copied in the afternoon on m...
Thursday, 10 November 2022
The 'Air Horn' channel marker has reappeared on 4930 kHz (previously hea...
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Transatlantic MW DX: WGIT Puerto Rico 1660 kHz strong signal into Oxfor...
Sunday, 6 November 2022
30th of September 2022 :The 'Buzzer' UVB-76 4625 kHz jammed with a conti...
Thursday, 3 November 2022
DRM medium wave: Ceske Radiokomunikace 954 kHz, 3kW signal from Budejovi...
Tuesday, 1 November 2022
A review of the vintage Howes CTU9 receive-only Antenna Matching Unit
Monday, 31 October 2022
Transatlantic medium wave DX: WBBR Bloomberg Radio 1130 KHz New York; ID...
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Carrier from Mongolia on 209 kHz longwave recorded with Elad FDM DUO and...
Monday, 24 October 2022
Transatlantic MW DX: Harbour Light of the Windwards 1400 kHz, Carriacou,...
Friday, 21 October 2022
Transatlantic medium wave DX: first copy in 2022 of WJR Newstalk 760 kHz...
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Celebrating 90 years of Practical Wireless magazine: working the special...
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Voice of Korea (North Korea) 15.245 kHz booming in on cold-war era Yaesu...
Sunday, 16 October 2022
Voice of Korea (DPRK) English service on 11635 kHz - finish!
Saturday, 15 October 2022
Yet another station to disappear from longwave on 31st of December: RTL ...
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Radio Pilipinas 15190 KHz, Tinang, Philippines - first copy since 2018
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
No BBC Radio 4 signal from Droitwich again today on 198 kHz longwave! Mo...
Sunday, 9 October 2022
Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation 11735 kHz copied for the first time in...
Friday, 7 October 2022
Voice of Korea (DPRK) Interval Signal 15245 kHz reminding me of the gold...
Monday, 3 October 2022
BBC Droitwich transmitter is down, revealing the Radio 4 signal on longw...
Friday, 30 September 2022
EA5LN calling CQ: More PSK decoding on the Kenwood TS990
Thursday, 29 September 2022
A walk back through the beautiful West Oxfordshire woods I use for DXing
Monday, 26 September 2022
A quick chat on the Harwell Amateur Radio Society 2 metre net with the Y...
Friday, 23 September 2022
DXing in the woods: KTWR Guam 15200 kHz strong signal from the Pacific o...
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
DXing in the woods: Voice of Korea (DPRK) 12015 kHz: strong signal on th...
Sunday, 18 September 2022
Tried DXing in the woods again, this time with the RELIABLE Tecsun PL-880
Friday, 16 September 2022
UK ham operator powering his entire shack from his electric car! More to...
Thursday, 15 September 2022
Demonstrating the 'built in' PSK decode facility with the brilliant Kenw...
Monday, 12 September 2022
RIP HM Queen Elizabeth II, BBC Radio 4 longwave, on the appropriately na...
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Monitoring the topband '1942' net:on tonight's show: how to look after y...
Thursday, 8 September 2022
The WRTH World Radio and TV Hanbook lives! 2023 edition will be availabl...
Voice of Nigeria 11770 KHz, Abuja Lugbe, Nigeria copied on Yaesu FRG-7
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
North Korea (DPRK Voice of Korea) 15245 kHz booming in on my buddy's sup...
Sunday, 4 September 2022
BBC Radio Wales 882 kHz medium wave, booming in with superb audio on the...
Saturday, 3 September 2022
Kenwood TS990 vs JRC NRD525 - no apparent difference in sensitivity on 6...
Friday, 2 September 2022
Russian CW spy station 'M12', 10,223 kHz, Khabarovsk, Moscow copied with...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
EI7HDB County Carlow, Southern Ireland participating in the 40m Harwell ...
Monday, 29 August 2022
DXing in the woods gone wrong...
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Wow! Kenwood TS990 blows away the JRC NRD525 on selectivity! (VOCM 590 ...
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Kenwood TS990 super fast internal matching to QSY from 40 to 80 metres (...
Monday, 22 August 2022
E11 'Oblique' Numbers Station, Warsaw, Poland 12984 kHz copied with Cold...
Saturday, 20 August 2022
A review of two of my most important shack accessories: Bontio RF splitt...
Thursday, 18 August 2022
Rádio Clube do Pará 4885 kHz, Brazil, copied with the vintage Yaesu FRG-7
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
A review of all the SDRs I've ever owned (Elad, Perseus, SDRPlay, Nooelec)
Monday, 15 August 2022
Harwell Amateur Radio Society Wednesday net, struggling a bit with inter...
Saturday, 6 August 2022
A review of all the radios in my shack: Part 2 - 'DESK TOP' receivers
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS, 'SKYDOWN' Emergency Action Message 11.175...
Sunday, 31 July 2022
E11 'Oblique' Numbers Station, Warsaw, Poland 12984 kHz copied again wit...
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
A review of all the radios in my shack: Part 1 - portables
Monday, 25 July 2022
St. Petersburg VOLMET 6617 kHz copied with the brilliant Yaesu FRG-7
Friday, 22 July 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS, 'SKYDOWN' Emergency Action Message 11.175...
Thursday, 21 July 2022
The news on my Panasonic RF-3100L: highest ever temperature in the UK (4...
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
More from the garden and the shack on what could be the hottest day ever...
Monday, 18 July 2022
In my West Oxfordshire garden on the hottest day of all time in the UK -...
E11 'Oblique' Numbers Station, Warsaw, Poland 12984 kHz copied with Cold...
Thursday, 14 July 2022
S11a 'Cherta' Numbers Station Warsaw, Poland 7772 kHz copied with the Co...
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Another QSO with Geoff GM0OFQ (Island of Hoy, Orkney Islands) using the ...
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS, 'SKYDOWN' Emergency Action Message 8.992 ...
Monday, 11 July 2022
UR1 Pershiy kanal, Ukraine 1278 kHz medium wave copied with strong signa...
Sunday, 10 July 2022
Manx Radio, Douglas, Isle of Man 1368 kHz booming in on the Sony ICF-550...
Friday, 8 July 2022
Russian spy station XPA2 10676 kHz copied with Icom IC-R71E and Wellbroo...
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
'English Man' E07 Russian spy numbers station copied on 12176 kHz using ...
Monday, 4 July 2022
2022 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 7305 kHz closing down for another...
Saturday, 2 July 2022
The Eton E1 is back! ...as the Eton Satellit HD...now available to pre-o...
Friday, 1 July 2022
FT8 using the 'MQ0' callsign prefix for the Platinum Jubilee..with the F...
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Cuban numbers station HM01 'Spanish Lady: evening copy on 17480 kHz with...
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
A couple of nice purchases at the NADARS rally: Yaesu FRG-7 and a telesc...
Monday, 27 June 2022
A wander through the vendor area at the Newbury and District Amateur Rad...
A day out at the Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society (NADARS) rally
Friday, 24 June 2022
2022 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 12065 kHz copied with a message f...
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
2022 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 7305 kHz copied with Icom IC-R71E...
2022 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 9505 kHz copied with Icom IC-R71E...
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Another pile-up working the @MQ0' prefix for the Platinum Jubilee
Monday, 20 June 2022
Manx Radio, Douglas, Isle of Man 1368 kHz big signal copied with Yaesu F...
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Working the Platinum Jubilee 'MQ0' call using a Yaesu FT-991A and BLA350...
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Working a pile-up with the Platinum Jubilee 'MQ0' call using the Kenwood...
The RSGB Notice of Variation for celebrating The Queen's Platinum Jubile...
Saturday, 11 June 2022
Check out my review of the £8,500 WinRadio Excelsior Ultra in the May Ed...
Thursday, 9 June 2022
More unidentified communications on 4220 kHz (Russian military?) copied ...
A strong signal from Bamako, Radio Mali 5995 kHz copied on the Icom IC-R71E
Monday, 6 June 2022
Operating the Kenwood TS990 on the Harwell ARS Friday night Top Band ske...
Monday, 23 May 2022
My signal on the HARS Friday night net 3.71195MHz, as copied by M0CJM in...
Sunday, 22 May 2022
Unidentified communications on 4220 kHz (Russian military?). Can anyone ...
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Welcome to the inaugral Harwell ARS 40m sked on 7.154 MHz - part 2
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
The £300 amateur radio station: a £295 Icom IC-740 transceiver from eBay...
Monday, 16 May 2022
I had forgotten how good the XHDATA D808 is: Bangkok Meteorological Radi...
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Welcome to the inaugral Harwell ARS 40m sked on 7.154 MHz - part 1
Monday, 9 May 2022
WinRadio WR-G69DDCe Excelsior Ultra: unboxing and brief commentary on th...
Friday, 6 May 2022
How NOT to do Ham Radio! It all kicked off on the radio at the Harwell A...
Thursday, 5 May 2022
'Skydown' USAF Emergency Action Message copied on 8992 kHz with the JRC ...
Monday, 2 May 2022
Radio Tarma, Peru 4775.04 KHz copied with Icom IC-R71E and Wellbrook ALA...
Friday, 29 April 2022
Copied GB2RS Royal Society of Great Britain News 7.127 MHz, then QSO'd t...
Thursday, 28 April 2022
RWM Time Signal 4996 kHz CW, Moscow, Russia copied with yaesu FRG-8800 a...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Trenton VOLMET 6754 kHz USB, Quinte West, Ontario copied with ID using Y...
Monday, 25 April 2022
St. Petersburg VOLMET 6617 kHz copied with strong signal and clear ID
Saturday, 23 April 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS, Emergency Action Message 11.175 MHz copie...
Thursday, 21 April 2022
A great moment on the radio: Croatian operator 9A5O offering assistance ...
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Daylight copies of Medi 1 Nador Morocco 171 kHz and Antenna Satelor Braz...
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
UR1 Pershiy kanal, Ukraine 1278 kHz medium wave copied with strong signa...
Monday, 18 April 2022
M0UHF keeping me company on the Harwell ARS Wednesday afternoon net 7.71...
Saturday, 16 April 2022
GM8OFQ Orkney Islands copied with an excellent signal in the woods with ...
A trip to the woods where I used to spend a lot of time DXing
Thursday, 14 April 2022
Strong daylight reception of Polskie Radio, 225 kHz longwave, copied wi...
Very strong daylight reception of DR Langbølge 243 kHz, longwave Kalund...
Monday, 11 April 2022
Bangkok Meteorological Radio 8743kHz, very nice copy of interval signal ...
Bangkok Meteorological Radio 8743kHz, descernible copy with Icom IC-R75
Saturday, 9 April 2022
Non-encrypted Russian military communications on 4.220 MHz copied with I...
Friday, 8 April 2022
QSO with NX4TT Rockledge, Florida on 14.195 MHz using the Kenwood TS990
Thursday, 7 April 2022
Brilliant jamming of the Russian Military signal UVB-76 'The Buzzer' 462...
Monday, 4 April 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS 11.175 MHz, USB, Emergency Action Message ...
Friday, 1 April 2022
More chat and a history lesson on a top band '1933' late night net, copi...
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Strong signal from Polskie Radio 225 kHz longwave reporting on the war i...
Monday, 28 March 2022
Listen carefully: someone is trying to jam UVB-76 'The Buzzer' 46525 kHz...
Thursday, 24 March 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS, Emergency Action Message, first copy on 8...
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
JRC NRD525 + Bonito GI1000 Galvanic Isolator: improved copy of Bangkok ...
Monday, 21 March 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS 11.175 MHz, USB, Emergency Action Message
DXing with the JRC NRD525: First copy of Bangkok Meteorological Radio 87...
Friday, 18 March 2022
United States Air Force HFGCS 11.175 MHz, USB, voice transmission to QSY...
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
I must speak out against the awful 'Wellgood' antenna project
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Greyline FT8 decode in Hawaii WH6GPA on 40m using 220W TX power via BLA3...
Sunday, 13 March 2022
Working Aage Hansen LA1CI in Kvaløysletta, Northern Norway, on 14258 kHz...
Saturday, 12 March 2022
Working II3WRTC 14266 kHz (Veneto, NE Italy) using 10W, 50W and 200W and...
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Russian military signal S30 'The Pip' 3756 kHz inadvertently jammed by h...
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
Ukrainian speech transmission on same frequency as Russian military UVB-...
Saturday, 5 March 2022
PSK Reporter: no FT8 monitoring in Ukraine - I hope they are listening f...
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Russian military copied: The Goose, The Air Horn, The Pip, The Squeaky W...
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Ukraine still trying to jam Russian military signal UVB-76 'The Buzzer' ...
Monday, 28 February 2022
Revealed: the uncomfortable truth about how ham radio manufacturers spec...
Friday, 25 February 2022
UVB-76 'The Buzzer' 4625 kHz no longer being jammed since Russia invaded...
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Reach Beyond Australia 11825 kHz Kununurra, copied in the early afternoo...
Saturday, 19 February 2022
The uncomfortable truth about FT8: so many narrow-minded hams dislike th...
Friday, 18 February 2022
Storm Eunice continues to batter my HF antenna system as +70 MPH winds b...
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Long overdue repair to my end-fed wire RF earth
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
COVID and other medical advice on the '1933' net on 160m top band...you ...
Monday, 31 January 2022
Revealed: the uncomfortable truth about how ham radio equipment manufact...
Saturday, 29 January 2022
The superb Kenwood TS990: first impressions with a brief overview of the...
Friday, 28 January 2022
First copy of Radio New Zealand International on 11725 kHz since 2017
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
UVB-76 'The Buzzer 4625 kHz: 9 minutes of wacky jamming - presumably by ...
Monday, 24 January 2022
Something strange is happening to UVB-76 'The Buzzer' 4625 kHz: copied l...
Friday, 21 January 2022
It's finally happening! The new Eton E1 is coming in early 2022, branded...
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Reach Beyond Australia 11875 kHz, Hindi programming, copied in Oxford UK...
Monday, 17 January 2022
Radio New Zealand International is also Radio New Zealand Pacific - here...
Sunday, 16 January 2022
Operating the Icom IC-R71E with the remote control
Thursday, 13 January 2022
Superb service yesterday from Chris Taylor at Moonraker in Woburn Sands,...
Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Transatlantic DX: CBGY CBC Radio 1 750 kHz Bonavista Bay Newfoundland &...
Monday, 10 January 2022
This is what SW DXing is all about: RNZI 7390 kHz interval signal - the ...
Sunday, 9 January 2022
Home-brew upconverter for the Belka DX courtesy of G0MJW, allowing LW an...
Saturday, 8 January 2022
200W TX power on the Harwell ARS Wednesday afternoon sked using the Kenw...
Friday, 7 January 2022
Nothing more to share on ČRo Radiožurnál 270 kHz,Topolná, Czech Republic...
Transworld Radio Africa 9380 kHz, Manzini Eswatini (Swaziland) copied wi...
Thursday, 6 January 2022
Voice of Hope Africa 6065 kHz Lusaka, Zambia, first copy on 49m since J...
Wednesday, 5 January 2022
My signal on 1.846 MHz top band, as copied by my friend M0CJM in Basings...
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
Listening in to GB2JCM in Parton Kirk, Galloway, Scotland - The James Cl...
Monday, 3 January 2022
News on the hour during the last ever broadcast from ČRo Radiožurnál 270...
Saturday, 1 January 2022
The moment ČRo Radiožurnál 270 kHz,Topolná, Czech Republic closed down o...
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