During the long Easter weekend members of the SNBCG came together for a radio weekend. Over the course of the weekend, we had two HF stations set up one on 7 MHz and the other roaming between 1.8 and 21 Mhz depending on propagation. I decided this weekend I would like to try a 1/4 […]
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The first 50 MHz contest of the year
Members of the SNBCG took part in the first 50 MHz contest of the year at the Kelvedon Hatch SNB using the club call M0SNB. The contest ran from for 3 hrs on Sunday morning (10 till 1) the weather was forecast to be 23C and sunny. We opted to operate outdoors using a 5e […]
Rosmalen Radio Rally 2017
Once again I attended the radio rally in Rosmalen with George M1GEO, Chris G8OCV, Peter G0IAP and Dave M0MBD. We traveled up from Essex to meet George and Chris in Norfolk and then to Harwich to meet the boat.We boarded the overnight ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland at around 8pm, and this left […]
Receiving Non Directional Beacons (NDB)
NDB are low power beacons in the 250 to 550 KHz range. The beacons are usually situated at a landing strip/airfield / oil platform to aid navigation. They are non-directional so use a vertical omnidirectional antenna, and reasonably low power. The ERP is very low, as the physical size of the antenna restricts the efficiency […]
Interesting Signals on HF
Sony Pro80 Receiver I’ve always been interested in listening to the short wave bands, with my first receiver being the Sony Pro80 receiver. The Sony was a portable HF receiver that covered from 150 kHz to 223 MHz and was powered by 4x AA batteries. The receiver was excellent on the HF bands, and this […]
KiwiSDR 10 kHz to 30 MHz now online.
The SDR is online 24×7 for your enjoyment. If you find the SDR useful consider making a small donation to help with its upkeep. Listen to my SDR KiwiSDR User guide Access other SDRs from around the world. Buy one online. I have put the KiWi back online, but with limited capacity, as it is mostly […]