Web SDR receivers allow you to remotely monitor the radio spectrum, and phone (voice) is quite easy you just click and listen. You can also use SDR receivers to decode date modes, be that CW, PSK, RTTY, HF-DL or Olivia. The principle is the same, you need to route the audio out of the SDR, […]
GB2UW Upminster Windmill – Mills on the Air Weekend
Members of the Secret Nuclear Bunker CG once again activated Upminster Windmill. The mill is currently undergoing a major renovation, with the project being managed by a company in Holland. The windmill has recently benefitted from the addition of a visitors center, and this will be used for education and community projects. The friends of […]
1/4 wave vertical on 80 m
The plan was to put up an 18 meter, 60 ft spider beam roach pole and operate a 1/4 wave on 3.7 MHz. I purchased both the 12 m and 18 m roach poles from Spiderbeam with the intention of using them to support inverted V antennas and verticals. I’ve used the 12 m on […]
GB1STG Special call for St Georges Day
Sunday 23rd April St Georges Day provided a good excuse to play some radio with Essex Ham. Charlie M0PZT had once again applied for the special call GB0 ST Georges day, and the location was Gallywood common just South of Chelmsford. The weather was better than expected, and this encouraged lots of Essex Ham members […]
HF Easter Weekend
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 […]
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 […]