GM4FVM's radio world

I concede that 11 days is an unusual time period. It is however the time between my last post here and 6 November when I tallied up the figu...

Recently a nearby (30km distant) station worked 3B8 on 50MHz when I could not even hear the 3B8 station. Something about this reminded me of...

I know fine well that at the end of the summer there is a drop off in 6m propagation. At one time I thought that was it until next spring. N...

Most amateurs seem to have a simple rule for the right times to be calling CQ - they are correct and everybody else is wrong. Who am I to di...

When I am fortunate to work some notable DX, I always wonder why. This is not just looking for some technical explanation, but why now? Why ...

I have various antennas here. My two tilt-over masts have been in position for many years and overall they have given good service. The key ...

I have posted before about me using Q65 for auroral propagation. If you need to, you can read about that here . However, this current post i...