GM4FVM's radio world

It is not easy to describe recent Sporadic E. VHF/UHF contacts at GM4FVM, 23 to 30 June 2026 Click to enlarge the images if necessary.  You ...

I thought my greatest problems at the moment were the holes made in the drive by a marauding hedgehog. I even have pictures of him/her (can ...

Time for a short summary of the past two weeks of operating. This has been Sporadic-E on 6m, 4m and 2m, and flat-band tropo on 70cm and 23cm...

What is it with 23cm? I was reading a fellow GM's blog today and I saw that he said that working UHF was "highly addictive".  ...

It is nice when a plan works. On 24 May 2026 there was a large opening on 70MHz. When I say large I mean over a wide geographical area (ther...

My 36 element 23cm Dual antenna from Antennas and Amplifiers works very well but suffers badly in the salty air blowing off the North Sea ju...

 OK, when I asked for comments I expected more than one email. Thanks Rick. Two more people mentioned it in messages about other things, and...