Radio, railways, stuff...

A new mode (to me) - FT8, part of the latest WSJT-X package and widely discussed of late. Having been…

Another new mode for me, well, only receiving in this case. I had always been interested in SSTV but that…

...well actually aluminium. I finally cut down an old 'fm' radio dipole to 2m and quietly ran yet another run…

It's amazing what a single wall-wart can do. I have some X10 controllers around the place controlling the outside lights…

50MHz seems alive just now, and after one incomplete JT65 QSO I finally managed to complete a call with a station…