G1VVP - Skegness DX

I carried further hilltop listening experiments yesterday evening, paying attention to troposcatter at different moorland locations in Derb...

Looking east to Grindleford from Sir William Hill I drove to Eyam Moor yesterday afternoon and set up a Triax FM5 close to the summit...

Over the last few days I have been wondering if my simple 3 element 6m beam is up to scratch for working the more exotic, distant DX. My cur...

There has been some discussion about NLCs being seen in the night sky recently. Also known as 'noctilucent clouds'. These are the h...

This was not supposed to be a 'radio trip' this time, but a short camping break with my wife (a mention of the word "radio...

Am I insane? Today Tim and I took another visit to the Axe Edge to see if our potentially record-breaking DX from May 5th would...

Chatsworth House with Beeley Moor in the background The location:   Beeley Moor in Derbyshire. This wild moorland rises just over 1200...

Tim Bucknall and myself had been discussing the possibility of attending another Sizewell DX trip. We had been missing the brilliant contin...

I didn't particularly want to write an essay about this, but I would like to take this opportunity to explain a few things about Skywave...

A few lines to explain the series of events which got me into this fascinating yet sometimes frustrating hobby.  My first seeds in the hob...