Categoria: Delboy’s Radio Blog (http://delboyonline.blogspot.it/)
NEW – Yaesu FTM-300D Review/Demo
Video:YouTube/HamRadioConcepts Taking a look at the new Digital/Analogue FTM-300D from Yaesu…
PMR446 Tests – Floureon FC200 and HB9CV Antenna
Video:YouTube/26-CT-842 An interesting video showing the fun which can be had with a PMR446 radio…..
Win a President McKinley EU!
Attention all Charlie Tango forum members…. Here’s a chance for you to win a brand new President McKinley EU. Terms and conditions can be found…
PMR446 – What is Legal?
PMR446 – What’s Legal? Sounds like a straight-forward question to answer doesn’t it? If you want to operate legally on the PMR446 band you require…
Thunderpole T-800 Unboxing & First Look
Video:YouTube/Paul McGee M0WNU Paul takes a look at the Thunderpole T-800 radio…..
PMR446 Bazooka Antenna
Video:YouTube/Jason CT965 A very interesting video from Jason CT965 which shows the construction of a PMR446 Bazooka antenna. PMR446 has seen a massive increase in…
PMR446 Long Distance Records
With the recent increase in activity on the PMR446 band here in the UK I wonder if it’s time to revisit the idea of ‘PMR446…
Sunday Fun-days!
Sundays are Fun-days on the radio with two radio events back-to-back… From 7pm, operators are invited to call out on the UK SSB calling channel 27.275…
Space Station Contact 16/06/2020
An ARISS educational school contact is planned with students at I.E.S. Pedro de Valdivia, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain, multi point telebridge via ON4ISS. A multi-point telebridge…
Biggest Ever PMR446 Net – 40 Stations Worked!
Video:YouTube/Ringway Manchester PMR446 radio has proved to be very popular during lock-down here in the UK. In this video we see Lewis making 40 contacts…
Midland Portapak???
Video:YouTube/26CT3149 DX A modern take on the Midland Portapak……
27.275 USB – UK SSB Calling Channel
It’s almost 6 years since AM and SSB were legalised in the UK. At the time a poll across several forums and radio websites was…
UK CB Radio Anniversary 27/06/2020
It’s almost that time of year again! Way back in 2014, AM and SSB were finally legalised here in the UK. Many people thought it…
North East Net – CTX Activation Cartridge Hill
Video:YouTube/26CTX2500 Settle down with a cup of tea and treat yourself to over 2 hours of action from The North East Net which takes place…
New Icom IC-705 Price Revealed
So after many months of waiting the UK price of the new Icom IC-705 has been revealed… £1299 will get you one of these radios…
CB Radio Skip 19/05/2020
Some brilliant conditions here in the UK today with contacts from all along the South Coast heard up here in the North East! On a…
PMR446 DX Contact England to France
Video:YouTube/On The Mic With Mike Some good conditions on PMR446 today as you will see in this short video showing a contact between England and…
President Bill CB Radio Servicing & Adjustment
Videos:YouTube/UK CB radio servicing A couple of interesting videos from UK CB Radio Servicing showing the ‘Hidden Menu’ adjustments and then a test of the…
Fake Nagoya NA-771 – What’s Inside?
Video:YouTube/fredintheshed1 Ever wondered what’s inside that cheap ‘Nagoya 771’ antenna you bought off eBay? In this video Fred will take one apart and compare it…
Yaesu FTM-300D – More Information
Yaesu have released more information about their upcoming radio, the FTM-300D… (Click images to enlarge)
Homebrew Gainmaster Antenna
Video:YouTube/hollyend01 We’ve featured the homebrew Gainmaster on the blog before but here’s a couple of new videos made by Mike M0MSN showing his take on…
PMR446 And The ‘Serious User’
Some interesting discussion on various Facebook groups recently about the more serious side of PMR446. As we all know, PMR446 is intended as a low…
First 40MHz Contact Between Ireland and Lithuania
Interesting news from the blog of EI7GL (LINK) of an FT8 contact between Ireland and Lithuania on the 8m band which is available to operators in…
North West Net – Garden Lockdown
Video:YouTube/26CTX2500 Settle down for over 2 hours of the North West Net which took place on 29th April 2020. It’s great to see that even…