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May 10, 2012 – 5:54 pm | No Comment

I’ve owned this radio since one month now. I ordered this new model at 409shop.com for 45 Euros including delivery and customs.
I’m also owner of a Baofeng UV-200 and of a kenwood TH-F7E.
This new Baofeng …

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Choosing the Vertical Antenna

March 1, 2010 – 11:52 am | 4 Comments

I’m evaluating these HF Multiband vertical Antennas.
- GAP Titan DX
- Cushcraft R8
- Ecomet 7+
- Butternut HF6V
- Hy-Gain AV-640
At time writing the preference is going to the GAP antenna…
I will post soon here some more reports …

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Calculate safety distance from your antenna

DL9KCE released a new version of his ICNIRPcalc software that allows you to calculate safety distances for many know amateur radio antennas with respect to ICNIRP limits.
Calculations are done by considering many depending factors, like …

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DXing »

6O0CW Log Online – live

I’ve been in touch with Silvano’s team from 6O0CW DX pedition in Somalia and as like happened for his previous dx peditions , immediatly after the contact my QSO was listed on the official 6O0CW …

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Equipment »

Kenwood TS-990 : Late April Fools Joke?

No it is not ! but…while inspecting some hi-res pictures of the announced Kenwood TS-990 I’ve noticed a detail that immediately reminded me to the April Fool’s day….
At the top of the TS-990 display, date …

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Mercatino ARI Firenze 2012

The second edition of the Flea Market in Florence will take place on Saturday 14 April 2012.
We decided to move the location to a larger one this year, since le last one was really too …

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Ham Radio Software »

Calculate safety distance from your antenna

DL9KCE released a new version of his ICNIRPcalc software that allows you to calculate safety distances for many know amateur radio antennas with respect to ICNIRP limits.
Calculations are done by considering many depending factors, like …

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QSLing »

LoTW and Contestia mode

I was uploading the latest LoTW entries to ARRL LoTW today, and the TQSL application found errors on validating some QSOs done in Contestia mode.
Looks like the Contestia mode is not recognized by ARRL …

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