Starting from 13th May Italian Minister of Telecomunications announced that the frequencies between 7100 Khz and 7200 khz have been assigned to the amateur radio service in secondary status with a power limit of 24dBW (251 W EIRP!). Italian hams were expecting the extension of the 40 meters band starting from 29th March 2009, but…
Kenwood TH-F7E vs ICOM IC-E90
I’m currently evaluating these two handheld transceivers and before to buy one I’ve tried to understand pros and cons of both rtx. I will summarize here the work of my last two days, since I’ve not found any usefull review that could compare these two portable transceivers. Following comparison is the result of third party…
IRAQ: Ham Radio operators keep hobby alive
An interesting article on Iraqui amateur radio operators condition has been published on the Los Angeles Times. Many Iraqui hams have dismissed their stations because initially either US troops and Iraqui police were supicous that their transmissions are a tool of the insurgency. During the Saddam period however looks like things were not so much…
AMSAT UK Site Hacked !
Surfing the net this evening, I jumped into the AMSAT UK site looking for satellite informations. The site reuslts hacked as you can see in above picture. A quick jump to archive.org revealed that the amsat site has been implemented using Joomla a popular open source content management system that too very often release security…
Yaesu to be acquired by Motorola !
Motorola announced today the intention to acquire 80% of Yaesu parent company Vertex Standard. Current owner will remain with 20% forming a joint venture. Who knows if this merge will offer Yaesu technical development new founds and resources to be implemented in next generation Yaesu products, or if this merge will sign the decline of…
DXTuners is back
DXTuners is back online. After this spring shutdown, looks like the system is starting up again, maybe thanks to Kelly SM0NHC or maybe not. This is not clear yet. Looks like this new system will host selected remote stations only and subscription will be free of charge.
Ham Fest Firenze Pictures
The last week-end in Florence took place the first electronic and ham radio exposition, managed by compendiofiere. I’ve been there both days, the first one I got the opportunity to met PY1NB Felipe, who was here in holiday with his family. The second one, i came back to buy the LDG Z-100 automatic antenna tuner…
The 40 meter Stealth Vertical
 As published in antennex Dec. 2001 The 40 Meters band stealth vertical antenna by K7ZB “You’re 30dB over 9 here…” So goes the consistently fine signal reports received from around the USA and beyond – on 40 meters at the peak of Sun Spot Cycle 23. The most common antenna used in ham radio…
A new HamFest in Florence 6-7 Oct.
After 20+ years, a new Ham Fest will take place in Florence this year. Compendio Fiere, one of the most active hamfests managing company, has established the FIERA DELL’ELETTRONICA COMPUTER E TELEFONIA in Firenze. This is mainly a Computer Electronics and Phone exposition, where also amateur radio will be present with six national ham radio…
An effective 10-20m DX antenna for deed restricted lots…
Original article by K7ZB The simple 15′ vertical antenna shown mounted on the railing of our second floor deck has produced almost 200 countries worked around the world… VQ9’s in Chagos and 3B8’s on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, TX0DX on Chesterfield Reef, VK0MM on Macquarie Island in the Antarctic region, BQ9P on Pratas Island…