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Author: Simone

Born in 1970 currently live in Florence Italy. Married with 2 childrens work as IT Technician.

Programming VHF/UHF Radios

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Simone

The purpose of this article is to give you an idea of what you will need to do to set up a new radio for basic Simplex, Repeater, and Memory operation so that you will have an idea of what to look for and concentrate on in the instruction manual for your radio. Programming a…

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MARITIME NETS – On Maritime Frequencies

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Simone

I can’t verify if these info are still valid and in use. I stored here for reference. Atlantic Weather – Controller Herb Hilgenberg – Callsign SOUTHBOUND TWO Time Area Frequencies Chan No 2000-2200Z Atlantic/Caribbean Weather 12359 kHz 12C 1940-2000 Check IN 12359 kHz 12C Caribbean SSB Weather Net – Controller Dave Time Area Frequencies 1230-1300…

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Discone Antenna for RTL SDR

Posted on March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 by Simone

I have been getting into software defined radio via RTLSDR and found the stock antennas woeful for reception and picked up a tonne of noise from my LCD and laptop – though it’s hardly surprising.  So to improve the situation and spend as little as possible I decided to make a discone antenna.  After some…

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200 Morse Code QSOs

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Simone

Download Files MORSE1 MORSE2 These are 200 Morse Code QSO`s which might typically be heard on the HF bands. They were designed to give people who are learning Morse Code some practice with real life Morse contacts, rather than using text passages from books, or random letters generated my computer. It is intended that the…

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Rotatable Dipoles

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Simone

A rotatable dipole antenna project by KQ6RH

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Ultra-portable 5ele 144MHz Pocket Portable Yagi

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Simone

Please feel free to build or distribute the information on these antennas. G4DHF retain the copyright to the designs and ask that they are not manufactured for commercial gain. Introduction This is a design for a 5 element 2 Metre beam with a forward gain of 8dBD and a front to back ratio of over…

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Icom IC706 User Review

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Simone

Icom IC 706 user review

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40m 3 element Yagi

Posted on January 30, 2016January 30, 2016 by Simone

 Dimensions of the 3 element Yagi antenna for 7 MHz 15m 7050KHz 20.59m 21.80m 19.18m 20m 7050KHz 20.68m 22.15m 19.38m 25m 7050KHz 20.82m 22.70m 19.49m 30m 7050KHz 20.85m 22.80m 19.60m

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10-160 m Loop Antenna

Posted on January 11, 2016January 11, 2016 by Simone

A document I’ve cached about a delta loop antenna for the top band. Of course, as you can immagine, it requires a lot of free space….

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W3DZZ Antenna

The W3DZZ Antenna

Posted on January 6, 2016January 7, 2016 by Simone

The W3DZZ antenna revisited. A multiband antenna 80 to 10 meters by using traps for 7 MHz

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IW5EDI Simone

  • Licensed Amateur Radio operator in 1996 as IW5EDI, active member of ARI Firenze and ARRL
  • Class 1970, married with two childrens, love experimenting and antenna home-brewing. IT System Engineer, recently started having fun with morse code and Raspberry Pi


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