Author: Simone

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

A Sleep Strategy for DX Contesting

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A Sleep Strategy for DX Contesting This article originally appeared in the National Contest Journal. Why am I here? Listen to all these signals. Who are they? Wonder what they are doing? All this CW sure sounds nice. What should I do with this keyer paddle? Should I push this button? I can turn this…

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Sardine Can Antenna

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Sardine Can Antenna. is a BiQuad or Bi circle – wire length each side (8 x 1/4 waves ) 31 mm Sardine cans have quite standard dimensions around the world, although the oval one shown here is lightweight aluminium & does seem (perhaps by chance ?)to have enhanced directivity compared with more normal steel Canadian…

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Spiral Antenna

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Article by N9RET THE INDOOR SPIRAL DIPOLE Since well before getting my ham ticket in 1993, I had been interested in maximizing my antenna advantage within the limitations of my small living space. I would experiment with different arrangements for SWL, Scanner, AM/FM/TV and 11m antennas, mostly within the cramped confines of the attic of…

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Your QRZ on Facebook profile page

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Thanks to an online petition made via change.org  promoted by NW7OR,  starting from today facebook  allow to add your own ham radio  call-sign as altenate name and have it displayed in your public profile page This should allow others to look for your your by using  your QRZ. This is how appears now my Facebook profile…

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