Web rumors, and some social network postings, says that the largest 160 meters band antenna, setup in Finland, collapsed during a recent storm. I can confirm that all Europe has been touched by violent winds and storms during last weeks. At time writing the Radio Arcala website did not mention anything related to OH8X antenna…
Author: Simone
Born in 1970 currently live in Florence Italy.
Married with 2 childrens work as IT Technician.
CQ Map
I’ve restored the Original CQ MAP of the world representing the world divided into the 40 Zones according to the CQ WAZ Award.Read the CQ Worked All the Zones Award Rules
Philippines and CQ WW CW – 40 meters band usage
Received from Jojo DU1VHF, NTS Chairman and CFO for the Philippine Amateur Radio Association – please read and heed. “The much-awaited CQ WW CW Contest is nigh and everyone is chomping at the bit. However, here in the Philippines, our enthusiasm is a bit tempered by the recent events of a catastrophic typhoon which…
Award – UCI Road World Championship – Tuscany 2013
The ARI Tuscany Regional Committee (ARI CRT) – sponsor this award during the week of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships – that will be held in Flonrece, in Tuscany from 22nd to 29th September 2013. The Award is issued for confirmed two-way radio contacts with Tuscan stations (I5### or I#5###) in fixed or portable station,…
QSL Query : App for Google Glass
David Young, AE5DY announced QSL Query the first Google Glass application associated with the hobby of amateur radio. It is basically used to look up FCC call sign information, primarily for use in filling out QSL cards. Currently, the information returned by QSL Query includes the name, address, and license class of the person associated…
RTL-SDR on Google Nexus 7
This summer I was looking for a cheap Android Tablet in order to replace a dead TomTom Go730 GPS navigator, that suddenly decided to dead and being close to go in holiday I decided to invest money into a more versatile device that could be used as a gps navigator but even in other ways….
From the Space: Message in a Bottle de IR0ISS
A fascinating story about the first experience of the Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano with Amateur Radio. Last week Luca Parmitano, had his first experience with a ham radio transceiver inside the ISS, and during a break, he was attracted by curiosity to turn on the radio and called “CQ Earth de IR0ISS”! Here you are…
Ham Radio Deluxe 5
Ham Radio Deluxe 5.x latest free version of ham radio deluxe
Scanning Osnabrueck
I’m in Osnabrueck north germany and playing with my RtlSdr dongle scanning VHF
SDR on your Android Galaxy S3
IW5EIJ Leonardo, yesterday night showed me a nice App running on Android, named SDR Touch. Connecting the Samsung Galaxy S3 to the RTLSDR dongle will turn your smartphone into a nice wide band receiver. Leonardo is however experiencing an unwanted and unexpected phone vibration during reception. Could not gave him any hint since, I don’t…