Web rumors says a new Flex Radio System product could be released in the ham radio market… the FLEX 6000 Probably in the next hours at Dayton Hamvention. Looks like the new FLEX-6000 will probably be the top of the line product, that currently includes FLEX-1500, FLEX-3000 and FLEX-5000. Clear signals coming from Flex Radio…
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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 displayed is 1st April 2012 I’m sure is not a Kenwood late April Food Joke, but it’s certainly a…
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 On-Line Log system, pratically live ! QSL for 6O0CW is available via the QSL Request Service ! Fine Job Silvano…
Baofeng UV-5R Review
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 products looks like to be a very robust handheld radio, compared to the other two ones I own….
Kenwood TS-990S
Looks like a new Kenwood transceiver is going to be announced and presented in Dayton next week. The Name should be TS-990 and it will be also presented in HAM RADIO 2012 in Friedrichshafen, Germany (June 22-24), and at Ham Fair 2012 in Tokyo, Japan (August 25-26). The final release date for the Kenwood TS-990S…
50 MHz International Marathon
ARI Section of Florence organizes the marathon dedicated to the band of 50 MHz which is open all radio amateurs. From this page you can access your online logs for the management of the marathon. To Join, request your personal userID and password by sending an e-mail to maratona50mhz @ gmail.com containing the following data…
Gmail goes Morse Code with Gmail Tap
With Gmail Tap announced today (April 1st) , Google adapted the Morse Code to the new Tap interface integrating a morse code interpreter into their Gmail App for Android Smartphones. At first while reading I did suspected April Fools and so I still believe it could be a joke, but reading comments on play.google.com looks…
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 small to host all exibitors. We had also to refuse someone due to the fact that only a few…
Ham Radio Repeaters in Italy
An updated and complete list of ham radio repeaters in italy, is mantained by IK2ANE in his website, where you can download the italian repeaters excel file Here is a subset of Italian Ham Radio Repeaters in Tuscany and in Florence area (FI) Nome Freq shift tone Prov. QRA Loc R0 145.600,0 -600 kHz 1750…
New 50MHz Band Plan
Looks like IARU Region 1 has published a new Band Plan for the ham radio six meters band, effective from January 2012. Download a PDF of the latest IARU R1 Bandplan 2012 or watch a presentation video at UK Six Meter group web site