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Author: Simone

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

Mercatino Radioamatori Firenze 2011

Posted on April 25, 2011February 22, 2012 by Simone

THIS POST REFER TO FIRST EDITION 2011 Questo articolo di riferisce alla prima edizione del mercationo avvenuta nel 2011 !       The next saturday we are going to manage the first edition of the local Ham Fest here in florence. Address to reach is : VIA GIOVANNI DA MONTORSOLI 1. Firenze. Will be…

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UV920R Price

Posted on April 22, 2011April 25, 2011 by Simone

Looks like UV920R is of the most awaited transceiver since ever ! It is already almost three months that rumors says that a new dual band mobile radio is going to be relased in the market by Chinese Wouxun. But till now, April 2011 no one can give an price in Euro here in Europe. …

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Libya crisis radio scanning

Libya Crisis Frequencies

Posted on March 20, 2011March 24, 2011 by Simone

Odyssey Dawn operation in Libya can be followed on some of most popular military frequencies, but we know that all important communications are encripted and use satellite. So dont’ expect to hear any interesting communication. If you are looking for frequencies, there are some Yahoo Groups devoted to this kind of informations, but even some…

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QRZ.com new Italian Flag!

New Italian Flag by QRZ.com

Posted on January 24, 2011January 24, 2011 by Simone

This is what looks like today my QRZ.com web page. Looks like at QRZ.com have changed the reference to  the Italian flag with the one belonging to Switzerland. http://files.qrz.com/static/flags/248.gif Well I’ve always dreamed to make some calls from a less popular country, but Switzerland is still too ham-populated. Well, folks at QRZ.com you can do…

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Double Extended Zepp Antenna

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Simone

This antenna requires the use of Tuned Open wire feed line , ladder line , window line , etc. NOT Coax cable ! It is suggested a 450 – 600 ohm line. This antenna also requires the use of a matching network “Transmatch” at the transmitter end of the feed line. WH2T used a 75…

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A Novice Multiband Vertical Antenna

Posted on January 16, 2011January 16, 2011 by Simone

Putting your first ham radio station together can be an expensive proposition. One way to cut costs is to keep the antenna simple. Here’s how WB1FSB shaved the price and provided four band operation. This old QST article illustrate how Marian Anderson WB1FSB setup a four band 80 40 15 and 10 meter band, ground-mounted …

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An Easy VHF UHF Antenna

Posted on January 16, 2011January 16, 2011 by Simone

This is a project of an easy to build dual band (UHF and VHF) j-pole antenna done with a common TV twin lead and some coax cable. Original PDF document can be downloaded here

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Jacars 2.0

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Simone

Jacars2 is a free (as in beer) program designed to connect you to ACARSD servers around the world via the Internet. Jacars2 requires the Java runtime environment (JRE) and an internet connection. You are on your own for the connection, but get Java now. Provided you have the JRE installed, simply unzip Jacars2 and run…

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II5ITA

Posted on January 2, 2011January 4, 2011 by Simone

I’m one of the operator activating the Special Event Station II5ITA. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, three special callsigns will be used throughout 2011 by members of ARI Torino (II1ITA), ARI Firenze (II5ITA) and ARI Rome (II0ITA). Details on the event and the special edition of the Diploma dell’Unità d’Italia (Italian…

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CQ WW 2006

Posted on December 26, 2010December 26, 2010 by Simone
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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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