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500 KHz Beacon ARI Milano

500 KHz Beacon by ARI Milano

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Simone

ARI Milano obrained last october, for temporary period , the permission to operate on the 500 KHz band to develop experiments. After having obtained such permission, ARI Milano home made a vertical antenna with a capacitive toploading , a Transmitter and a Receiver for that band. A beacon has been setup with an ERP of…

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LoTW and Contestia mode

Posted on December 4, 2010January 4, 2011 by Simone

I was uploading the latest LoTW entries to ARRL LoTW today, and the TQSL application found errors on validating some QSOs done in Contestia mode. Looks like the Contestia mode is not recognized by ARRL ! I solved the problem by editing the ADIF file and changing the contestia record with DATA Hope this can…

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5V7TT DX with the Ghost ?

Posted on October 14, 2010January 4, 2011 by Simone

Today I finally had the opportunity to contact the 5V7TT DXPedition to Togo. This activation has been managed by I2YSB, an experienced dxer, who knows all tips and tricks of dxpeditioning, and from what I’m seing looks like are really making a fine job and tons of QSOs. It is said that the team is…

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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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