Skip to content

IW5EDI Simone – Ham-Radio

Amateur Radio made in Italy

Menu
  • About me
    • QSL info
    • Log Book OnLine
    • What I Hear
    • Live Stream
    • Perchè (Why) in English ?
    • Contact me
    • Privacy info
  • Software
    • Ham Radio Deluxe 5.2
    • IP-Sound
    • OscillometerXZ
    • YO Yagi Optimizer
    • HamAlyzer 2.8
    • ERP Calculator
    • 59+ software
    • Magnetic Loop Calculator
    • MeterMate
    • UDY 2 Voice Keyer
  • Ham Radio
    • Beginners Guide to Ham Radio
    • Direct QSLing from Italy
    • Foreign Ham Operations in Italy
    • Tourist Ham Radio in Italy
    • Frequency List
    • Metric Conversion Table
    • Sound Card Interfacing for RTTY, PSK31, and SSTV
  • Technical Articles
    • Microphone Connections
    • A low cost 600 watt ultra-linear amplifier
    • VE7AVV – YAESU FL-2100Z Amplifier Repairs
    • Mic Wiring – Ham Radio
    • Homebrewing a balun
    • Grounding Concepts
    • HF Scanning frequencies
    • Wi-FI: Measuring network throughput
    • Determining RFI problems in mobile
    • Hidden and stealth antennas
  • Antennas
    • 144 / 430 Dual Band J-pole antenna
    • 10 Meter 4 Element Quad Antenna
    • 144 Mhz Magnetic Loop Antenna
    • A “loopy” Loop Loaded Vertical
    • W5GI Mystery Antenna
    • A Multiband Dipole
    • Build a W3DZZ Antenna
    • A portable 2-element VHF yagi
    • Assembling GAP Titan DX Antenna
    • The Galaxy Dipole
    • Pfeiffer Maltese Quad Antenna System
    • Magic Anti-Jamming antenna
    • D3+ High Performance Antennas
    • EH Antenna for 40 and 20 meters
    • Homebrew G5RV
    • 40 meter mini Moxon Antenna
    • EH Antenna for 10 meter
    • Quad and ModQuad Antenna
    • Inverted U antenna for 160 meters
    • 6 Band HF Windom antenna
    • The Bazooka Antenna
    • Antennas for HF mobile operation
    • Inverted L Antenna for Low Bands
    • Your first dipole
    • Remote control Antenna Switch
    • The gin pole
    • Hexbeam antenna setup
    • W4TI Rotor Installation
Menu

Category: HamRadio

Amateur Radio Blog Posts. Ham radio events, operations and local news

LoTW Certificate ready

My LoTW Certificate expired – It did it again!

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Simone

How to renew an expired LoTW callsign certificate and let RumLog sign and upload to Log of the World for you.

Read more

HF antennas for high rise dwellers

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Simone

If you have ever tried transmitting on HF from a tall block of apartments, where it’s just not possible to erect a substantial aerial system, then this article is for YOU!

Read more

Getting started on FT8

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Simone

First impressions using the WSJT-X FT8 on Mac OSX and TS-590S

Read more

Cubical Quad Antenna JS Calculator

Posted on September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 by Simone

A simple javascript to calculate QUAD Antennas This script was originally available at this address http://calc.n6ach.com/quad.html but page is currently returning a 403 error.

Read more

MARITIME NETS – On Maritime Frequencies

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Simone

I can’t verify if these info are still valid and in use. I stored here for reference. Atlantic Weather – Controller Herb Hilgenberg – Callsign SOUTHBOUND TWO Time Area Frequencies Chan No 2000-2200Z Atlantic/Caribbean Weather 12359 kHz 12C 1940-2000 Check IN 12359 kHz 12C Caribbean SSB Weather Net – Controller Dave Time Area Frequencies 1230-1300…

Read more

200 Morse Code QSOs

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Simone

Download Files MORSE1 MORSE2 These are 200 Morse Code QSO`s which might typically be heard on the HF bands. They were designed to give people who are learning Morse Code some practice with real life Morse contacts, rather than using text passages from books, or random letters generated my computer. It is intended that the…

Read more
W3DZZ Antenna

The W3DZZ Antenna

Posted on January 6, 2016January 7, 2016 by Simone

The W3DZZ antenna revisited. A multiband antenna 80 to 10 meters by using traps for 7 MHz

Read more

Numbers Stations

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Simone

1. Introduction Sooner or later every Shortwave Listener will hear them, the Number Stations: rarely letter-groups are read by a synthezised male or female voice, are keyed in Morse code or are sent in digital mode. All transmissions start with an identifier/call, usually a 3-figure group, repeated several times. The following figure-groups specify the decryption…

Read more

Recommended Repeater Operating Procedures

Posted on October 28, 2015January 2, 2016 by Simone

Recommended Repeater Operating Procedures Use simplex wherever possible freeing the repeater for necessary uses. Monitor the repeater (listen) or determine if the repeater is in use, and if there are any peculiarities in its operation. After listening for a few seconds, identify, un key and listen to see if it was quiet for a reason,…

Read more

W2BRI Magnetic Loop homebrewing guide

Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by Simone

Home made your own magnetic loop antenna

Read more

Posts pagination

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • …
  • 10
  • Next

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


IW5EDI Simone



This Blog is mainly dedicated to Amateur Radio (Ham radio) and contains external articles and personal esperiences.

What is Amateur Radio ?
More Ham Radio Links


Blogroll

  • ARI Italian Amateur Radio Society 0
  • ARI Firenze ARI – Sezione di Firenze 0
  • ARRL Amateur Radio Relay League 0
  • DX Zone Ham Radio Internet Guide 0
  • DXSummit 0
  • DXWatch 0
  • eHam 0
  • Ham Radio Daily Ham Radio News 0
  • IW5EDI on QRZ.com My page on QRZ.com 0
  • Long Delayed Echoes 0

My Content

  • Antenna Projects 0
  • RadioAnnunci.it Mercatino Radioamatoriale 0

Categories

  • Articles (131)
    • Antenna Theory (13)
    • DXing (2)
    • How to (10)
    • shortwave (7)
  • Company and Products (1)
  • DXing (13)
    • QSLing (4)
  • Equipment (97)
    • Antenna (65)
    • Software Defined Radio (6)
  • Featured (28)
  • Ham Radio Events (25)
  • Ham Radio News (1)
  • Ham Radio Software (26)
  • HamRadio (94)
    • Ham Radio 2.0 (16)
    • How to (6)
    • Radio Scanning (6)
  • Homebrew (142)
    • HF Antennas (78)
    • Raspberry Pi (1)
    • UHF Antenna (16)
    • VHF Antennas (38)
  • Photos (4)
  • Short News (4)
  • Video (4)

Comments

  • Charles Mintoff on Ham Radio 2012
  • Roger Sparks, W7WKB on Petlowany Antennas by K6NO
  • Frank Barnes on Ameritron AL-80A restoration project
  • ken m3zkb on W5GI Mystery Antenna
  • Bobby on 5/8 Vertical Ground Plane antenna for 10 meters

RSS The DXZone.com

  • Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2603
  • FT2: New Ultra-Fast Digital Mode Tested on HF
  • Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2602
  • The G3LZR Tribander : The charm of the Impossible Antenna
  • Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2601
  • Amateur Radio Clubs
  • Shrunken Quad
  • DIY Magnetic Loop Antenna Tutorial with Remote Tuning System
  • HF Beacon Tracker: Real-Time 3D Propagation Visualization
  • WSJT-X FT2 fork Decodium

Ham Radio Blog – IW5EDI Simone JN53OR

© 2026 IW5EDI Simone – Ham-Radio | Powered by Superbs Personal Blog theme