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Ham Radio Licences

Ham Radio Licences at an All-Time High

Posted on November 23, 2011November 23, 2011 by Simone

Interesting Article published on 22nd November by Fox News concerning amateur Radio Licences that looks are increasing. That is a surprising data considering that in the Social Networks era, an old and ancient Communication method looks is being discovered by many, and it’s fellowers are increasing. Watch the Movie here: Watch the latest video at…

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Mercato Radioamatori Scandicci

Mercatino Scandicci 2011

Posted on October 28, 2011October 28, 2011 by Simone

Tomorrow 29 October will be held the 18° edition of the “Mercatino di Scandicci” in the palazzetto dello sport in Scandicci. A Check Point DXCC WAZ IOTA will be managed by Mauro Pregliasco I1JQJ   For further information visit the Mercatino di Scandicci web site

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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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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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RadioAnnunci.it

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

Last night I’ve published my latest ham radio related service on the internet. It’s a regional classified ads web site, (Mercatino Radioamatoriale) fully in Italian, and dedicated to itailans Radioamatori. It’s time now to spread the voice, making some direct promotion for the service that I’ve setup in only 3 weeks, using a craig list…

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The Gap Titan DX setup

Posted on May 22, 2010January 4, 2011 by Simone

I’ve taken some pictures during the antenna setup. Assembling the GAP Titan DX is not as simple as it may appear,  in particular if english is not your own language. Technical terms are often obscure to many ham radio amateurs the usually knows ham-lingo… I don’t hide the fact that more than once, I’ve had…

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New International Reply Coupons

Posted on May 20, 2010September 10, 2010 by Simone

I’ve recently purchased at local central post office 30 new IRC valid thru 2013. Price here in Italy is € 1.29, but I’ve found also some QSL managers that sale suprlus IRC and dollars online… according to someone of these, price could be even cheeper, aprox € 1,15 according to g3swh! I’ve just published even…

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The GAP Titan DX is UP

Posted on March 22, 2010September 10, 2010 by Simone

This week-end I’ve finally setup my new vertical antenna. I’ve taken some snapshots during the assembling procedure and will post later on in a dedicated page.

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Choosing the Vertical Antenna

Posted on March 1, 2010September 26, 2010 by Simone

I’m evaluating these HF Multiband vertical Antennas. – GAP Titan DX – Cushcraft R8 – Ecomet 7+ – Butternut HF6V – Hy-Gain AV-640 At time writing the preference is going to the GAP antenna… I will post soon here some more reports from reviews and tech specifications as well as best prices from european dealers….

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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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