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59th Jota – operating II5BP at Firenze 8
A few pictures taken during the 59th Jota at Firenze 8 operating the II5BP station
Recommended Repeater Operating Procedures
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,…
YOTA 2015 – trip to Florence
A visit to Florence by the Ham YOTA 2015 group
Modifying HP Server Power Supplies for Ham Radio Use
This article documents the modification of 2 typesof Hewlett Packard switching power supplies to enable their use as power sources for ham radio equipment. Obsolete server power modules can be bought from online dealers at very good prices due to the massive replacement of older network servers; typical prices for a unit are as low…
Facebook : search by amateur radio call-sign
How to search Facebook for people by using their amateur radio call-sign. Examples and restrictions
Your QRZ on Facebook profile page
Thanks to an online petition made via change.org  promoted by NW7OR, starting from today facebook allow to add your own ham radio call-sign as altenate name and have it displayed in your public profile page This should allow others to look for your your by using your QRZ. This is how appears now my Facebook profile…
How to measure bandwidth
If you have setup a ham radio Wi-Fi link and you want to measure the real throughput, copying files, or accessing to speedtest.net is not really the proper way. I’ve written an article on calculating the total bandwidth in WiFi links , and I try to eplain the reason and give you some more hints.
The Old Bridge Antenna
Florence Old Bridge This picture I’ve taken few days ago, reveals, what I’ve always considered, the symbol of amateur radio in Florence. This Yagi Antenna tower, erected very close to the old bridge several years ago I suppose belong to IK5JXR (I5BKO), now SK. Just wanted to share this piece of my city with you.
Google Glass Ham Radio app
Google glass are wearable computer, with a built-in Android OS on it, and in this movie N3WG Nick Garner show us a sample application of a ham radio related application written for the Google Glass platform. Practically Nick is able to remote control an Elecraft KX3 radio via the Pigremote connected via Wi-Fi, of…