My hamradio activity


I got my ham radio license in 1970 and began my activity in 40 and 15 meters bands with a small station (50 W + dipole). I made good DX contacts in CW, the most exciting ones being those in 40 m with VK/ZL/JA/USA. Later on, I also experienced others bands/modes but, starting in 1973, I discovered VHF and from that moment onwards my interest was mainly devoted to this band.

I am interested in all VHF weak signal modes (MS, EME, Aurora, Es, Troposcatter, F2). Up to now I worked 406 squares in 60 DXCC countries (via Tropo/MS/ES/Aurora/F2) and 5 more squares via EME, all with a single Yagi and about 300 W.

 

My longest QSOs on 144 MHz:
TROPO AURORA MS ES F2
1335 Km 1387 Km 2027 Km 3184 Km 7596 Km

In the seventies/eighties, I have been active from JN65hq.
Since 1996 I have been active from Padova, JN55wj. My present location is rather poor for VHF DX activity (town noise and computer QRM are often heavy). Anyway I am attempting to do the best job as possible with my conditions.

The background sound of this page is a sample of the recording I made during my random EME contact with K1WHS, FN43mj, in September 4, 1983 from JN65hq. On that Sunday afternoon, at the end of international September contest, my antenna was pointing to the moon at its set position (at moment, I was not aware of this circumstance). I heared a weak but very clear CQ de K1WHS in CW, then I answered and immediately got a and completed the QSO in few minutes.

My VHF station


DX sounds


Here you can listen to some DX sounds, including:

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To avoid TVI problems, I prefer early morning time.


Hamradio for blind people


This section (in Italian) is designed to present various contributions, due to different authors, all relating to devices, appliances, information that might be useful for blind amateur radio people, as part of their hamradio interests.

Questa pagina (in italiano) è dedicata a contributi di vari autori, tutti riguardanti accorgimenti, apparecchi, informazioni che potrebbero essere utili ai radioamatori non vedenti nell'ambito dell'esercizio dell'attività di radioamatore.



My pieces of software


In the good old times of MS-DOS, I made some pieces of freely usable software. You can see:

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