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.

My VHF station

• transceiver ICOM IC-746, 100 W;
• receiver Drake R 4C with converter and preamplifier (1 dB NF);
• antenna 17 elements Yagi by F9Ft;
• power amplifier with 8930 tube (about 300 W). i
• DTR by DK7KF to decode high speed CW;

DX sounds

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, with a single 20 elements long Yagi and 300 W power. On that Sunday afternoon, at the end of international September contest, my antenna was randomly pointed 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.

Here you can listen to more DX sounds, including:

• Aurora opening of July 25, 1981.
• Aurora opening of March 31, 2001.
• Leonids meteor shower, November 19, 2002.

Any MS schedule proposals?

Either fill in the on-line form or send an E-mail message to my home or to my office.
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:

• Ham-radio software.
• Utility programs, particularly designed to be used on personal computers equipped with speech or braille devices. The package DOC can be configured to be used in any language; the remaining ones are in Italian.