Propagation report on DxCoffee.com

Max IK8LOV has written a good and scientific report about late propagation’s conditions. Visit and comment it!

In Italian: http://www.dxcoffee.com/ita/2010/02/07/sole-in-tumulto-cosa-sta-succedendo/

English google traduction: http://bit.ly/d6wLRn

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73 e Buon DxCoffee a tutti!

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Thinking Day 2010 on the Air

World Thinking Day on the Air (TDOTA)

TDOTA 2010

will be the 3rd full weekend in February 20 & 21

This year the theme will be girls worldwide say “together we can end extreme poverty and hunger”. The theme is taken from the first UN Millennium Development Goal and is part of our WAGGGS Global Action Theme.

For 2010 we are highlighting the difference Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting makes and the ways it challenges poverty in five countries:

1. Haiti

2. Georgia

3. Maldives

4. Sudan

5. Zimbabwe

In favor of this international theme all radioscouts are invited to be on the air during this event!

I will be QRV the February 21st during celebrations in my city, Bari, South-East of Italy.  The reference’s frequency will be 14.290MHz. All scout’s groups of my city will take part of this TDOTA.

So please every scout’s station is invited to contact others radioscout all over the world, I’m waiting also for sked via email or also via comments on this post.

IZ4AKS/BY1RX – Beijing

I have had a great surprise this morning!!!

My great friend Giorgio IZ4AKS, who was in Bejiing to work, was trasmitting from the Big Radioclub B1Z using the temporary license IZ4AKS/BY1RX. He was at 14.195, for me the beaming was 50°NE, into my Delta Loop the signal was 59+10dB, a wonderful report from China!

Giorgio is a great DX Man, one of  E44M, 1A4A, 1A3A, 9H3KS, HB0/IZ4AKS, HV5PUL, T70A (T71SM), IE9X,

OM/IZ4AKS, 4U1UN, 4U1VIC, OE/IZ4AKS, 3A/IZ4AKS, W2/IZ4AKS…and so on….

Listen this Music……and enjoy the DX!!! To the next Giorgio, around the world, see you in the pileup!

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You can visit him website for photos and others news…    www.iz4aks.com

Destruction in Samoa after Tsunami

First videos from Samoa and American Samoa after the terrible tsunami.

Many people are involved and the interested area is very large, there have been another strong earthquake also in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Different DXpeditions are in this area at the moment, I hope all are well. Good news from 3D20CR, Conway reef, they are well and the first station is up on 20m now. We are waiting for other good news.

For other photos and news about this disaster you can visit this blog: http://www.pagopago.com/blog/john/2009/09/29/tsunami

This is news about Sumatra earthquake:

ORARI (Organization of Amateur Radio for Indonesia) is using 7075 Mhz for emergency communications in Sumatra. Please leave clear this frequency, especially during European afternoon when the propagation is open for Indian and Pacific ocean.

Meeting with Mr. PKW Antenne

Thanks to I7GLO Nino for the friendly opportunity! Sauturday we have met the owner of PKW Antenne industry at I7GLO’s home, Mr. Stefano, son of famous I2PKW founder of the company.

It was a beatiful meeting, but full of  interesting informations. It was the occasion to speak about antennas and future projects!

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Un ringraziamento a Nino I7GLO per la sua totale disponibilità, sempre disinteressata, per il bene del radiantismo! Sabato è stata l’occasione dell’incontro, nello shack di I7GLO, con Stefano Martelli, proprietario della PKW Antenne, figlio del noto fondatore Giuliano I2PKW. La lunga e gradevole amicizia che lega Nino I7GLO alla famiglia Martelli ha permesso di intrattenere una serata interessante e fruttuosa per quanto concerne i nostri futuri progetti inerenti ai vari sistemi di antenna.

QRV operations from Dolomiti IZ3/IZ7KHR

I will spend 2 weeks in holiday. I’m going to Cortina D’Ampezzo, a beautiful place on Dolomiti mountains, in the North-East of Italy.

My location will be at 1500m on the sea level. I’m bringing with me a YAESU FT-897 with some portable antennas. I have build a multiband fishing-pole antenna and a single-element delta loop for 6m and 2m. I will upload some photos of those installations.

In case of some portable activities I have included in the pack also a multiband mobile antenna with a magnetic base for a mobile installation.

There will be many good locations for portable operations, also for S.O.T.A. (Summit On The Air), but now I don’t have any idea about these opportunity. I will consider them evaluating wheather conditions and every others difficulties.

In every case I will prefer activity in 6m and, if the propagation will be good, also in 2m. In HF I will test digital and SSTV modes.

Some pictures of Dolomiti:

DXbuster- L’acchiappa DX!

Hi guys!

The test of my antenna in finished! I can said that it works very fine!!!

I have changed the name of the Monster, hihihihi, now it is DXbuster….This is the extract of my log in the last days:

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IU8HQ – IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 15m SSB

Some videos about our partecipation at the IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 in the Headquarter station IU8HQ.

The location was Mount Botte Donato (2000m),this is the highest place into the south-west of Italy, from it you can dominate the three italian seas: on the left the Adriatic sea, on the right the Tirrenic sea and to south the little Jonio sea.

A great experience with the friends of MDXC (Mediterraneo DX Club), so thanks to them for this opportunity and I hope to partecipate to others contests with this good and strong team!

This the declared score of Italian HQ stations:

Declared IUxHQ:

Class: Headquarters HP
QTH: ITALY
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 537 314 17 35
80: 1135 1029 26 47
40: 1956 2126 42 60
20: 2392 2389 52 65
15: 1252 1402 36 48
10: 1129 1123 22 40
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Total: 8401 8383 195 295 Total Score = 21.496.790

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Frequenze e Locazioni Call IUxHQ 2009

Queste le frequenze che verranno utilizzate dalal maggior parte dei TEAM HQ.
Sicuramente sara’ piu’ attendibile il cluster pero’ potrebbero servire per chi vuole prendere i premi messi in palio dall’ ARI.

Frequenze e Locazioni Call IUxHQ 2009

10m CW PALERMO IU9HQ 28,026 MHz
10m SSB RAGUSA IU9HQ 28,476 MHz
15m CW MONTE CODRUZZO IU4HQ 21,026 MHz
15m SSB COSENZA IU8HQ 21,316 MHz
20m CW BOLOGNA IU4HQ 14,026 MHz
20m SSB FIRENZE IU5HQ 14,246 MHz
40m CW MILANO IU2HQ 7026 MHz
40m SSB MODENA IU4HQ 7,076 -7186 MHz
80m CW GENOVA IU1HQ 3,526 MHz
80m SSB RAVENNA IU4HQ 3,776 MHz
160m CW MONTE CODRUZZO IU4HQ 1,831 MHz
160m SSB FORLI’ IU4HQ 1,844 MHz

Mi raccomando ragazzi, serve il vostro contributo, veniteci a collegare in massa. Solo così potremo raggiungere ottimi risultati! Il gioco di squadra è fondamentale!

Aspettiamo di sentirvi da Monte Botte Donato, provincia di Cosenza, a 2200m!