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ZS8M: terrain profile toward nord Italy

Very few the times I could hear Pierre ZS8M from Marion Island, and always with very weak signals.
It's quite odd because south Africa is easy readable here in Nord Italy, but this is not the case of ZS8M.
recently I read an interesting article on DXCoffee so I decided to check what is the terrain profile toward north Italy.
In the picture below you can see what ZS8M can see out of his window in the north direction.



And this is the terrain profile beaming at 340 degrees: as you can see he has a 80 m. high hills at a distance of 1.4 km.



So, the location doesn't seem so favourable to working him from north Italy.... but I will try again in the next days.

New CW Italian song

50th Anniversary of the P.A.N.

RSGB " What is Amateur Radio? "

Ireland Tour

From July 30 to August 15 me and my wife will ride for Ireland.
Below you can see the stages of our tour.
I'd love to meet some Irish Amateur Radio Operator , if only for a pint of stout beer.
If someone is close to the cities on my route and wants to meet me, please send me an email using my address on qrz.com.

73
Andrea
IZ2LSC

Dxpedition EU-110: Logs, images, video

The IOTA Activation is over.
Thanks everyone who called us.
The website was updated with the final logs, images and video.
Check it out on www.timpy.it/eu110

73
Andrea
iz2lsc

Dxpedition EU-110: Ready to go!!!

The antennas tests were completed with excellent results. Now we are ready to go.
Tomorrow morning we will begin our trip to Croatia.
We will focus especially on DX (JA, U.S., VK, ZL, etc.) and try to exploit any opening also working during the night. We want to give the opportunity to contact EU-110 to amateur radio operators outside Europe. You can report openings via SMS to the mobile number published on the dxpedition website: www.timpy.it/eu110

See you on air, 73!

Antenna testing for Dxpedition Sveti Nikola EU-110

I took some pics during the antenna test.
That's me and Giovanni checking the resonance.

More pics can be found on www.timpy.it/eu110/photos

EU-110 Dxpedition

I would like to inform you that me (IZ2LSC), Giovanni (I2OGV), Ivano (I2RFJ), Giuseppe (I2ZBX) and Diego (IZ2AMV) will be active from St. Nikola Island (IOTA EU-110) from 28^th May to 2^nd June 2010. We will use the calls 9A/homecall. We will be active on 80-6 M SSB, CW and RTTY with 3 or 4 stations.

QSL is via Buro or Direct to our homecall.

Info and online logs on www.timpy.it/eu110

Most likely, on the island , we will not have a permanent Internet connection. So we thought to provide an innovative service: a mobile phone number where you can send us SMS. Use it to communicate suggestions, propagation openings and everything you feel useful to the dxpedition.
The number is +39 392 241 8274 (we will not answer to phone calls).

Thanks for spreading this notice.

73

Andrea

IZ2LSC

Lost Islands Video

This is a great video for a great DXpedition
In 2001 I wasn't a ham licensed operator yet, and then I could not take part to this event, but I'm really excited seeing this video.
I'd love to hear some stories of who was there and lived this dxpedition trying to get a QSO.

2009: the year of CW growth

End of year…. Time of balance!
Clublog statistics gave me the opportunity to analyze my trend in term of QSOs mode.
It’s nice to see that my QSOs ratio in CW is increasing year by year and in 2009 CW was my "top mode"!

0 % in 2007 when I first got my license in July.
8 % in 2008 when I started learning CW
47 % in 2009 … and I’m still a newbie in CW!




I’m sure that the DXCC growth in 2009 (31 new countries) is worth of CW.


I hope, for the incoming new year, to keep this trend on improving my CW skills.

Prontuario per il brindisi di capodanno

Tra qualche ora brinderemo al nuovo anno.
Vorrei farvi gli auguri con questa poesia di Erri De Luca.
Happy New Year!!!

Bevo a chi è di turno, in treno, in ospedale,
cucina, albergo, radio, fonderia,
in mare, su un aereo, in autostrada,
a chi scavalca questa notte senza un saluto,
bevo alla luna prossima, alla ragazza incinta,
a chi fa una promessa, a chi l’ha mantenuta,
a chi ha pagato il conto, a chi lo sta pagando,

a chi non è invitato in nessun posto,
allo straniero che impara l’italiano,
a chi studia la musica, a chi sa ballare il tango,
a chi si è alzato per cedere il posto,
a chi non si può alzare, a chi arrossisce,
a chi legge Dickens, a chi piange al cinema,
a chi protegge i boschi, a chi spegne un incendio,
a chi ha perduto tutto e ricomincia,
all’astemio che fa uno sforzo di condivisione,
a chi è nessuno per la persona amata,
a chi subisce scherzi e per reazione un giorno sarà eroe,
a chi scorda l’offesa, a chi sorride in fotografia,
a chi va a piedi, a chi sa andare scalzo,
a chi restituisce da quello che ha avuto,
a chi non capisce le barzellette,
all’ultimo insulto che sia l’ultimo,
ai pareggi, alle ics della schedina,
a chi fa un passo avanti e così disfa la riga,
a chi vuol farlo e poi non ce la fa,
infine bevo a chi ha diritto a un brindisi stasera
e tra questi non ha trovato il suo.

9G5XX Abokwa Island AF-084, Ghana

The band (20M SSB) was very noisy (as always..when there is a contest). Despite this I had a QSO with Vinicio (IK2CIO) that was transmitting from the Abokwa island in Ghana.
Here it is a recording of the signal received today.

XRØY Rapa Nui 2009

Photo by paolo@pedaletti.it

Strong signals this evening from Easter Island. Stan and company are doing a very fine job.
Thank you guys for this new one.

Here there is a recording took at 23 UTC on 30M CW in Milan:

IOTA 2009 CONTEST RESULTS

I am very happy to discover that I was ranked 4° in my category. An unexpected result, also because I haven't worked very hard.
Here are the rankings for the category DXpedition/singleOp/SSB/12H/LowPower. Good Job! (Click on the image to enlarge)

FT5GA 40M Pileup

It's hard to work this dxpedition with a vertical antenna.
For the moment I have only one QSO in 30M CW, but I'm satisfied!
Yesterday evening the pileup on 40M CW was very huge with strong signals from NA.
Here there's the recording:

pj4/pg4m audio from the pileup

Yesterday I had a QSO with PJ4/PG4M, Bonaire Island in the Netherlands Antilles.
Nothing special, but the curious thing is that these guys had a video live stream on internet, showing their activity real-time (http://www.livestream.com/pj4nx). I saw Michiel waving at me during the QSO!
I recorded the audio, it's really nice to have the opportunity to listen myself and the pileup from the other side...
Thanks guys for this nice feature.

Insubria Radio Club: Attivazione Chiesetta di San Biagio in Cittiglio (VA)

Domenica abbiamo attivato la chiesetta di S. Biagio valida per il Diploma Abbazie Italiane Ref. LB-0236 e per il Diploma Regio Inubrica Ref. I-003.
Naturalmente non poteva mancare la "motivazione" culinara. Infatti domenica si è celebrata la tradizionale Gnoccata di S. Biagio.
Questa attivazione è stata dedicata a Giovanni I1UJX recentemente scomparso.

Ecco un breve video clip della giornata.

IH9/IZ2LSC QSL

The QSL is ready for sending. To request it, please send your QSL via the Bureau. Of course you must be in the log.
The direct requests will be answered via the Bureau too.

I hope you like it.

The LOTW log was update too with all the QSOs.

73