Biography

Hallo to everybody,
I'm Stefano IT9CWA, 65 years old, married, two sons. I was a manager working for the most important italian bank;now I'm retired. I enjoy the radio since 1972. I started on 11 meters band (284 reached and confirmed countries with callsign 1AT287) and, after so many years, I got my first ham license in 1997 with callsign IW9GLW. After two years I got my extra class license. I live in Cefalù (locator JM78AA, long 14deg00'47''E, lat 38deg01'54''N, Palermo province, Sicily Island, IOTA EU-025), a famous touristic city on the mediterranean sea coast.

During summer 2012, I started with another station located in my holidays' home. The village is called Gratteri, 700 meters a.s.l., locator JM67XX (long.13deg58'20''E, lat 37deg57'56''N, Palermo province, Sicily Island, IOTA EU-025).

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

My rig in Cefalù (current set - 2023, July):

- RTX: Icom IC7610, Kenwood TH-F7E, Baofeng UV-5R; LINEAR AMPLIFIERS: SPE Expert 1.3K-FA, Kenwood TL922; MIC: Astatic Silver Eagle, Icom HM-219; KEY: Bencher BY2; SWR/WATTMETER: MFJ-869; POWER SUPPLY: Proxel 832 NFAR; REMOTE COAX SWITCH: Ameritron RCS-10; COMPUTER: Huawei Matebook D 14 AMD Ryzen 5 with Windows 10; PROGRAM FOR DIGI MODES: MixW3.2.105, WSJT-X v2.6.1; reg; USB INTERFACE: RigExpert Plus; ELECTRONIC LOG: Flynext;

- ANTENNAS: LZA-10-5 (10 elements Yagi for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 mt.); PKW MHF2e/SS40 (2 elements Yagi for 40 mt.); PKW MHF1e/30 (1 element Dipole for 30 mt.); LZA-5-6 (5 elements Yagi for 6 mt.); inverted "V" dipoles homebrew 1/4 lambda for 60 and 80; Pro.Sis.Tel. PST-160CH loaded dipole for 160 mt.; Vertical HF3B (40, 80,160 mt.)
- TOWER: Pro.Sis.Tel. T40 11 mt. high
- ROTATOR: Pro.Sis.Tel. PST61


My rig in Gratteri (current set - 2023, July):

- RTX: Icom IC756 Pro III, Kenwood TS140S, Uniden 2020P; LINEAR AMPLIFIERS: Heathkit SB220, ERE HL-1201P; MIC: Icom SM20, Kenwood MC60, Kenwood MC43; KEY: Automatic paddle keyer NUI-730; SWR/WATMETER: OSKER SWR-200; POWER SUPPLY: Diamond GRV4000, Microset 25A; REMOTE COAX SWITCH: Ameritron RCS-8; PROGRAM FOR DIGI MODES: MixW3.2.105, WSJT-X v2.6.1; reg; USB INTERFACE: RigExpert Standard; COMPUTER: HP Pavilion 15-N233SL Intel Core I7 with Windows 8

- ANTENNAS: Windom 80-10 mt.band homebrew; Rotative dipole 5 bands Pro.Sis.Tel. PST-DDR5 (10-12-15-17-20 mt.)
- ROTATOR: Hy-gain CD45II