Biography

Born in 1959, first licenced in Jan 1991 then upgraded to italian amateur class "A" licence in 1994, I live with my family in the countryside 30km south of Torino (Italy) in JN34XV.

Mostly working CW, seldom SSB/FM locally, never digital modes.

No computer generated CW: only brain and hand.

I also hold an FCC Amateur licence with Vanity callsign K1XPB .

Equipment

Collins S-line 75S-3 / 32S-3 / SM-3 (1962/1969).

Drake C-line R4C/T4XC (1973/1977).

Drake TR7/R7 (1979).

Elecraft K1-qrp HF CW transceiver

Elecraft K4 HF transceiver

Yaesu FT 736R: 144 Mhz, 430 Mhz, and 1.2 Ghz.

Icom IC-3210E: for local communications monitoring.

Hy Gain AV 640 vertical multiband HF antenna

Homemade 24,5mt random-wire antenna + CG-3000 remote ATU.

IW2EN's Infinity-Wire , HF end fed dipole, inside the attic.

VHF-UHF Tonna 9+19 elements Yagi beam.

23cm band Comet CYA1216E 16 elements Yagi beam.

Begali, Schurr, Frattini, IK1OJM, Mecograph, McElroy, Buzza and Vibroplex keys.

I accept and reply eQsl cards. via LotW, eQSL, ClubLog