Biography
My shack pictures : http://www.ik2ycw.it/myshack.html
Please check if you are in my log before sending QSL
or refere to this page for online QSL request:
http://www.ik2ycw.it/logs/ik2ycw/index.html
I just moved to my Farm QTH ( August 2011).
Currently I am using a based station with an Icom 7800 and Acom 2000A, but I can also use the Remote Internet Controlled Station with a 2x4 elements SteppIR stack at 100 feet high and 60 feet high with the Icom ProII and OMPower 3500A. Please see my webpage for more informations ( loc: JN55kethis is the location on the map)
I was borned in 1951, I have been involved with Radio since I was 16 years old and I had my first license since then (1967).
I had several call sign I2SPT, IK4DEH, W8/IK4DEH , IK2YCW and BY/IK2YCW.
I am a IR2M Contest Station operator.
I spent 4 years in Michigan (1983-1987), 12 years in Cincinnati, OH (1988-2000) and now I am back in Italy, Mantova.
I am a collector of old radios and an airplanes pilot.
I love to fly ultralights from my farm, please visit : http://www.ik2ycw.it/claudio/ultralights.html
Please visit my web page:
http://www.ik2ycw.it
You can see a real time weather at my Landing Field:
http://www.ik2ycw.it/mantovanord/wx.htm
Current awards:
Active for DXCC since 2003
10 DXCC, 333 DXCC, WAZ, WAS, WAC, DX Challenge (2,670)
Several good performancesin CQ SSB contest, ARRL SSB, and 3 times worldwide first place on IOTA contests.
Thanks for stopping by
Claudio Spiritelli
Worked DXCCs:
Equipment
Transceivers:
ICOM IC7800 - ICOM 781 - ICOM 756PROII - ICOM 7000- SDR Flex-3000
Amplifiers:
ACOM 2000A - OMPOWER 3500A - Henry MKII - Tokyo Power
Antennas:
2 x SteppIR 4 elements with 30-40 meters expansions at 100 and 60 feet high
Optibeam 21/03 at 27 meters high
Optibeam 4030 at 30 meters high
Dipoles for 40 - 80 - 160 meters
1/4 Vertical for 80 meters with 120 radials
1/8 Vertical for 160 meters linear loaded with 120 radials
Verticals 20 meters high for 40 meters
Verticals 20 meters high for 30 meters
In winter time: 5 Beverages 260 meters long