Biography
SWL I0 - 5184 - AN since 1984
RBSWC monitor I - 2776 / RB
SWL/IN3032SWL on HRDLog.net
IN3032SWL on clublog.org
IN3032SWL on hamlog.eu
Worked DXCCs:
Equipment
Icom IC R 71 E
SDR Play RSP1A
Tecsun PL 660
Tecsun PL 365 & 360
BELKA DSP
MFJ 16010 antenna tuner
KENWOOD AT 230 antenna tuner
BHI DSP noise cancellation spk
Active loop antenna MLA 30 + (modified with a strip of anodized aluminium 2 mm thickness)
Bonito Mini whip antenna
Telecscopic antenna 1,5 m (ex Marc NR 82 F1 receiver)
BCL & SWL LOG
date,working conditions,SFI,SN,A,K,time UTC,frequency,mode,PWR,QRZ,SINPO,language,RST,country
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 209 14 2 13:04 15.460 AM 100 Reach Beyond Australia 54333 Tamil NNN Australia
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 209 14 2 13:40 15.460 AM 100 Reach Beyond Australia 54444 English NNN Australia
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 199 14 2 15:13 11.825 AM 100 Reach Beyond Australia 54444 Burmese NNN Australia
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 199 14 2 15:33 11.985 AM 100 RFA 54444 Korean NNN Agignan Point Saipan
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 199 14 2 15:39 12.060 AM 100 KSDA - AWR 54332 English NNN Guam Isl. International DX program from AWR Radio - Wavescan
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 199 14 3 17:00 11.800 AM 300 NHK 54332 Japanese NNN Japan (Yamata) start program in japanese - news
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 199 14 3 17:30 11.800 AM 300 NHK 54333 Japanese NNN Japan (Yamata) music
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 199 14 3 18:22 7.475 AM 250 R.Thailand 55444 English NNN Thailand
30/06/2024 RSP1A - Loop 186 199 14 3 18:50 13.670 AM 100 MWV African Pathways Radio 55444 English NNN Mahajanga - Madagascar
LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel has good news to share with shortwave listeners AND DXers around the world.
Starting this week (W.20) LRA36 will have 4 weekly emissions on 15476 kHz USB according to the following schedule:
Tuesday 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. UTC
Thursday 18:00 to 20:00 UTC
Friday 12:00 to 15:00 UTC
Saturday 18:00 to 21:00 UTC
PROPAGATION INDEX
A index = low is good
1-6 is best
7-9 is ok
11 or more is bad
SFI index = high is good
70 not good
80 good
90 better
100 + best
K index = low is good
0 or 1 is best
2 is ok
3 or more is bad
5 is very, very bad
Useful links
PROPAGATION
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https://grafana.gafner.net/d/kAZyp6bMz/solar-indices-and-ham-radio-propagation?orgId=1&from=1714867200000&to=1714953599000 (PROPAGATION - GRAFANA)
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/monitoring/Pages/Regular.aspx
http://wspr.rocks/propagation/
https://www.voacap.com/hf/
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/
IARU
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https://www.iaru-r1.org/spectrum/monitoring-system/ IARU newsletter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_radio_emissions
QSL
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https://www.qsl.net/lz1iii/html/Modulation%20Codes.html
https://picfont.com/editor
https://cooltext.com/
https://pixlr.com/it/x/#editor (on line image editor)
HAM RADIO COURSE - ITALIAN LANGUAGE
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https://iu0ega.jimdofree.com/corsi-on-line-per-radioamatori/
http://www.stmb.it/corso.htm
BCL DATABASE
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https://shortwavedb.org/ NEW SW DATABASE
http://hfradio.org/swbc/ SW DATABASE
https://new.hfcc.org/data/guidepost.phtml SW DATABASE
http://eibispace.de/
https://www.short-wave.info/
https://shortwaveschedule.com/
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php
DX GUIDE BLOG AND ASSOCIATIONS
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http://www.dxguides.info/ GUIDES FREE OF CHARGE
https://clusterdx.nl/login.php
http://air-radiorama.blogspot.com/
http://dxways-br.blogspot.com/
http://www.dswci.org/
http://www.dxfanzine.org/
https://www.air-radio.it/
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/
https://log.hard-core-dx.com/
https://swarl.org/
http://www.ari.it/
https://www.425dxn.org/
https://swling.com/blog/
https://11dx.net/
http://arsitalia.it/la-radio/
https://www.dxing.com/
https://www.wwdxc.de/
https://officinahf.jimdofree.com/
http://i0naa.altervista.org/
http://dxways-br.blogspot.com/2020/11/qslwindow-new-edition.html
https://dxcenter.com/FT8Chat/
https://dxheat.com/dxc/
https://www.sotamaps.org/extras
https://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/
https://www.mapforham.com/dashboard/login.php
https://www.unionradio.it/
https://www.dxmaps.com/
https://lf11.pl/ (11 m web site with eQSL card)
https://groups.io/g/swskeds
RIVA DEL GARDA
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https://www.comune.rivadelgarda.tn.it/
ADIF CONVERTERS
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http://sp7dqr.pl/en/converters.php
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Miscellaneous/TEXT-to-ADIF-Converter.shtml
CW DECODER SPEECH TEXTER AND TRAINER SOFTWARE
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web cw decoder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv9Y43OtGsc
Hangul CW Trainer - https://shingiru.github.io/hangul_cw_trainer.html
Hangul CW Decoder - https://shingiru.github.io/hangul_cw_decoder.html
https://lcwo.net/ (learn CW on line)
http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/
https://www.speechtexter.com/ (on line speech to text)
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHB4sOfYDWzydiS-3bJ9bJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DFzrflnLLs
DIGITAL MODE
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https://freedv.org/ (is a Digital Voice mode for HF radio)
RADIO INTERFERENCE LOCALIZATION
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https://www.ukqrm.org.uk/ (radio interference localization)
DX programs
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https://awr.org/program/engmi_wav/