Biography
Hello you!
Thank you for visiting my profile!
I was born Feb/19/1957 and I'am OM from Aug/07/1981, my QTH is Loano near Savona, nord Italy, Ligurian sea.
I'am retired from Jan/01/2013, I have worked in a thermoelettric plant for 34 years in Vado Ligure near Savona ( http://www.tirrenopower.com ); is volunteer of the Italian civil protection .
My preferred bands are: 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23cm.
My meteo station in APRS IW1PPB-3 and in internet https://www.loanometeo.it/
73 de
IW1PPB Andrea
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Equipment
Transceivers:
- Kenwood TS-2000X 100W
- Kenwood TM-D710E 50W
- Kenwood TH-D7E 5W for APRS
- Kenwood TH-F7E 5W
- Yaesu FT-857Di, 100W
- Yaesu VX-8, 5W width mic-GPS
- Yaesu FTM100
- Yaesu FTM400
- Yaesu FT1D
- Yaesu FT3D
- Icom IC-2820 D-Star 50W
- ICOM ID-51 D-Star 5W
- Motorola GM-380 UHF, GM-360 VHF, GM-950 V/UHF
- Motorola GP-380 UHF
- Motorola DP4800 VHF
- Motorola DP4800 UHF
- Hytera PD685 UHF
- Hytera PD785 UHF
Antennas:
- Diammond BB6W for HF/6m
- IW2EN dipole
- IW2EN vertical antenna
- Tonna F9FT 23 elements for 23cm
- Tonna F9FT 55 elements for 23cm
Tuners:
- LDG Z-100Plus for FT857Di use