Biography

I was born in 1978 in Maglie, South East of Italy. I grew up to the age of 4 in Turin when I moved again to South East of Italy untill a the age of 19, where I attended the study of Electronics and Telecommunications. At the age of 19 I joined to Italian Army and I served for several Corps within ICT Technologies and Telecommunications. At the age of 33 I became Amateur Radio operator with call IZ7VLL. During ISAF ops in Afghanistan, I make some QSO with T6SM callsign, between September 2011 and March 2012. Now I operate with call IZØVLL from Monterosi (JN62DE) a small town, 40 km near Rome. Sometimes you heard me with IQØMX callsign from my ARI Club in Monterosi or for some activation like Italian Lake Award and Italian Flora and Fauna Program. The latest ops is:

1. Lakes of Alimini near Otranto, ref n. I7-ØØ1 whit callsign IZØVLL for Italian Lake Award;
2. Lakes of Alimini near Otranto, ref n. I7-ØØ2 whit callsign IZØVLL for Italian Lake Award;
3. Lake of Orte near Otranto, ref n. I7-Ø21 whit callsign IZ0VLL for Italian Lake Award;
4. Lake of Bracciano, ref n. IØ-Ø14 whit callsign IQØMX for Italian Lake Award;
5. Lake of Martigano, ref n. IØ-Ø1Ø whit callsign IQØMX for Italian Lake Award;
6. Natural Park of Bracciano - Martignano, ref n. IFF-Ø2Ø7 (WFF-2Ø7) whit callsign IQØMX for
Italian Flora and Fauna Program.
7. Oasi of Alimini Lakes, Otranto, ref n. IFF-Ø461 (WFF-Ø461) whit callsign IZØVLL for Italian
Flora and Fauna Program and Italian Lakes Award ref. n. I7-002.
8. Lake of Bracciano, ref n. IØ-Ø11 whit callsign IQØMX for Italian Lake Award, ref n. IFF-207
for Italian Flora & Fauna and ref. LV-009 for DAV for U.R.I
This rigs is used for any operation:

YAESU FT-817, for QRP ops;
YAESU FT-450 for portable ops.
all times with a simple dipole. I don't have a fixed station and I prefer portable ops. /

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

I have a Yaesu FT-450 and FT-817ND and I operate with homemade antenna.