Several times I stressed, on this column, how hard is for yours truly to get decent signals from the US. At late night, with propagation doing his job just fine, I experienced best stations crossing the Pond at 5/6-7, on 40 meters. Give me one at 5/8 and I would have red-crossed the date on the calendar.
A couple weeks ago, being an early rising bird, I was exploring Read more →

Yours truly isn’t too much into the Olympic Games hype (exception made for the special callsigns related to the even, which is fun to work), but amateur radio has its sporting side, so title for this post is quite a forced option. Straight to the point, now: I got lately results for Helvetia Contest 2012, held last April, which I was glad to join as a resident in a bordering region, and the proud owner of a swiss Read more →