Being a ham since less than a year, I’m not so aware about how much felt are national contests. I can speak for Italy, as I took part already twice (at first as an SWL, and then as a real player) in “ARI 40/80″ and “Bande Basse Italia”, which usually take place between the end of the year, and the beginning of the new one. Then, it happened me to witness, on 15 meters, the joyful Read more →

As you can read in this post on DXCoffee.com, AU2JCB has been a special call from India (based in Ahmendagar, not far from Bombay), that ended yesterday its activity. I had the chance to catch Datta (VU2DSI) active yesterday afternoon, on 15 meters (21280 kHz). Pile-up from Europe wasn’t the hardest. Furthermore, propagational window seemed pretty open to Italy, as many “I” stations (especially from zone 2) Read more →