Easter’s Monday (“Little Easter”, as it’s called in Italy) makes a perfect day for field radio. If weather is not horrible, everyone feels the need to walk, to burn extra-nourishment of the day before. So, considering sun was quite high, and temperature was not too cold (10° Celsius), I decided I’d go for some trekking. Weeks ago I noticed an hill, above the place where I live, that Read more →

Long silence here, lately. Many things going on, however, on hamradio and SWL sides. Problem is the lack of time to tell them. However, tonight I wanted to stop this absence with something that caught my attention since I heard it at first. It’s about – as you can guess, knowing a bit my interest – field operations, but in a highly unusual theater. Next Saturday, 31st March, two italian collegues, Read more →

Sometimes, it’s just a sparkle that flies. I was waiting for a ham friend (IW0HK) to visit me, after years of e-mail/Internet contacts. Initial plan was to reach a downtown’s eatery, and have a nice chat. Then, looking out of the window, and realizing the wx you can see in the featured image (and no, these aren’t chemist trails, but the evidence of a mild temperature, despite winter), I Read more →