Biography

Born in 1949, started in 1963 at 14 years old as SWL I1-12579 with the glorious and unforgettable Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal 3000 all transistor portable receiver, first licensed in 1967 as I1IJ (no call areas at that time).
Previous calls used: ET3ZU/A Jabal At Tair (volcano Island in the Red Sea close to the Yemen coast), September 1971 DX'pedition to a new DXCC entity made possible thanks to Aldo Zumbo ET3ZU, an italian guy living in Asmara Ethiopia at that time; 1A0KM, SMOM Sovereign Military Order of Malta license owner, operator and QSL Manager since 1980, until 1999; I0IJ/SV/A, Mount Athos license owner, August 1986; I0IJ operating some time like "guest" operator HV3SJ at Curia Generalizia dei Gesuiti, Vatican City; I0IJ/IG9 Lampedusa Is. , Pelagic Islands (Africa zone 33); I0IJ/IS0 Sardinia Is.; I0IJ/IT9 Sicily Is.; I0IJ/SV8 Zante Is., as SV8CS guest operator; I0IJ contest operator at I5NPH Valdinievole DX Contest Team in 1983 CQWW Phone and 1984 ARRL Phone Contest.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Icom IC-7300, Kenwood TL-922
ANTENNA: INVERTED VEE's dipole on 3,5-7-14-18 Mhz, single feed coax line, the apex at 11,2 meters (36 feet), 28 meters (91 feet) above the sea level, some 200 meters (700 feet) from the coast.
I'm using the "salt water skip" into N-NW (US and central-south America) to S-SE (Africa and Indian Ocean).