Biography

I'm born in Italy (Savona) in 1976.
My first QSO was with a simple 23 channel AM CB radio founded in my father's cellar in my early age of 12....
I toke the "virus" after my first DX with USA in AM mode, 5 W and a mobile antenna temporarily installed out of the window!
From 1988 to 1998 I worked many country in the 27MHz band (AM and SSB mode) then, in 1998, I obtained the OM licence with the callsign IW1RCT. F1VJT is my callsign since 2004, year when I leave Italy from France.
Actually I work HF from 3.5 to 28 MHz band and 144 MHz, SSB or CW, no digital mode.

I'm learning CW....OM be patient, I'm still QRS!!!

I have assembled many QRP CW transceivers: SWL Rockmite20, Hendricks DC20, Forty 9er and Pixie kits for 40 meter band and, the last arrived, a µBITx (HF all mode, 10W)
I have added a DDS VFO into my DC-20 and Rockmite transceivers. A PA of 20W have been installed in the DC-20 enclosure (high power is used only when powered by a power supply or big battery); the power is switchable between 20 and 1W for QRP operations.
My Rockmite have about 1.5 Watts (@13.8V).


I manage two Beacons

The 10 meter beacon: http://www.qrzcq.com/call/F1VJT/B
The 6 meters beacon: https://www.qrzcq.com/call/F1ZGD

I manage alsoo:
F1ZHI VHF repeater in JN33EO: https://www.qrzcq.com/call/F1ZHI
F1ZHR UHF repeater in JN33GE: https://www.qrzcq.com/call/F1ZHR
F1ZLY UHF repeater in JN23XI: https://www.qrzcq.com/call/F1ZLY
F1ZQE UHF repeater in JN33JM: https://www.qrzcq.com/call/F1ZQE
F1ZQF UHF repeater in JN23VK: https://www.qrzcq.com/call/F1ZQF
F1ZHN transponder in JN23XE: https://ssl.qrzcq.com/call/F1ZHN (at soon ON)


My Echolink gateway (198079) is actually OFF.
My Zello username is F1VJT


I founded my radiocommunication company (VJT Radiocommunication) in avril 2014 and I love my job!!

My hobbyes are photography (beginner) and play electric guitar (rock/blues).

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

@ home:
Icom IC-730
Yaesu FT-77
Yaesu FRG-100

Turner +3B
Astatid D104-M6B
Yaesu MD-100
Astatic 575-M6 (spare)

Daiwa CNW418
Diamond CP6 (80-10 meters)


Icom IC-290D
SSB Electronics TLA 144-200 (linear amplifier, 180W out with 25W in)
Diamond X-300 antenna

Icom IC-25E (thank to PA0RWE for help me to compile a new sketch for a new DDS VFO!)

Clansmann vertical key



@ /P FM:
Yaesu FT-60 (VHF/UHF FM)
Baofeng UV-5R (VHF/UHF FM)
Motorola GP-380 (29MHz FM)
Motorola GP-380 (50MHz FM)
Vertex VX-921 (70 MHz FM Job and HAM frequencies RX)
Icom IC-F31G (70 MHz FM Job and HAM frequencies RX)

@ /P digital:
Motorola DP-4800 VHF and UHF (DMR - Job and HAM frequencies)
Hytera PD-685 VHF and UHF (DMR - Job and HAM frequencies)
Radioddity GD-77
Yaesu FT-70D (thanks to F6GLS)

QRP, @ /P and/or @ home
Yaesu FT-290R
Hendricks DC20 with DDS VFO (RX 10.0-21.0 MHz TX 14.0-14.35 MHz CW, 1/20W)
Rockmite 20 with DDS VFO (RTX 10.0-18.35 MHz CW, 1.5W)
µBITx (HF all mode QRP, 10W) with backpack
µSDX (HF all mode, QRP 5W)
Pixie 40M (TRX 7023 CW QRP, 1W)
Forty 9er (TRX 7030 CW QRP, 2W)
Antennas: 5el VHF Yagi, HF Whizz Whip, 14 MHz dipole, 7/14/21/28 End Fed antenna
Energy: Rechargeables lithium battery pack (12V 6800 mAh)


@ /M:
Yaesu FT-100
Yaesu FC-30 (Antenna Tuner)
Outback antenna (80-6m)
Yaesu FT-7800
TYT TH-9800

@ Emergency or Field-Day:
Vertex VX-1400 (100W HF AM/SSB/CW) mobile transceiver
Vertex VX-1700 (100W HF AM/SSB/CW)
FC40 and wire antenna
Diamond DP-CP5 (80 to 10 meters) with 4 meter free-standing mast
Windom antenna (80 to 10 meters and/or 40 to 10 meters)
Coaxial Aperiodic Antenna (21 meters long)