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, FM and SSB mode) then, in 1998, I obtained the licence and the callsign IW1RCT. F1VJT is my callsign since 2004, year when I leave Italy from France.
Actually I work HF bands from 3.5 to 28 MHz and 144 MHz, only SSB or CW, no digitals modes.

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




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 (actually OFF)

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 (actually OFF)


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:
HF
Icom IC-730 (with audio notch board and enhanced TX audio)
Yaesu FT-77 (with tunable audio pass band filter board)
Yaesu FRG-100

Kenwood MC-85 (with audio compressor SSM2167 board and Sennheiser electret mic)
Yaesu MD-100

Daiwa CNW418
Diamond CP6 on 9 meter tower

VHF (DX)
Icom IC-290D (modified and enhanced TX audio)
200 Watt linear amplifier (SSB Electronics TLA 144-200)
home-made 6 element DK7ZB Yagi antenna (10.24 dBd)

VHF (Local)
Icom IC-290E (with CTCSS board and enhanced TX audio)
Diamond X-300 antenna


Clansmann vertical key



@ /P FM:
Yaesu FT-60 (VHF/UHF FM)
Motorola GP-380 (29MHz FM)
Motorola GP-380 (50MHz FM)

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

QRP, @ /P and/or @ home
Marko CB-747 (28 MHz) with Arduino DDS VFO
Yaesu FT-290R
Quansheng UV-K5 (with DSB IJV firmware)
Hendricks DC20 (with DDS VFO, 1 W)
Rockmite 20 (with DDS VFO, 1.5W)
µBITx (HF all mode, 10W)
µSDX (HF all mode, 5W)
Pixie 10m (28.060 CW, 1W)
Pixie 20M (14.060 CW, 1W)
Pixie 40M (7023 CW, 1W)
Forty 9er (7030 CW, 2W)
Antennas: long 5el VHF Yagi (8.5 dBd), light 5el VHF Yagi (5.5 dBd), HF Whizz Whip, EFHW (40,20,10 meters), Windom (40,20,10)
Energy: Rechargeables lithium battery pack (12V 6800 mAh), 15W foldable solar panel


@ /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)
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)
EFHW (40,20,10 meters)
Coaxial aperiodic antenna (21 meters long)

Thank to PA0RWE for help me to compile a new DDS VFO sketch for my old IC-25!