Italian Ham Radio station, since 2006
7842, 7910 kHzUSB On the same day, after the start of the conflict between the USA and IRAN, transmissions of numerical sequences in Fārsī language (فارسی Fārsī, persian language spoken in Iran) began on the frequency of 7910 kHz USB; radio enthusiasts initially thought it could be an new Iranian numbers station. The first logs of the 7910 kHz transmission emerged on February 28th 2026, many radio…
The MLite‑880 is a portable radio receiver with SDR technology, capable of tuning in all modes from long waves up to 30 MHz, as well as the commercial FM band (88–108 MHz), the aeronautical band, and the 2‑meter amateur band (144–148 MHz). It features a large blue backlit graphic display that shows a portion of the RF spectrum, together with an S‑Meter and various additional information. It also…
Ode to joy at 401.025MHz T.MicroSat‑1 is a small satellite, specifically a CubeSat, meaning it does not exceed 2 kg in mass and 1 dm³ in volume. It was developed by Tron Future Tech, a Thai company that manufactures anti‑drone technology and aerospace components. Its main objective is to test a broadband communication payload in orbit, including Ka‑band technology and a high‑speed downlink. In…
Active in various parts of the world are some repeaters operating in FM in the upper portion of the 10‑Meter band. The IARU band plan provides, on the 29 MHz frequencies, the possibility of using amplitude modulation and frequency modulation, as well as repeater stations, which under favorable propagation conditions allow intercontinental contacts between radio amateurs. The use of these foreign…
Sometimes it happens while listening to a station in SSB on shortwave, to hear for a brief moment a tone with variable frequency, a sweep that lasts just an instant; in modern radios equipped with a spectrum analyzer (waterfall) it is possible to see an oblique line forming from left to right. Here, what we have heard and seen on the waterfall is the signal of an ionosonde, I usually see and…
Finally after many years, Kenwood brand enthusiasts will be able to purchase a brand new vehicular transceiver; the latest Kenwood models, the TM-V71 and TM-D710, were marketed in 2008, with a sort of “restyling” in 2013 (TM-D710GE).At Hamcation Boot was presented this new model, TM-D750, is a dual-band VHF-UHF FM/D-Star with a large detachable front panel (183x93cm/7.22 3.66in), with a color…
The XHDATA model D-808 is a portable radio made in China that can receive long waves, medium waves, short waves in SSB and AM, it also receives the 88-108MHz band in FM-stereo and with RDS and the VHF air band; the frequency limit of the FM band can be set between 64 and 108MHz to adapt it to local frequencies when traveling, the ATS function is available that automatically scans and memorizes the…
UM05 is the name of a mysterious radio station that broadcasts on shortwave at a frequency of 7542.8 kHz in CW. This station began its transmissions in October 2023 and has never identified itself with an official and/or ITU standard callsign. This station is also difficult to describe because it has a randomly definable transmission format. It transmits single letters in Morse code slowly for…
Many of the mysterious signals received by shortwave radio enthusiasts are transmitted from Russia, which offers us a new station on the frequency of 6911kHz. Little is known about this station, but we can say that it transmits a signal that sounds like the chimes of a large pendulum clock. However, the cadence is not every second but a bit slower, with about 52 or 53 chimes per minute. The name…
HF Active Loop Antenna At the end of 2019 I started seeing videos and articles on various YouTube channels and Facebook groups on an active loop antenna called MLA-30, in which it was described as an excellent device for receiving shortwave at an interesting price: it is possible find it on Amazon around 40€ shipped from China, it arrives after a week or so. It is a Chinese product, it seems to…