Born in 1951, I got My Ham license in 1973 with the Call I1WIJ.

I started my radio activity as SWL I1-20165 in 1970, and in 1971 I then joined ARI.

The first equipment was a Geloso Receiver, G4-216, and an older Transmitter, G4-223 (75 watts).

The antenna was the HyGain 14-AVQ, 3 band vertical for 10-15-20 meters, and a folded dipole More-Gain for 40 and 80 which I then used till 1993.

In 1977 I moved to Milano, and I became I2WIJ.

In 1982 then I changed the vertical antenna with the famous TA33-jr, on the roof of a 25 meters high building. The antenna, which is the only one available today, is still in use but... need some extra maintenance!

The RIG is the ICOM IC-720A, running barefoot, also assisted by a Pentium 200 CPU.

I like mostly CW.

You can see more info from my WEB page. 73!

Rev: I2WIJ - Tue Aug 18 9:19:37 1998 EUC: I2WIJ MQAF4BJRXQDFW-2140-2 i2wij@qsl.net