I received the IK1PMR full license in 1990. My main ham interest is HF DXing, all bands, all modes. My preferred mode is CW, but I operate all modes.

Other interests: travelling (I visited most of western Europe, USA, Mexico, four times the Pacific area, Somalia, Benin, South America, Mongolia, etc). I like planning trips (with HF radio) and I also try to improve my knowledge of foreign cultures and languages.

I'm a software and information technology specialist. I earned a degree (with honors) and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Torino, Italy.

Recent DX-peditions include:

TX4PG Marquesas Is. (from Nuku Hiva Is. OC-027, Apr/May 2003); 9H3MR Malta (Gozo Is. EU-023, Jun 2003); 3D2MR (Fiji, Mar-Apr 2004), T30MR (Tarawa, Mar 2004), T33C and T33MR Banaba Is. (Apr 2004); 6O0CW Somalia (Feb 2005); 9H3MR Malta (Gozo Is., 2005); SV5/IK1PMR and J45MR (Rhodes Is., May 2005), SO5MR/1 (Wolin Is, Jul/Aug 2005), TY5MR Benin (Mar 2006), VU4AN/VU3TLY Andaman Is. (Apr 2006), 4O3T Montenegro (Aug 2006), EA8/IK1PMR Canary Is. (Feb/Mar 2007), JT1Y Mongolia (Apr 2007), IK1PMR/CX and CW2C Uruguay (Nov-Dec 2007), LU/IK1PMR (Argentina (Nov 2007), ZP0R and ZP6/IK1PMR (Nov-Dec 2007), Bribie Is. and Tasmania Is. VK7AAP and AX7AAP (Dec 2007-Feb 2008), Auckland and Waiheke Island OC-201 ZL/IK1PMR (Jan 2008), Texel Island PA/IK1PMR (Jul 2008), SK0TM, TF/IK1PMR, OZ/IK1PMR (2009).

5W0AP, A31A, E51PMR, 9V1/IK1PMR on a round-the-world trip that I organized in 2009. see www.pacificdxpedition.com for details.

I am life member of the ARRL, life member of the EUDXF, and member of ARI.

I wrote DX articles for QST, The DX Magazine, 59 Magazine (Japan), Funkamateur (Germany), RadioRivista (Italy) and World Radio (USA).

I try to foster amateur radio envouraging new hams and volunteering as an ARRL Volunteer Examiner for US amateur radio exams. See www.ik1pmr.com/vec/ for information about the next test session.

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QSLing:

I am QSL manager for the following callsigns: 3D2CF, 3D2MR, 9H3LEO, 9H3MR, AX7AAP, AX7CLA, CW2C (2007), EA8/IK1PMR, EA8/IZ1GLO, IK1PMR, IK1PMR/CX, IU1R, IZ1GLO, J45LEO, J45MR (2005), JT1Y (only Apr 2007 for QSOs in my online log), K2LEO/CX, LU/IK1PMR, PA/IK1PMR, SO5MR (also /1 from Wolin Is. Eu-132), SP/K2LEO, SV5/IK1PMR, SV5/K2LEO, T30MR, T33CF, T33MR, TY5LEO, TY5MR, VK7AAP (also /3 and /4), VK7CLA, VU4AN/VU3PLM, VU4AN/VU3TLY, ZL/IK1PMR (incl. OC-201), ZL/IZ1GLO, ZP0R (Nov-Dec 2007 only), ZP6/IK1PMR, ZP6/IZ1GLO.

For online logs, please visit: www.ik1pmr.com/logs/

Notes:

I'm member of ARI since 1990, but please note that the ARI QSL Bureau will not forward to me the QSLs for DXpeditions (VU4AN/VU3TLY, TY5MR, 9H3MR, CW2C, etc) because this service is not included in the ARI standard subscription.

I operated as member of several DXpeditions and contest operations, but I'm not the QSL manager for many of them, including the following: 4O3T (2006), 6O0CW (2005), IQ1AO (via buro), PH6Q, PI4CC, T33C (2004 via F5CWU), TX4PG (2003), GB1OTA. Please don't send these QSLs to me.