Other interests: travelling (I visited most of western Europe, USA, Mexico, Hong Kong, Australia, Polynesia). I like planning trips 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 and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Torino, Italy.

Recent DX-peditions: TX4PG Marquesas Islands (FO/M OC-027, April/May 2003); 9H3MR Malta (Gozo Island EU-023, June 2003); T33C Banaba Island (April 2004); 6O0CW Somalia (from Galkayo, February 2005); 9H3MR Malta (from Gozo Island, March 2005); SV5/IK1PMR and J45MR (Rhodes Island, May 2005), TY5MR and TY5LEO Benin (March 2006), VU4AN/VU3TLY and VU4AN/VU3PLM Andaman Islands (April 2006), 4O3T Montenegro (August 2006), EA8/IK1PMR Canary Islands (February/March 2007), JT1Y Mongolia (April 2007), IK1PMR/CX and CW2C Uruguay (Nov-Dec 2007), LU/IK1PMR (Argentina (Nov 2007), ZP0R and ZP6/IK1PMR (Nov-Dec 2007).

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

I wrote DX articles for QST, The DX Magazine and World Radio.

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

I am QSL manager for the following callsigns: 3D2CF, 3D2MR, 9H3LEO, 9H3MR, AI4CA, CW2C, EA8/IK1PMR, EA8/IZ1GLO, I1/K2LEO, IK1PMR, IK1PMR/CX, IU1R, J45LEO, J45MR, K2LEO/CX, LU/IK1PMR, SV5/IK1PMR, SV5/K2LEO, T30MR, T33CF, T33MR, TY5LEO, TY5MR, VU4AN/VU3PLM, VU4AN/VU3TLY, ZP0R (2007), ZP6/IK1PMR, ZP6/IZ1GLO.