5U5R Niger 2017 dx pedition , see www.dxfriends.com

HP2/IK5RUN ..... See www.qrz.com/db/ik5run/hp2

 

 

 

Born in 1963 in Florence, radio enthusiast from 1974 in CB band.. after technical studies , and secondary school diploma in electronics and telecommunication, got his om licence in 1988 with iw5cix call sign, that after 1991 changed into ik5run. He lives near Florence with his wife Cristina and his 2 children Martino born in 1995 and Noemi born in 1998. With his ham friends he does every year the best contests and dx expeditions all over the world. He often got close to first place in DXww dx contests on Qrp mode, and at European level

Elecraft k3 enthusiast user, using all HF band and 6 mt band , Have 2 el. dynamic yagi for 10-12-15-17-20-30 mt ,  vertical for 80 mt and full size rotative dipole for 40. Work also 160 mt from my qth but have some problems with the city QRN. Work any mondial contest with a good friend's company. Award: 5Band WAC , 8 band DXCC , Honor Roll , WAS . Challenge over 2300 qso.

 

In June 2016 I passed the FCC Extra Class exams and got the new USA Call sign , N7RUN.

 

From 3/2012 this is my new Antenna Setup, 11 El. Titanex and 5 El Jxx for 6 mt on 25mt on the ground!....... wonderfull job!

 

Ham radio contest and dx pedition call sign:

II5NA Contest call in  March 1992

YB9/ik5run Bali Is. September1993

TK/ik5run Corsica August 1994

IS0/ik5run Sardinia August 1995

9H/ik5run  Malta Is.  July 1996

SV9/ik5run Creta is.  july 1997

EA6/ik5run Balearic is. May 2000

IA5/ik5run Giglio island August 2002

IA5/ik5run Formiche di Grosseto is. August 2003

IA5/ik5run Giannutri Is.  August 2004

IS0/I5oyy Sardinia is. 40-80 contest Team Dicember 2007

IS0/i5oyy Sardinia is. 40-80 contest Team Dicember 2008

IM0M Asinara Is. iota 2009 eu-165 July 2009

F/Ik5run  Bretagna (France)  August 2010

IS0/i5oyy Sardinia is. 40-80 contest Team Dicember 2010

IM0P S.Pietro Is. Iota contest eu-165 July 2011

ik5run/5 Contest 40-80 Dicember 2011

PA/ik5run August 2012

S79UN Seychelles October 2012

ik5run/5 Contest 40-80 Dicember 2012

IM0/ik5run Sardinia August 2013

HP2/Ik5run NA-170 & NA-202 also Arlh Pan.026 Panamian Ligthhouse  March/April 2014

F/Ik5run from Bretagna and Normandia (France)  August 2014

C37NL  &  C37N , International  Team in Andorra  for Cqww ssb 2015

IN3/IK5RUN , Summer 2016 From Italian High Mountain

5U5R , Niger 2017 Dx pedition , Dx Friend's

 

Where we will go tomorrow ??

 

This is e new Antenna, after the strong storm in winter 2013, the titanex antenna crashed on the roof with the tower... now have a new tower , and new antenna, for now is 3 el. 6-20 mt and simple dipole for 30-40, in next future the antenna is modified in ...3 el.. 6-30mt and 2 el. 40 mt.. on 6 mt boom , project of iz0aeg.

 

This is the ultimate antenna... the yagi is gone on the tower october 1 2014, after 2 test week... nice working

3 el dinamics 10-30 mt and 2 el. dinamics for 40mt.. all controlled by AD (antenna dinamica) Controller.