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By ordering a radio for shortwave listening, I’ve officially (re)started my activity as a DXer.

The radio I chose is a small-size portable Degen DE1103. It’s a Chinese brand and it has got a lot of good reviews by SWL listeners (and an own discussion group as well), so I’m starting with something small and cheap but working well.

I decided at the same time to join the Finnish DX Association, while I’m still waiting to get the Finnish radio amateur call sign. It’ll take some time, since I’ve done the amateur radio exam in Italy, and it’s a kind of not-so-short bureaucratic process to get the exam recognised in Finland. Thanks to the EU and the HAREC recommendation, at least it should be possible.

While waiting for the radio to arrive (it should take around ten days, it is shipped directly from China), I decided to start (re)collecting basic information on SWLing, for example the common codes used in broadcast and amateur transmissions in the SW bands. Little by little I’ll put them here on the blog hoping they might be useful also for someone else in this planet:

Raffa’s way to DXing »

My dad found some pictures dating back 1994, the last year of my high school, when we organised a “worker management” situation, that is we occupied the school, not letting the teachers in, and taking lectures by ourselves.

Some pictures have apparently been taken, and developed by some of us. That’s why they look like they have been taken a hundred years ago. If it weren’t for the clothes, it’d make the trick. I’ll try to upload some more later on. And yes, I’m also in that picture, but guess if I tell you who I am!

Beautiful memories, a teardrop on the fire.

Asunto oli kyllä tarjolla, mut nyt on vuokrattu

… in a champagne supernova. I know, the quality of the video is not the best you might get, but hey, that’s what you get from a normal digital camera. And yes, the shadow shouting down there is me Thanks to Tytti for the footage!

 

 Champagne Supernova - Raffa live in PSK Kaupunni 30.1.2008 [4:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Tus-Cany

 

 La Tos, la Cana... [0:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Yes, I’m quite known for putting pictures with a short delay. Here is some snapshots of Andrea’s holiday in Finland on the July of the last year. And there’s also a fantastic video here below:

 

 Frustino playing with a really leaning tower [0:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?
Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home.

There we go with the grand finale of my interview upon Iran, taken from the web-radio programme Siee, Giuee, Accaso (in Italian). This time we’ll talk about transportation, neighbour countries and much, much more!

 

 Impressioni sull'Iran (3) [30:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Here below the second part of my interview upon Iran, taken from the web-radio programme Siee, Giuee, Accaso. Still in Eyetie language, apologies to the non-Italian speakers… or a good way to learn it?

 

 Musica in Creative Commons e Iran (2) [20:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Here we go with the first part of a web-radio programme (Siee, Giuee, Accaso) in which I was interviewed about my journey to Iran (the interview is in Italian, sorry)

 

 Musica in Creative Commons e Iran (1) [12:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup