I am a member of the  Mountain QRP Club "MQC", Summits on the Air "SOTA UK", Parks On The Air "POTA" and of the Italian Radio Amateurs Association "ARI". Amateur radio since 1979, technical studies and always passionate about radio. IT manager in two motorway companies until 2022, now retired.

I am mainly active in HF, SSB - CW - FT8/4 - JS8Call - VarAC and V-UHF SSB and FM (R1 145.625 IR5H Livorno), POTA - AWARDS MQC - SOTA, digital C4FM & DMR - QRV TG 2241 (Toscana) and 22292 (national multi protocol Italy). ISS Packet/APRS and FM transponder.

I have three radios that I do outdoor activations with, two Yaesu, one FT-857D and the other FT-897D, plus an Icom IC-705 for QRP.

My other radios are: Yaesu FT-991A, Kenwood TS-850S AT, Yaesu FTM-400XDE, Yaesu FT-5DE, Anytone D878UV I and II Plus, Tytera MD-380UV GPS and Retevis RT3S both with OpenGD77 FW, Kenwood TH-F7e, Yaesu FT-411E.

I also use Winlink i5ekx @ winlink.org

In addition to the radio I am passionate about travel, motorcycling and photography, I have a blog in which I tell about OnTheAir https://blog.libero.it/ontheair/