Dear friend, my name is Paolo and I was born in 1964, married with Anna, we have 2 sons: Mattia and Camilla. I live in Cernusco sul Naviglio, a little city on the river with about 33.000 people, it's about 10km east from Milano city. I start as a C.B. when I was 14 years old, and 10 years later I took the O.M. license and I've always been a fan of DX ! After the wedding I stopped my radio activity for a few years, but then, as the sons grew up, I started again. I have a collection with several QSL, with 289 confirmed DXCC prefix, today. AWARDS: - DXCC Phone - DXCC 10m - DXCC 12m - DXCC 15m - DXCC 17m - DXCC 20m - DXCC 40m - WAS phone - WAS jt65 - WAS cw - WAS 15m - WAS 20m - WAS Triple Play ! - ARRL Centennial Challenge Award - ARRL Centennial WAS - WAZ ssb - WAAC MIx - WPX ssb - WPX N.America - WPX Europe - WPX Asia Honor Roll WPX I'm a C.O.T.A. member 385-OR (Carabinieri On The Air). My DX working conditions: Kenwood TS-590 - Antennas: OB9-5 OptiBeam Yagi 9 elem.5 bands (10/12/15/17/20), W3DZZ inverted V dipole for 40/80, and rotative dipole for 40 - Power 100 watts ! For the digital mode I use a SignaLink usb. Thanks for your contact, at the next one, 73 Ciao de Paolo