About Giovanni, I5JHW
After several years as a SWL (i1-11026), in 1978 comes the much-desired call sign: I5JHW. Immediately, my focus is on the DX, those years without the cluster where the hunting was done by turning the VFO knob for hours, the nights were spent in radio with friends, mostly to exchange information, and QSO whit the States on 20 meters. I5NSR was, and is, the companion of all time, a thousand battles to pull off the weak signals. Soon comes the DXCC, the only award I'm following, and in 2002 it comes the # 1, with all the country contacted and confirmed on SSB.
In 1985, I feel the need to go on the other side, 8Q7CG is the first exit out of Italy, leaving with a Kenwood TS 820, a Fantini 3 elements and a W3DZZ for 40/80 meters and it was a good result! In the following 30 years 42 vacations with the radio, from the simplest to the most difficult, were all exceptional experience of life. Here are some of the QSLs from my personal album. 73 from John I5JHW-T32JB |
The Captain Cook Hotel, on the beach, is definitely for the hams, a kind of myth, almost all the past activities of West Kiribati, have been here.
was built in the neighborhood of the former RAF officers' when they left the island after the nuclear tests called "Operation Grapple" by the British and "Operation Dominic" by Americans from 1957-1962.
government-owned, since 1975 is a landmark for travelers of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island.