[IRCA] Florence

["Michael Yule" <michaeldyule@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark, thanks for your message on list. It's a different DX situation 
here than Nova Scotia for sure, and there are times that I'm really 
gonna miss the DKAZ! But there are some compensations for me, like well 
heck, I'm living in Florence...! I'm going to be starting out with a 
'Frequent Flyer' FSL that Gary is very generously sending over to me, 
and am looking for a portable to go with it, as I can't couple it 
directly to my ELAD. I think I've narrowed the choice down to either a 
Tecsun 660 or a Sony EX5MK2, and I will take the bus about 20 minutes to 
the hills outside of the city, a small town called Fiesole where I think 
reception will be much better than in town here. We aren't going to buy 
a car as there really isn't any need to apart from mini DXpeditions as 
everything in the city is in walking range and if we are going on a 
longer trip that needs a car we'll rent one. Most places can be reached 
though through the excellent public transport available. That being 
said, I have been considering ways of trying to make a foldable version 
of your broadband loop so I can bring the ELAD and do some broadband 
captures, which is what I'd also really like to do. Is there any way I 
can use my existing FLG100 with this rather than having to construct the 
amplifier? I'd like to use as many existing parts as possible. I sent 
myself the FLG, the transformers I used for the CAT5 and one of Colin's 
Vactrols from Nova Scotia before I left along with a couple of toroids 
and some other things, and they arrived safe and somewhat sound, athough 
Poste Italia made me do a lot of 'splainin what exactly I was trying to 
import and made me pay an import fee.

I'm definitely going to join the groups you mentioned, thanks very much 
for the tips. My Italian is developing, and I can usually make myself 
understood in the present, past perfect and past imperfect tenses, but 
my vocabulary is still quite weak and so English is still very helpful. 
I still think in English. We have a tutor come in 3X a week, so we're 
making some progress.

I will definitely post what I am hearing, and if you )or any of the 
other list members are interested in having me try to assist in an ID 
based on an interval signal or have me make a TOH or other ID recording 
of a particular station please ask and I'll certainly help as best I 
can. It will also be really interesting and not a little unreal to 
consider NAm stations as 'DX'! I'll let you all know what I hear.

Thanks again for the message!

Michael
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