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1XZ001 / Vash

QRP, CW and things built by hand.

CALLSIGNS1XZ001 / IU1BOT / 1AT106
QTHNW Italy · JN44
EMAILiu1bot@xzgroup.net

I’m Lorenzo “Vash”, ham radio operator IU1BOT in Italy.

I’m into radio DX and spend a lot of time on CW, training and improving my Morse on LCWO. I mainly operate QRP, both from home and portable, and enjoy building my own equipment, radios and antennas.

I love building terminal-first tools and keeping things lightweight, hackable and open source. I maintain PyttiAPRS, a single-file, dependency-free APRS TUI that talks KISS, compatible with Direwolf.

Within XZ Group, I focus on open-source radio projects and hands-on experimentation, software and hardware. If you hear me on the bands, drop a call. 73!

[ TOOLCHAIN ]

At the workbench

  • Linux / CLI / scripting
  • SDR / DSP / RF
  • Soldering / prototyping / breaking things
[ PROJECTS ]

On the air, in the terminal

Find me

Field notes, in pictures.

FT-817 QRP CW on Monte Aiona, SOTA I/LG-340
FT-817 QRP CW on Monte Aiona, SOTA I/LG-340
Merlino doing cat things
Merlino doing cat things
Me and the mighty portable CW key
Me and the mighty portable CW key
My Begali Simplex Palladium dual paddle CW key
My Begali Simplex Palladium dual paddle CW key