Aldo Cassetta (Italy)

Born in 1957. I have attended for three years the course of R.T. for merchant marine in the splendid city of Venice, Italy, to the institute George Cini, situated in the island of Saint George of forehead the splendid sight of Saint  Marco square. Al according to school year, to the age of 16 years, I have passed the summery vacancy on the ship fleeting Ausonia/IBAX that carried out cruises in the Mediterranean. During the three summery months I have washed very many plates, but in compensation in navigation in the free hours I was in radio station and the R.T. then were much happy for training to me.To the evening, the R.T. of guard, often said to me: ” Aldo I see that you are right, it makes me a pleasure you you remain here on watch 500 KHz,  I am to the bar, if you have problems calls me to  telephone ”In the 1975 taken the licence of R.T. 1^ class and then I continued the studies giving a degree to me successively to the technical institute like electronic  in Telecommunications. From 1975 to 1980 I have had periods boarding like R.T. on the following ships; Poseidon/ICXZ – Ignazioemme/Messina Lines – Ruta/IBGU. From 1978 to 1979 the Italian governement has asked my “ collaboration ” for 18 months and has carried out the navy service on the Destroyer Ardito, like sergeant electronic launch missiles. In period 1979 -1980 in  service to  coast station R.T.F.  of Venice Radio. In 1981 I had a good opportunity of job for an employment to earth. They have entered in a big electricity company and from then they are specialized to me on maintenance of electrical power plant , services and infrastructures of business telecommunications, systems SCADA, UNIX, systems of telecontrol  of electricity Now, in the 2010 I am  operator in a center of telecontrol of  “ TERNA ”  big  Italian company that manage the  high voltage grid. Thanks to a my friend, similar beloved of course R.T which gives many years execute installations and maintenances on the ship stations, I have had the opportunity to visit various ships, now with equipment  of G.M.D.S.S. With displeasure I have seen the premises radio once become warehouses for materials, old sealed and blocked RX and TX MF and HF. Now on the ships, passengers and ferries, the traffic radio it comes carried out also with net WI-FI to edge from the PC portable and mobile, through the Internet connection to satellite. During these years I have always carried out I listen on the HF through the transceivers of my station of amateur radio operator call sign IK3OGG. In some occasions they are successful to still maintain of the connections radio CW and USB with friends in navigation. Currently I carry out I listen to frequencies HF of the G.M.D.S.S through endowed RX of simple interface for PC and program of decodes DSC Decoder of   COAA production. It is I listen very interesting and in two occasion being been transmitted of the calls of SOS from ships in danger, on my PC has activated the previewed acoustic alarm from the program! Now since traffic CW once between the coastal ships in navigation and stations is not more  present, the HF are  more free, are less disturbances and come receipts mark transmitted them from long distances much, one of the SOS received from the sea of China, you memory that I live to 50 km from Venice. Best wishes to  all.