COLLABORATORS LIST and DIRECT CONTACTS
 
Many people helped building this web site, giving free collaboration for the success of this experience, transforming this "Home Page" in "Open Lab space". This list is an acknowledgment to them and would be a guide for researchers willing to study the subject.

Many thanks to everyone! 
Renato Romero ( contactvlf.it )

In order of appearence to openlab reality: first the older, at the bottom the latests.
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IK1ODO, Marco BRUNO (Italy)
General Manager of SPIN Electronic Instruments.
http://www.spin-it.com
He helped for English translations (apologies for bad English!) and gave technical support. Some test equipment from SPIN was used to optimize reception techniques. 
Direct contact at ik1odospin-it.com 
Rick WARNETT (Australia)
Provided an useful list of stations and services below 22 kHz.
Direct contact at p29kfsdaltron.com.pg
SM6LKM, Johan BODIN (Sweden)
Direct contact at sm6lkm.jbeabswipnet.se
Home page http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-41522/
SM6LKM's home page: various info on long wave; link to rich collection of SoundBlaster software for any radio use: CW, RTTY, FAX, SSTV and Sound Analisys and Editing.
Thanks for ELF-ULF test, monitoring of signal at 26 and 74 Hz.
DL4BBL, Klaus BETKE (Germany)
Thanks for update in list of stations and services below 22 kHz.
Direct contact at klausitap.de
OH2LX, Väinö LEHTORANTA (Finland)
(On the pitch driving an elicopter)
Thank for material on submarines emissions.
IARU Region 1 Auroral studies coordinator
Direct contact at vaiskidlc.fi
VK6DI, David ISELE (West Australia)
Thanks for comparison on horizontal loop and electromedical IC for VLF use.
Direct contact at iselegidgenet.com.au
Andrea BERTOCCHI (Italy)
Thanks for English translation and Italic patience (since he isn't an expert in radio waves or electronics, but a psychologist doctor).
Michel ANDRE' (France)
When the italic patience was finished, also the Frenchman have helped.
Thanks for English translation!
VK2ZTO, Steve Olney (Australia)
http://www.zeta.org.au/~ollaneg/lowfer.htm
http://www.zeta.org.au/~ollaneg/axsoextx.htm
VK2ZTO Low Frequency and Below Experimentation Pages: AXSO Experimental LF Transmissions, Ultra-narrowband, DSP Techniques and other on long wave.
Thanks for comparisons in  "REGULAR SIGNALS (Alpha, RTTY and CW)".
DG4BAS, Manfred F. Kerckhoff (Germany)
http://www.uni-bremen.de/~ews2
http://www.uni-bremen.de/~ews2/RDF_project.html
"Department of geophysics at Institute of adult education in the State of Bremen. Thanks for info in "STATIONS, ITU lic. and services below 22 kHz" and "Long wave RDF project".
Dave EWER (West Coast US, WA)
Thanks for loop ampli-circuit develop," Mobile stereo natural radio" and American translate. Born in August 1949. Gunsmith and Firearms Instructor for a US Nuclear Site. Electronics is his number one hobby.
Direct contact: vlfun1verizon.net
Dave OXNARD (Holland)
Research and development for the Elfrad Group both in ULF and earthquake precursing.
Direct contact: lowlandsmangmail.com
Trond JACOBSEN (Halden, NORWAY)
Engine driver at NSB. Trond have an electronics background and have been doing duty at a NATO radar and early warning facility
Thanks for ALPHA sessions and many other tests.
Direct contact: trond.jacobsenhalden.net
IW1CXZ, Andrea BORGNINO (Italy)
http://www.mediasuk.org/archive
The Italian HF archive. Test on DAT system of earth dipole.
Direct contact: a.borgninoagora.stm.it
I2PHD, Alberto di BENE (Italy)
http://www.qsl.net/i2phd
http://www.weaksignals.com
Co-author with IK2CZL of SPECTRAN: a spectral analysis tool.
Direct contact: dibeneusa.net
IK2CZL, Vittorio De Tomasi (Italy)
http://www.detomasi.it
DSP expert and Co-author with I2PHD of SPECTRAN: a spectral analysis tool.
Direct contact: ik2czlamsat.org
IW0BZD, Giuseppe Accardo (Italy)
http://www.qsl.net/iw0bzd
Earthquake Elettromagnetic Precursor, research in VLF / ULF Band, Ham Radio Satellite Tecnology. 
Direct contact at iw0bzdamsat.org
N4YWK, William Ernest PAYNE (Dallas, GA, U.S.)
http://www.altair.org
Webmaster of Altair, an open collaboration website on the electromagnetic
spectrum in general. Professional in Aerospace flight test of avionics.
Hobby projects include vlf, seismography, tesla coils, microwave
experiments.
Direct contact: will.e.paynelmco.com
Gianni BOSCOLO (Italy)
Computer and LAN specialist. Thanks to him for all the problems solution in unattended operations, data storage and PC questions.
IW2FER, Claudio PARMIGIANI (Italy)
Enthusiast novice in the VLF world. 
Sysop of TCP/IP ham-intranet via packet radio. Thanks for the mirror on 2000 and 2001 of www.vlf.it on his server (http://iw2fer.2.it.ampr.org/vlf on IP Radio Net in North Italy).
Direct contact: iz2fertiscali.it
Peter Schmalkoke (Bonn, Germany)
http://home.t-online.de/home/Peter.Schmalkoke/
Author of article  "GOING LOW IN FREQUENCY WITH LOOP ANTENNAS ". Hobby scientist and specialist in computer service and audio electronics. 
Direct contact: Peter.Schmalkoket-online.de
VK6ZT, Hans  Michlmayr  (Western  Australia)
http://wavelab.homestead.com
Amateur radio astronomy. Author of article on Schumann resonance reception with and inductor coil.
Direct contact: michlmyrbigpond.com
Harald Lutz (Sindelfingen, Germany)
Qualified physician, work in the computer industry. Author of "Reception of (strange)  VLF - signals  with a PC".
Direct contact: Harald_der_Grossegmx.de
Russell Clift , AB7IF (Harrison, Arkansas)
Author of article about STORM MONITOR
http://www.theradicalremnant.com/sl/index.htm
Brian  (Arizona, U.S.)
http://electricterra.com
ELF and ULF researcher and ELFRAD member.
Direct contact: side3cox.net
DL4YHF,  Wolfgang Büscher (Spenge, Germany) 
http://people.freenet.de/dl4yhf/
Born in 1965. Studied electronics but became a software author for microcontrollers. Operates on the 136kHz amateur radio band (from DF0WD). Hobby scientist, VLF listener, wrote "Spectrum Lab". 
Direct contact: dl4yhffreenet.de
IW2DWN, Gabriele Seleri  (Italy)
High School Telecommunications Lab teacher, consultant for the National Museum of Sciences and Technologies of Milan.
Direct contact: gselerisente.it
Jean Marie POLARD  (Plouézec, France)
http://perso.orange.fr/F5VLB/
Always against the normal way to think just to see if there is not another
more interesting field of experience behind. Likes ELF, meteorites and
megaliths.
Direct contact: polard.jmwanadoo.fr
John MELOY  (Mariposa California in Sierra Nevada Mountain Foothills, U.S.)
Twice "retired": 1) US Navy officer, 2) Sr. Research Engineer SRI(International).
Interests: metal and wood working (black-powder target rifle building), wildlife photography (flora & fauna), amateur radio (AJ6LS, HF digi-mode), geophysics (electromagnetic applications), community service (Search and Rescue, Sheriff volunteer).
Direct contact: meloyssti.net
Tomislav Stimac (Zagreb, Croatia)

VLF experimenter, but also has a lot of interests in shortwave listening
(and decoding).
Direct contact: http://www.inet.hr/~tstimac/contacts.htm

IW2GOO, Ezio Roberto MOGNASCHI (Pavia, Italy)
Associate Professor of General Physics with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Pavia.
Research interests: electrical properties of dielectrics and interaction between electromagnetic waves and matter. The interest in electromagnetic precursors of earthquakes took origin from the coalescence of amateur and professional competences.
IW2LLA, Andrea Ghedi (Italy)
www.qsl.net/iw2lla
Telecomunication engineer,now is specilizing in Biomedical engineer; interest in ULF band in particular to create new kind of receiver and coil antenna for electromagnetic precursors of earthquakes, ball lights and Schumann resonance. He's one of the father of ULFO (Ultra Low Frequency Observatory) and works around this project. Direct contact: andghediandreaghedi.it
Thierry Alves (Portugal)
Portuguese and french VLF listener, SWL, student in electricity, and member of the radio-club F6KEO. 
Direct contact: elf_vlfhotmail.comIn France at my home: 162, AV PDT R Schuman. 33110, Le BOUSCAT. In france, at F6KEO ham radio station: Jeunes Science Bordeaux :tel. 05.56.85.75.15 from France.tel. 00.33.5.56.85.75.15 from any other country.
In Portugal:5210-020 CICOURO. MIRANDA DO DOURO.
Kurt Diedrich (Germany)
Born in 1948, is geologist and lives in Germany. In the eighties, he was employed as a writer for a hobby electronics magazine. There, he also was responsible for developing electronic circuits for measuring and controling purposes. For eight years now, he has worked as a professional documentation writer in a company making computer-based analyzing systems.
Direct contact: kurt.diedrichginko.de
Franz P. Zantis (Germany) 
has a degree as an engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) of communications technology. He lives in Germany, close to Aachen. ELF researcher since 2004. Special interest is electronics and signal analysis. 
Direct contact: fpzantisarcor.de 
Private homepage: http://home.arcor.de/fpzantis
Business page: http://www.head-acoustics.de/de/training_center.htm
Dionysios Dimakos, SV1ZJ (Greece)
I am 38 years old and I reside in Athens, Greece.  My major is electronic engineering. 
Since 1991, I have been involved – as an amateur - in monitoring and recording the magnetic field variations, aiming to trace earthquake precursors. 
Direct contact: ulfham.gr
I1RFQ, Claudio Re (Italy)
Licensed Ham 33 years ago , now 49 years old .
Fond of every Telecommunication Technology from Hertz to Gamma Rays ….
With Oscar Steila IK1XVP has developed Ciao Radio , an SDR HF Radio .
www.comsistel.com
Direct contact: reclaudioalma.it
Monari Jader (Italy)
Electronic Engineer at Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica 
Istituto di Radioastronomia (IRA), Radiotelescopio di Medicina 
Via Fiorentina 3508/B,  40060 Villafontana (BO) 
http://www.ira.inaf.it
Direct contact: jmonariira.inaf.it 
Matteo Bruna
Physicist now is specilizing in advanced technologies, he buit a large induction coil for his thesis...and now he's an amateur ULF researcher. 
Direct contact:  e-touchlibero.it 
Peder Skogaas (Hessdalen, Norway)
Computer Instructor. Have the great possibilities to do VLF sessions in very remote areas in the Hessdalen region. Data will be published on this site. Collaborating with CIPH and Istituto di Radioastronomia. At the moment I am a pure amateur in this field but hope to learn more. You are all heartily welcomed to Hessdalen, Norway.
http://www.itacomm.net
Direct contact: peder.skogaasgauldalen.no
Andrea Dell'Immagine, IW5BHY (Italy)
Born in 1966, licensed Ham since 1981.
Electronic Engineer , works as consultant.
Interests : designing and experimenting any kind of antenna, RF and telecommunication circuit from ELF to microwave.  Antique radio collector from the beginning of radio to the Thirties.
Direct contact : a.dellimmaginedp-engineering.it
Alan Melia, G3NYK (Great Britain)
Retired Physicist (always pretended to be an electronic engineer!) 30years
with BT Research and 10 years in 2-way radio. Licenced as G3NYK since 1960.
Main interest propagation a little higher up the spectrum
www.alan.melia.btinternet.co.uk
Direct contact: alan.meliabtinternet.com
Jean-Louis RAULT F6AGR (France)
Main hobbies: Space, weak signals, sailing, ELF/VLF, ...
Former president of AMSAT-France, and presently in charge of the International Meteor Organization Radio Commission and of the Société Astronomique de France Radioastronomy Commission. Professionnal in Defence systems, just to finance the above hobbies.
Direct contact at f6agrorange.fr
Alessandro LONGO IT9ZUK (Sicily, ITALY)
Hamateur radio since 1988, electronic hobby. Listening, monitoring and correlation study between VLF and seismic waves,  maded on the place where he lives: on the slopes of Mount Etna, it is the largest active volcano in Europe . 
Direct contact at acilongoalice.it
Bob BORRI I1YRB (Torino, ITALY)
When high speed wireless networking is a must!
http://radio.it
Direct contact: I1YRBradio.it

 
 

Thanks also at all people that inserted a link to this web site in their home page or offered their collaboration and support for the OpenLab Project:



 
Rosario Catania. Italy.
http://www.etnaworld.org
Webcam, scientific observations, VLF monitoring and not only from the most famous volcano in Europe: the ETNA in Sicily, South Italy.
Direct contact: webmasteretnaworld.org

Lionel Loudet, France.
http://sidstation.lionelloudet.homedns.org
Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitoring Station A118 (AAVSO observer code), aims at detecting ionospheric effects resulting from solar flares (Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances, or SIDs). This station is an amateur observatory located in France.
Direct contact:  lionellionelloudet.homedns.org

John Marsh, England.
http://www.radelec.co.uk
A way to tune a popular range of World Band receiver below 150KHz
Direct contact: jmarsh1000hotmail.com

IK1HXM, Umberto OTTONELLO, Ovada, Italy.
http://www.ariovada.it
Italian Hamradio Association, Section of Ovada (Al), Italy
Direct contact: webmasterariovada.it

Monteria LLC (Mt. Airy, Maryland, USA) - Communications Intelligence Solutions
Monteria will offer a special 5% discount on all of their products for any researcher that comes to them from www.vlf.it.
 
Monteria, LLC provides: hardware, software, systems and training solutions for the signals intelligence, law enforcement, executive protection and security communities.
Contact information: infomonteriallc.com
web site: www.monteriallc.com, www.signalsanalysis.com, www.hoka-usa.com.

Flavio FALCINELLI, Senigallia, Italy.
http://www.radioastrolab.it
Ham Radio astronomy Virtual Lab (in Italian)
Direct contact: flaviofalcilibero.it

DC3MF Wolfgang Schippke, Germany.
http://schippke.tripod.com/ELF/Index.htm
Natural Radio, The world below 24 kHz.
Direct contact: wolfgang.schippkeweb.de

OZ1MAS Jorgen Mortensen, Denmark.
http://www.oz1mas.bravepages.com/
Pilealle 1, DK4760 Vordingborg.
Direct contact: oz1masqsl.net

Massimiliano RECCHIA and Erminio PANICCIA, Italy
www.radionatura.it
Authors of italian web site "Radio Natura".
Direct contact: iz0gifradionatura.it  and ik0vveradionatura.it

Esko KANERVA, Finland
http://www.skysweep.com
Skysweep Technologies, new receiver software for HAMs and DXers.
Direct contact: infoskysweep.com

Low Frequency and ELF experimental lab
http://www.bmts.com/~lowfer
Direct contact: lowferbmts.com

Eric VOGEL (Sverige)
http://www.flash.net/~evogel
ELF and VLF projects, hum blanker based on audio delay.
Direct contact: evogelflash.net

SM6PXJ, C. Andersson (Sverige)
http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-54761
VLF activity.

DK8KW, Holger 'Geri' (Germany)
http://home.t-online.de/home/dk8kw/index.html
VLF activity and longwave informations.

Adriano Nardi (Italy)
http://web.tiscalinet.it/G2000/index.html
An interesting study on geophonic signals. Radiogeofonia (in italian).

IW3SGT, Alessandro Kosoveu (Italy)
http://users.iol.it/alessandro.kosoveu/
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/7588/
Home Page: about long wave, spectrogram and many links on this theme.

IK1QLD, Angelo Brunero (Italy)
http://www.arpnet.it/air/ascolti.htm
A.I.R. Associazione Italiana Radioascolto, the larger SWL organization in Italy.

Enrico Macchia (Italy)
http://www.edisons.it/astroumbra
http://utenti.tripod.it/astroumbra
Official web site of A.A.U. (Umbria Astronomic Association) from Todi Astronomic Observatory;
astronomy and radioastronomy.

N2HTT, Mike Aiello (U.S.)
http://www.qsl.net/n2htt/
Home Page, INSPIRE researcher and author of ATM (Automatic Time Maker) software.

SV1XV, Costas Krallis (Greece)
http://w4u.eexi.gr/~sv1xv/
The world below 535 kHz, links collection and many VLF materials.



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