{"id":58660,"date":"2024-01-10T08:50:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T12:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58660"},"modified":"2024-01-10T08:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T12:50:46","slug":"video-giuseppe-explains-wiring-construction-of-dica-homebrew-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/video-giuseppe-explains-wiring-construction-of-dica-homebrew-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Giuseppe explains wiring\/construction of DICA Homebrew Antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58641\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1.jpeg 988w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1-768x466.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1-624x378.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dear Thomas and SWLingPost Friends,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 iz0gzw,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Many friends have asked for the DICA wiring diagram after my recent post and demonstration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;m not a technician but a simple passionate listener and qrp&#8217;er&#8230; I made this video with a drawing that I hope will be useful to understand the details and how it works&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>[Please note that this video is in Italian, but you can use YouTube Closed Captioning;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/computer-tips\/how-to-use-auto-translate-and-closed-captions-for-youtube-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0it can even translate the subtitles<\/a> into English or any other language.]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thank you all.<br \/>\nGiuseppe iz0gzw.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNjh_ebqCOA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who writes: Dear Thomas and SWLingPost Friends, I&#8217;m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 iz0gzw, Many friends have asked for the DICA wiring diagram after my recent post and demonstration. I&#8217;m not a technician but a simple passionate listener and qrp&#8217;er&#8230; I made this video with a drawing that I hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3607,3,43],"tags":[1643,10415,5791],"class_list":["post-58660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-antennas","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-antennas","tag-dica-antenna","tag-giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fg8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59365,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/dica-2-the-revenge-giuseppe-tests-his-updated-homebrew-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":58660,"position":0},"title":"DICA 2: &#8220;The Revenge&#8221; &#8211; Giuseppe tests his updated homebrew antenna!","author":"Thomas","date":"March 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who shares the following antenna project: Dear Thomas and Friends of the SWLing Post, I'm Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 from Formia, central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. After the DICA prototype I created another one called DICA 2 The Revenge! This other minimal antenna works differently from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61309,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/compact-antenna-big-results-giuseppes-dica-2-redesign\/","url_meta":{"origin":58660,"position":1},"title":"Compact Antenna, Big Results: Giuseppe\u2019s DICA 2 Redesign","author":"Thomas","date":"December 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who writes: Dear Thomas and Friends of the SWLing Post, I am Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, IZ0GZW, writing to you from Formia, in central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Do you remember the DICA 2 antenna? It was a small, shortened antenna with three\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DICA-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DICA-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DICA-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DICA-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DICA-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60771,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/giuseppes-delicate-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":58660,"position":2},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s &#8220;Delicate&#8221; Loop Antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"October 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who writes: Dear Thomas, I am Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, IZ0GZW, from Formia, located in central Italy along the Tyrrhenian Sea. I hope everything is going well for you after the hurricane and that you and your loved ones are in good health.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/rJWmUKZgy7c\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":55052,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/video-giuseppes-cassette-loop-on-the-shortwaves-with-induction\/","url_meta":{"origin":58660,"position":3},"title":"Video: Giuseppe&#8217;s &#8220;Cassette Loop&#8221; on the shortwaves with induction","author":"Thomas","date":"December 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who writes: Dear Thomas and Friends of the SWLing Post, I'm Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 from central Italy, Formia on the Tyrrhenian Sea... My Cassette Loop experiment this time shows how induction takes place on short waves after medium waves. I used a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63846,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/coupling-three-homebew-antennas-for-40-meter-dx\/","url_meta":{"origin":58660,"position":4},"title":"Coupling Three Homebew Antennas for 40-Meter DX","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who writes: Dear Thomas and Friends, I\u2019m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) from Formia, in central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. This time I wanted to experiment by combining three different antennas that interact with one another through induction. In the video, you\u2019ll see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Giuseppe-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47162,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/giuseppes-homebrew-rotating-ferrite-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":58660,"position":5},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s homebrew rotating ferrite antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"January 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who writes: Dear Thomas, I'm Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW) from Formia, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Italy . I built this simple rotating directive ferrite antenna for medium waves and the 160 meters ham band. Inside the tube there are 2 ferrites\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Ferrite-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58661,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58660\/revisions\/58661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}