{"id":59365,"date":"2024-03-26T08:07:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59365"},"modified":"2024-03-26T08:07:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:07:39","slug":"dica-2-the-revenge-giuseppe-tests-his-updated-homebrew-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/dica-2-the-revenge-giuseppe-tests-his-updated-homebrew-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"DICA 2: &#8220;The Revenge&#8221; &#8211; Giuseppe tests his updated homebrew antenna!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59366\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1-1024x614.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DICA-2-1-624x374.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw\/?swcfpc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giuseppe Morl\u00e8<\/a>, who shares the following antenna project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dear Thomas and Friends of the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 from Formia, central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/d-i-c-a-giuseppes-latest-homebrew-portable-antenna\/\">the DICA prototype<\/a> I created another one called <strong>DICA 2 The Revenge<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This other minimal antenna works differently from the prototype. It is shorter, has 3, 12 cm ferrites inside and has the sensors soldered inside in reverse on the telephone cable strap. It works coupled to a metal surface because it uses magnetic induction unlike the prototype.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In the videos you can see the differences between the prototype and the DICA 2&#8230;<br \/>\nand the yield on the highest ranges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This small minimal antenna can tune listening from 3.5 to 30 MHz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thanks to you and greetings to all the Friends of SWLing Post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">73.<\/p>\n<h1>Videos<\/h1>\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\/7ZsaFvDdixE?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<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\/7OcPqz2Xzwo?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<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\/rgVivQxAA9w?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\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who shares the following antenna project: Dear Thomas and Friends of the SWLing Post, I&#8217;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 the prototype. It is shorter, [&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":[3607,433,3,43],"tags":[1643,10415,5791,8498],"class_list":["post-59365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-antennas","tag-dica-antenna","tag-giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw","tag-homebrew-antennas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-frv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58660,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/video-giuseppe-explains-wiring-construction-of-dica-homebrew-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":59365,"position":0},"title":"Video: Giuseppe explains wiring\/construction of DICA Homebrew Antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"January 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who writes: Dear Thomas and SWLingPost Friends, I'm Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 iz0gzw, Many friends have asked for the DICA wiring diagram after my recent post and demonstration. I'm not a technician but a simple passionate listener and qrp'er... I made this video with\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\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Giuseppe-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48622,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/giuseppe-is-impressed-with-the-performance-of-his-homebrew-passive-loop-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":59365,"position":1},"title":"Giuseppe is impressed with the performance of his homebrew passive loop antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"April 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following: Dear Thomas, I'm Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 from central Italy, the Tyrrhenian Sea, Formia. Today I tested my noise canceling loop inside the radio station by comparing it to the crossed loops. Again, like my medium wave T Ferrite, this loop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/accessories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Giuseppe.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Giuseppe.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Giuseppe.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Giuseppe.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Giuseppe.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Giuseppe.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64826,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/giuseppes-clever-homebrew-ferrite-antenna-for-mw-and-sw-listening\/","url_meta":{"origin":59365,"position":2},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s Clever Homebrew Ferrite Antenna for MW and SW Listening","author":"Thomas","date":"December 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, who writes: Dear Thomas, I\u2019m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8, IZ0GZW, from Formia in central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. This is one of my builds from a few years ago: the T Ferrite antenna. It\u2019s a minimal antenna designed mainly for mediumwave, but it\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\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bar-antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bar-antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bar-antenna-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bar-antenna-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bar-antenna-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":59365,"position":3},"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":[]},{"id":55052,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/video-giuseppes-cassette-loop-on-the-shortwaves-with-induction\/","url_meta":{"origin":59365,"position":4},"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":54852,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/giuseppe-upcycles-and-improves-a-homebrew-mw-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":59365,"position":5},"title":"Giuseppe upcycles and improves a homebrew MW antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"November 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following: Dear Thomas and Friends of SWLing Post ... This is Giuseppe Morl\u00e8. As always, I try recycling what I have and improving upon antennas I've built in the past. This is one way we radio lovers can experiment. Many\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\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-28-at-06.51.05.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-28-at-06.51.05.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-28-at-06.51.05.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-28-at-06.51.05.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-28-at-06.51.05.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59365","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=59365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59367,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59365\/revisions\/59367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}