>>> 🐧NEW ONE WBA 2025 🐧<<< 1DA/CT040 – Castle of Peschiera Borromeo COTA (by 1DA001 Gaetano & 1DA006 Sergio )/ 3 PTS (H)/4 PTS (A) / DATE: 03 april 2026 start @ 10.00 UTC / Freq. stay tuned on WhatsApp WBA news / PROVINCE 215 (Area metropolitana di Milano)/ Municipality G488 (Peschiera Borromeo).
ANT: 3 EL. BIRD YAGI / PW 100W – PTS(A):2COTA+1N.ONE+1CONTINENTS=4
WBA World Beauties Award: History Goes On-Air from the Castle of Peschiera Borromeo!
Get ready for a new, extraordinary radio adventure! Tomorrow, the WBA team will fire up the engines and the radios for an activation that blends technology, passion, and the timeless charm of Italian history. 
Reference: 1DA/CT040 
Site: Castle of Peschiera Borromeo (MI)
Date: April 3rd, 2025
Operators: 1DA001 & 1DA006 Sergio
A Leap into the Heart of History
Tomorrow, we won’t just be in a parking lot; we will be at the gates of a living symbol of the Renaissance. The Castle of Peschiera Borromeo, with its majestic moat—still filled with water today—and its walls steeped in noble history, is the perfect stage for our World Beauties Award. 
Setting up our portable station just steps away from this fortification means broadcasting more than just radio signals; we are sending out centuries of elegance and defensive engineering. Every QSO will be a bridge between the glorious past of the Borromeo family and the future of global communication. 
Activation Details & Scores
This stage is crucial for climbing the award rankings:
COTA Points: 3 PTS
H Points (Hunter): 3 PTS
A Points (Activator): 3 PTS
Goal: Contact as many Countries and Continents as possible!
Useful Links & Live Event Tracking
Read the full article on SBOTA.ORG: 
1DA/CT040 Activation Details
LIVE LOG (Track contacts in real-time):
WBA Live Log – SBOTA
Why is this activation special?
The essence of the WBA – World Beauties Award is exactly this: celebrating the “Beauties of the World.” By activating reference 1DA/CT040, we bring international attention to the architectural uniqueness of a castle that transformed from a fortress into a noble residence while keeping its magnetic charm intact. 
While we set up our antennas between the greenery and the ancient stone, you will have the chance to log a piece of Italian history, promoting cultural heritage through our shared passion for radio. 
Stay tuned and find us on the frequencies! Operators 1DA001 and 1DA006 Sergio are waiting for you on-air for a 5/9 exchange full of history and beauty! 
WBA: The radio that tells the world’s story. 
Borromeo Castle in Peschiera is the oldest Lombard possession of the Borromeo family, originally from San Miniato in Tuscany. The Borromeo family, who practiced the art of merchants and bankers, moved to Lombardy and developed their commercial and financial activities abroad, so much so that in 1435 the Banco Filippo Borromeo & Compagni established a branch in London to increase trade with that place.In 1432, Vitaliano Borromeo obtained from Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, who held him in high esteem, the right to fortify Peschiera which, born as a rural building (farmhouse), thus took on the appearance of a castle.San Carlo Borromeo (1538 – 1584) was the owner of Peschiera from 1562 to 1567, the year in which he renounced it in favor of his uncle Giulio Cesare. In the last twenty years of the 16th century, the Peschiera castle was completely restored by Renato, son of Julius Caesar and brother of that Federico who, having become cardinal, is remembered by Manzoni in “The Betrothed”. It was Renato who gave the building its current residential character to the detriment of any previous military aspect. The Borromeo castle is one of the few still surrounded by a moat filled with water as it was dug more than five centuries ago.
https://www.castelloborromeo.it/
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