First licensed in 1959 when I was 16 years old. Last July 2009, completed fifty years of ham activity. I like dxing. Working hard now to get 195 countries confirmed on 160M and 145 on 6M.

My QTH is Itanhaem - SP, a beach 100 km South of Sao Paulo city.

QSL: bureau, direct, e-QSL or LotW

For direct QSLing, pse send SAE + 2GS or SAE + IRC.

Equipment: TS-930, FT-920 and IC-746PRO. Amplifier: TL-922A

Antennas: Half slopers for 80 and 160M

KLM KT34XA for 20-15-10M

2 EL yagis for 40, 30, 17 and 12M

6 EL yagi for 6M and 12 EL yagi for 2M.

RX ants: EWEs and magnetic loop for the lower bands.

DXCC Awards: TOP 1 (Mixed- Phone) and CW HRoll, 5BDXCC #216 (1972), Single band DXCC standings on 160M-190, 80M-317, 40M-352, 30M-313, 20M-357, 17M-318, 15M-340, 12M-305, 10M-328 and 6M-139 entities confirmed, Challenge 2866 entities and DXCC MIX-365, PH-360, CW-349 and RTTY-247. 10BDXCC.

WAE Awards: WAE-TOP CW and WAE-TOP PH.

WAZ Awards: 5BWAZ, WAZ 160 (36Z), WAZ 6M (26Z), WAZ single band CW 80, 40, 30, 20,18, 15 and 10M, WAZ single band PH 40, 20, 15 and 10M.

>100 entities confirmed on 10 Bands (160-6M): 3V, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5V, 5X, 6W, 6Y, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9Y, C5, C6A, CE, CE0X, CE0Y, CE0Z, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EL, F, FG, FJ, FM, FO, FS, FY, G, GM, GW, HB, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HK0A, HP, HR, I, IS0, J3, J8, JA, K, KH6, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LZ, OA, OE, OK, OM, ON, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PY0T, PZ, S5, S9, SM, SP, SV, TI, TR, TU, UT, V2, V3, V4, VE, VP5, VP6, XE, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV, ZB2, ZD8, ZFand ZP.

WAB (worked all Brazil).

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