Hi guys.

I will be in Friedrichshafen Ham meeting next June/2012. I will be there between day 21 til day 24 June/2012, in the Föhr Hotel. Hope to see you there.

Friedrichsh

My new and old QSL Cards.

My station in 2010. Now it is a little bit different.

This is how my antennas was until January 2012: A3S Yagi from Cushcrafr (10, 15 and 20 and a 40 Meters Band Kit) and a KLM 7 Elements Yagi to 6 Meters Band. Take a look below to see the instalations and the antennas ready.

Changing the antennas (january 2012).I put a tower of 6 meters high, and installed my 6M2WLC from M2 to 50 MHz., with 9 elements, 12 meters Boom.

There are someone taking advantage of the 6M2WLC as a perch: a Bentivi (Pitangus sulphuratus).

Now all the antennas are ready and working very well.

The antennas are:

- 6M2WLC -09 Elements Yagi to 50 MHz., made by M2 at thetop.

- A3WS - 3 Elements Yagi to 24 and 18 MHz., made by Cushcraft, at the middle.

- TH7 - 07 Elements Yagi to 28, 21 and 14 MHz., made by Hy-Gain, at the base of tube, above the little tower.

A view of Praia do Canto Beach in Vitoria.

Passagem Bridge in Vitoria.

Praia do Canto Beach, in Vitória Island.

Jurema's Beach.

Third Brigde between Vitória Island and Vila Velha City, with the Convento da Penha (Penha Convent) in top of hill.

Third Bridge Vitória - Vila Velha.

Convento da Penha (Penha Convent, building in XVI Century by the Jesuits).

The Penha Convent at night.

Pedra Azul (Blue Stone) in the Mountains Region in the Espirito Santo State

Full Moon in May/2012 in Vitoria (this is a real picture).

Another wonderful picture os a hummingbird. The Region of Espirito Santo State has on of the largest concentration and types of hummingbirds in the world.

2011 Mônaco F1 Racing GP - my first (but not the last) and wonderful experience in 3A land

(Thanks to my friends 3A2MD - Laura and 3A2ND - Jean-Claude).

I do answer QSLs via the Bureau or direct.

My equipmentsnow are: Icom IC 7800, FT 1000 MP, Icom IC 756 and an Icom IC 820H to VHF/UHF.

Amplifiers: Acom 2000A, Yaesu FL 2100Z and Kenwood TL 922.

Beacon on 6 Meters Band uses an Icom IC 746, running 5 Watts into a 5/8 of wave Vertical.

I started as amateur radio in back 1983. My former call was PU1AAJ. I did some DX-Peditions and operations, as follows:

- Trindade Island - PY0T, using the call ZZ0TA in1990,with my friend Patrick, PP1BG (SK).

- Fernando de Noronha Island - PY0F, in 1991, using the call PP0F, with my friend Kazik, DJ0MCZ in CQWW SSB Contest. This call was usedin 1995 with my friend Bell, PY1YT (now PY1EO). I also used the call PY0F/PP1CZ in 1992, 1994 and 1996.

- Fernando de Noronha Island - PY0F, 1992, using the call PU0F in the CQWW SSB Contest, with an excelente group of friends: Claudio, PY2KP - Peter, PY5CC (now PP5XX), Andre, PY0FF (our host), and me.

- Três Ilhas (IOTA SA 067) in 1994 using the call ZZ1CZ. This was the first operation from this IOTA Group Islands.

- Abrolhos Archipelago (IOTA SA 019) as PY0B and PY0A in 1994.

- Itaparica Island (IOTA SA 023) as PY6/PP1CZ in 1991.

- Some special calls I use in the past are: ZZ1CZ, ZW1CZ, PP4P, PR100/PP1CZ, PY500B, PW1Z, ZZ1AA, ZV1CZ.

- I also operated from other Countries as DJ/PP1CZ and LX/PP1CZ/P.

- I was the CW operator of the PT150FD, celebrating the 150th aniversary of the Rio de Janeiro Fire Department, in July 2011. The SSB Operator was Rony - PS7AB. Manager is PS7AB, both CW and SSB.

Next October a group of brazilians will activate the Western Kiribati, as T30PY (HF) and T30SIX (6 Meters Band. I will take part of the team. Please, take a look and suport this DX-Pedition: www.mdxc.org/t30py

We have an interesting Diplom in Brazil, called DIB - Brazilian Islands Award.That is very easy to have this Award: you have to work at least 20 Brazilian Islands. Take a look in the DIB valid Island at:http://www.aei.radioamador.org.br/dib.htm

One of the most interesting amateur radio competition, is The DX-Marathon. Promoted by the CQ Magazine, the DX-Marathon is one of the greatest idea to encourage the DX around the world. It is interesting and exciting just because it is quite simple. Every year you have to work every Country and CQ Zones again - you will start evething from zero. Eventhough the most easy Country to you, became to be an interesting new one at the firts day of January of each year. It has separated classes, since the big guns or a small pistol. Take a look at http://www.dxmarathon.com/

In Brazil we have a interesting scoreboard to the DX-Marathon, where all competitors show their scores during all year long. Everyone are invited and encouraged to show their scores on it. It is open to all amateur radio of the world, and not only to brazilian Hams. Look at: http://maratona.gadx.org Since we haven't an english version of this site yet, if you have some doubt, send me an e-mail and I will help you to became registered. Once you are registered you can upload your results and change your score every time you work a new Country or Zone in the corrent year, fast and easy. Come to join us!

See you on the Bands.

73 from PP1CZ - Leo.