Biography

I got in contact with Ham Radio "almost by accident": After reading an advertisement in a local newspaper in 1975 in Camaguey, Cuba, my country of origin, about a CW course that was going to begin in the Local Amateur Radio Club, and "Miss Curiosity"took me there...
My first visit to the Radio Club was very interesting, opening me the door of this great hobby. Since then, learning CW, and reading ALL I could get about radio, introducing myself in this new world I had just discovered, with the help of very enthusiast people I found in that process.This contact with Ham Radio also showed me the way to my professional future.
"Only" more than two years later, in 1977, were celebrated the so waited exams to get the Radio Amateur licences, that I passed without problems, "thanks" to the long time I had been preparing myself. Once passed the exams, and after a lot of endless formalities, I obtained my first licence with the callsign CM2QP in Havana in 1980.
In 1982 I got the First Class licence, with the callsign CO2QP.
In 1990 I moved back to Camaguey with the callsign CO7QP.
In December 1994 I emigrated to Spain, and since 1995 I have my current Spanish First Class licence with the callsign EA7AQV.
Recently, after my professional retirement, I have moved to Castell de Ferro, a beautiful coastal town in the Spanish "Tropical Coast", where I can spend all the time I need dedicated to my passion: HAM RADIO in a very nice environment.
I like experimenting with wire antennas and RF circuits. I operate CW (almost 100 % lately), SSB and "Human" Digimodes (sorry, no FT 4/8). I love "DX hunting", but ragchewing is also very nice.
HPE to meet you in the bands! 73

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Equipment

HOME STATION:
As you can see in the pics, it is a very simple station, using currently a homemade multiband OCF Vertical Doublet (7,63 m long), fed with 300 Ohms twinlead at the 38% of its length.
AMU: MFJ-949E with RF chokes at the input and output to ensure good balancing.
RADIO: ICOM IC7200
CW PADDLE: MFJ-564B
HEADSET: HEIL PROSET IC
PC: Lenovo 510S/Windows 10
S.W: MixW3.2.105 for Digimodes and Logging.
INTERFACE: RigExpert TI-8