Biography

Thank you for looking up my profile.

I am Ricardo Lucin (33 years old) and my callsigns are:
PY2EL VA3PWC PY4NA ZW2C

Hold two University Degrees: Industrial Engineering and Business Management.
Right now I am studying for a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering at FEI (Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial in São Paulo).

Member of :Araucária DX Group, Rio DX Group, Contest Club of Ontario (CCO) as VA3PWC,

CWSP , CDR , CCAE (European Collins Collector Association) and Labre-SP.

I am operator of ZW5B, ZW5UN,PQ2Q,PW2C,ZV2K and PX2B contest stations.
WRTC 2006 operator of PQ2Q international team with K1IR, UA9MA, PY2WC and PY2EL.

Equipment

Collins KWM2A (1962) + 312B-5 (Station Control VFO) + PM2
Icom IC-781 (main radio)
Icom IC-736 (50MHz radio)
Icom IC-745
Icom IC-730
Ten-Tec Pegasus 550 (PC Controled Radio)
Yaesu FT 1000 MP

Linear Amplifiers:
Alpha 78 (1 KW output) 3 x8874 by Eimac (USA)
Drake L7(1KW output) 2 x 3-500ZG by Amperex (France)
Collins 30L1 (800W output) 4x811 by Westinhouse (U.S.A)
HENRY 2K4 (1KW output) 2 x 3-500Z by Amperex (France)
Twe Metron 1000B (T500M)(600W output) Solid State Mobile Amplifier


SHF_Station
Icom IC-PCR2500 (receiver up to 3.3 GHz)

VHF \ UHF_Station
Kenwood TM331A - 220 MHz
Kenwood TM733A - 144 & 430 MHz (UHF APRS Digipeater with Kantronics KamPlus)
Icom IC-PCR1000 (receiver up to 1.3GHz)
Icom ID-1 (Transceiver Digital D-Star 1,2 GHz)
Icom IC-2820H (Transceiver Digital D-Star 144 & 430 MHz)
Icom ID-880H (D-Star 144 & 430 MHz)


Antennas:

8 elements Log Periodic Acom LS 86at 45 meters (148 feet) high on top of the my apartment building where I live. :-)
Vertical Cushcraft R5 + 40 mts Rot. Dipole + 5 elem Yagi Mono (28 MHz) -> (instaled at my mother-in-law´s home)
7 elements Mosley PRO67 (disassembled for maintenance)
2 el Quad (tri-bander 10-15-20 mts)at 45 meters (148 feet) high
2 el Delta Loop for 30m, 40m & 80 mat 40 meters (131 feet) high
Slopers for 160, 80, 40, 30 meters bands by Alpha Delta DX-LXBat 45 meters (148 feet) high
Slopers for 80, 40 & 30 meters bands for RX (only)
120 metrers (394 feet) Long Wire (Unifilar) antenna for RX (only)
6 elements Tri-ex for 50MHz (7 meters long boom Yagi)at 50 meters (164 feet) high