Biography

HELLO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS IVAN, AND I WAS BORN PIRACICABA CITY/BRAZIL IN 1979.

LIVE IN SÃO PAULO SINCE 1980, AND I STARTED MY FIRSTS STEPS AT CB BAND, IN 1991/1992. I BECAME A CLASS 'C' OPERATOR SINCE MID 2025. I LOVE SPEAK ABOUT RADIOS, ANTENNAS AND BALUNS, AMPLIFIERS, DIGITAL RADIO AND FASCINATED BY DX. I LIKE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH DISTANT PLACES, FROM THE REMOTEST CORNERS OF OUR WORLD.

FOR ME, IT'S LIKE THROWING A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE INTO THE SEA AND HOPING SOMEONE FINDS IT AND RESPONDS TO YOU.

ESTABLISHING CONTACTS IN DX IS A VICTORY, AND A BRIDGE BUILT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, WOULD NOT EVEN KNOW OF EACH OTHER'S EXISTENCE.

NOTE THAT THE CONTACT LOG VIA WEB IS AVAILABLE. THIS IS A SIMPLE RECORD FOR VISITORS, WHERE HAM RADIO OPERATORS WHO VISIT MY PAGE CAN ALSO LEAVE ME A GREETING. I recently upgraded from Class C to Class B here in Brazil, and my call sign changed from PU2VQT to PY2VQT.

PLEASE, QSL/eQSL CARD SENT VIA LoTW, QRZ, ClusterDX, 11DX or email!

TKS FOR THE QSO, AND FOR VISITING MY PAGE!!!

73's/51's FOR PY2VQT / PX2S5359/ 3PD457 / 3PAT3879...

Equipment

Radio Shack

Transceptor: HF: Icom IC-746PRO, CB: Aquário RP-80, HT: (VHF/UHF): Baofeng UV-5R
Antenna: Delta Loop 1EL (10m and 11m), Dipole L (12m and 15m), Dipole Wave (6m) - All homemade
Moinitor Station: Lextel-MS2000-v5
Computer: AMD Athlon II X2 270, 16Gb DDR3, with running "WSJT-X", JTAlert, GridTracker and FT8 hero for Digital Modes (FT8 and FT4). For register my Software for register my Logs: TQSL for LoTW and N1MM Logger+ (only for contest).
Web Browser: Firefox, for websites as QRZCQ, QRZ, HRDLog, ClubLog and eqsl.cc and others logbooks.