Biography

My name is Dmitriy (nickname is Dima).

I was born in 1978.
I have married on February, 26, 2011, XYL Irina.
On the air since 1988.
My ex-calls - UA4-153-343, RA4CHT and now I sign as RV4CT.
My hobby is DX-ing and JA's pile-up (hi!).
I have 548 JA cities CFM and if you call me from a JA city, probably you are the one I am seeking for my JCC-600 award!

I also have CFM 2297 (336 countries) and WKD 2369 (336 countries) points for the DXCC Challenge.

Two walls in my shack are decorated with the following plaques and awards: DXCC, DXCC Challenge, RDXA-300, RDXA-Challenge 2000, RDXA 9 Band, UDXA Challenge 1000, 8 Band UDXA, UDXA HR, RDXA HR, Russian Robinson Award Honor Roll, Holyland (+8 stickers), WFF Oceania Honor Roll, Cup R-150-S.

I never worked with KP1, P5, VK0/H and ZL9.

My RIGs are: FT-920, IC-756 Pro II and FT-817ND.

You can find me on 14060kHz - I like to play with QRP (1 watt or less).

My ANT is 3 el.Quad (20,15,10 m), 3 full-wave slopers on 17 m, 30 and 40 m, Inv V and vertical DL2KQ (16.5 m) on 80 and 160 m.

Total zones by bands: 160 - 34/34, 80 - 36/35, 40 - 39/38, 30 - 40/39, 20 - 40/40, 17 - 39/39, 15 - 40/40, 12 - 39/38, 10 - 40/40.

My QSL-card is OK via buro or direct and LoTW.

See you later!

73 from the Volga!

Equipment

FT-920, IC-756 Pro II, FT-817, CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, JT65, 3 Quads on 20, 15, 10 m; slopers on 40, 30, 17, 12 m; Inv V on 80 m; Vertical DL2KQ (16,5 m up) on 160 and 80 m.