Biography

I am new to radio-amateurism, as a radio-amateur license holder, but since I was 14 years old I have dealt with the world of radio communications. The first contacts with HAM radio were through the stations set up by radio amateurs in my hometown, Castelo Branco, when they installed their equipment in the special stations destined for JOTA, in the Scout group 160 of the CNE. The first radio amateurs I saw in action were CT4RK, Carlos Mourato and the sadly deceased CT4CT, Pepe Las Heras.
From then on, both in the military service in the Portuguese Air Force, where I served in the military, and at a professional level, I was always in contact with radio communications.


My professional life did not allow me to dedicate myself to HAM radio as much as I would like, having referred me to SWL for many years. From then on, both in the military service in the Portuguese Air Force, where I served in the military, and at a professional level, I was always in contact with radio communications. I was also, during that period, responsible for the management of JOTA for the Regional Board of the 160 (Portalegre and Castelo Branco) of the National Scouts Corps and I was responsible for the creation of a local / regional radio broadcasting station (Rádio Antena Júnior - FM 88MHz, later Rádio Beira Interior and now Rádio Castelo Branco) and also for the spread of "ceebism".


Currently, due to my professional condition allowing me to enjoy some more time stability, I decided in December 2019 to restart the activity.

I currently reside in the Lisbon region, more specifically near the wonderful area of Queluz-Belas, Sintra, where you can find some of the most wonderful landscapes and places imbued with pure magic.


I am a Police Main-Chief (Main-sergeant), I have dedicated a large part of my career to Lofoscopy and Criminal Investigation and I am currently integrated in the Security Division at Diplomatic Facilities, after several years in the field of transport security, in the Security Division of Public Transport of the Lisbon Police, responsible for the Security of the Metropolitan Train Network, Subway network, Lisbon Cruise Terminal and Police Stations Tourism.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FT-1000MP MARK-V Field
Yaesu FT-857-D
Yaesu FT-480R
Yaesu FT-101-E (2 Rigs)
Icom IC-728
Yaesu FRG-7
Kenwood R-1000
Kenwood R-2000
AnyTone AT-878 UV-Plus
QYT 8900D
President Mini 430S (portable)
Baofeng UV-5R, portable
Yaesu VX-5R, portable with homemade 3 elements Yagi in UHF
Antennas: SIGMA EUROCOM X80 HF, Vertical-multiband - KOMUNICA HF-1, multiband vertical ant. (with modifications, homemade 4 ground-plane telescopic radials) - 3 elements mini Yagi for UHF - Komunica X-200 for V/UHF
DIAMOND - V2000 - V/UHF and 6M
Endfed Antenna (Balum 1-10) 6m-40m
DECIBEL - DB201-P1- UHF - one port omni ground plane antenna,450–470 MHz, 360° HPBW, fixed electricaltilt