Biography

I was away from amateur radio for about 21 years (1999), and I'm back now.
June 2020, new Callsign for the state of São Paulo: PY2REY
December 2020, new Callsign for the state of Paraná: PY5FD
DX'er and QRP enthusiast.
Operation Modes: SSB and FT8.

My influence on amateur radio was through PY2AOU - Oswaldo Gerolin (SK).
1990, I started in Citizen Band (11m).
October 1994, I had my first license PU2RKM, Class C.
October 1997, a promotion for PY2RKM, Class B.

ZV2WZV and ZY2RK was Special Callsigns used by me in some Contests, between 1995 and 1998.
Operating in the 160m, 80m, 40m and 10m bands in DX.
I was in Contests like CQWW, WPX, ARRL and IARU, all in the 90's.

+ QSL CONFIRMATION
I still have all the QSL paper cards received in the past, with my old Callsigns.
Working now with QRZ, LOTW and eQSL. Bureau coming soon.
It will be a pleasure, confirm them in digital mode now.

FACEBOOK: /py2rey
INSTAGRAM: @py2rey
WHATSAPP: +55 11 950751970

Equipment

+ MY SET NOW
- Yaesu FT-950 + MD-100
- Yaesu FT-897D
- Kenwood TM-261A
- Vertical (10/15/20M)
- Vertical (6M)
- Dipole (10m)
- Yagi 6 el OWA (70cm/2m)
- 2 power sources (20 and 50 A)

+ SOFTWARES
- HAM Radio Deluxe 6.7
- JTDX & WSJT-X
- N1MM

+ MY SET IN 90's
- Kenwood TS-850SAT + 5 elements YAGI (10M)
- Yaesu FT-101ZD + Antenna Tuner Kenwood AT-230 + V Inverted (80M and 40M)
- Kenwood TM-261A + Vertical (2M)
- Yaesu FT-411
- Icom IC-V8
- Blaupunkt 23 channels + Vertical 5/8 (11M)
- MFJ-816 wattmeter
- Heil headset (HC-4)
- 2 power sources (10 and 30 A)
- 14 meters tower with Rotomatic rotor for antenna