Biography

I got in contact with Ham Radio almost "by accident", after reading an advertisement in a local newspaper in 1975 in Camaguey, Cuba, my country of origin, about a CW course that was going to begin in the Local Amateur Radio Club, and "Miss Curiosity"took me there...
My first visit to the Radio Club was very interesting, opening me the door of this great hobby. Since then, learning CW, and reading ALL I could get about radio, introducing myself in this new world I had just discovered, with the help of very enthusiast people I found in that process.This contact with Ham Radio also showed me the way to my professional future.
"Only" more than two years later, in 1977, were celebrated the so waited exams to get the Radio Amateur licences, that I passed without problems, "thanks" to the long time I had been preparing myself. Once passed the exams, and after a lot of endless formalities, I obtained my first licence with the callsign CM2QP in Havana in 1980.
In 1982 I got the First Class licence, with the callsign CO2QP.
In 1990 I moved back to Camaguey with the callsign CO7QP.
In 1995 I emigrated to Spain, and since 1996 I have my current Spanish First Class licence with the callsign EA7AQV.
Recently, after my professional retirement, I have moved to Castell de Ferro, a beautiful coastal village in the Spanish "Tropical Coast", where I can spend all the time I need, dedicated to my passion: THE RADIO, in a very nice environment.
I like experimenting with wire antennas and RF circuits. I operate CW (almost 100 % lately), SSB and "Human" Digimodes (sorry, no FT 4/8). I love "DX hunting", but ragchewing is also very nice.
HPE to meet you in the bands! 73

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

HOME STATION:
As you can see, it is a very simple station, using currently a temporary multiband wire antenna: Only a sloping OCF Doublet (10,15 m long), fed with 300 Ohms twinlead at the 36% of its length
AMU: ICOM AH-4 with RF Chokes connected to all its Inputs and Outputs to avoid CMC problems into the station.
RADIO: ICOM IC7200
CW PADDLE: MFJ-564B
HEADSET: HEIL PROSET IC
PC: Lenovo 510S/Windows 10
S.W: MixW3.2.105 for Digimodes and Logging.
INTERFACE: RigExpert TI-8