MY NAME AND LAST ARE SHOWED ABOVE. MY PARENTS ARE BOTH FROM ITALY. BORN JUNE 10/48. STUDIED 13 YEARS AT "LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL". I AM A BEEKEPER SINCE 1962. IN 1981 I JOINED THE CITY VOLUNTEERS FIREFIGHTERS AS A SGTN. SINCE 1995 LT.CL. I GOT MY BACHELOR DEGREE IN USA AT TULANE UNIVERSITY  IN NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA, ELECTRICAL ENG.THEN INDUSTRIAL ENG. STARTED MY RADIO HOBBY SINCE 1962 AS A SWL. AFTER, I GOT MY EXTRA CLASS LICENSE IN 1975...CALL : HC2FN. I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL: GUAYAQUIL RADIO CLUB. I WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CLUB PERIOD 2001-2005. MY CLUB IS A MEMBER OF IARU REGION 2. I AM THE COUNTRY QSL MANAGER FOR ALL ZONES (1 TO 8 ). I SEND THE QSL´s TO THE CLUBS TO BE HANDLE TO THE OPERATORS, SO THEY WILL ANSWER THE CONTACT (s). PLEASE THERE IS NOT HC9 OR HC0 UNLESS ARE REQUESTED AS SPECIAL EVENT.  SINCE FEBRUARY/06 I WAS THE PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE 5th. LARGEST GENERATING POWER PLANT IN THE COUNTRY ( 400 MW ) TILL 2008. SINCE APRIL /09 I WAS ELECTED SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER & ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT (BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS) OF AN OVERSEAS COMPANY GOLD & COPPER EXPLORATION. THE QSL SHOWS YOU AT RIGHT MY HOUSE,WHICH IS 35 MILES OUTSIDE OF MAIN TOWN GUAYAQUIL (POPULATION: 3.2 MILLIONS ). I LIKE DXS,QSLs AND DIPLOMAS. I ALWAYS ANSWER QSLs THE WAY THEY COME : DIRECT OR BUREAU. PLEASE HELP SENDING 2IRCs OR GREEN STAMPS. WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN POSTAGE RATES SINCE FEB/2010 FOR EXAMPLE : FROM 0 to 20 grs ONE REGISTER LETTER TO AMERICA : IS  $ 3.00 -normal :$2,00.  TO EUROPE: REGISTER $3,25 -normal : $ 2,25 FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD : REGISTER $ 4,00 - normal : $3,00 . IF YOU DON´T RECEIVE MY QSL CARD VIA DIRECT or BUREAU PLEASE LET ME KNOW VIA email, I WILL APPRECIATE THAT.  THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HELPING. I SPEAK AND WRITTE: SPANISH,ITALIAN,PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH.

MY STATION : ICOM 756 PRO I I I ;  AMERITON AL-811-HX ;  20 METERS HIGH TOWER ; TH6DX                   

 TAKE CARE FRIENDS,BEST 73´s

GOD BLESS YOU

JOHN J.