Licensed 1958. Married, XYL Elena, 1 son and 3 daughters.  

Active Dxer and (retired) dx-peditioner, I like 160, 80 and 6 m, CW and SSB, but you also may find me ragchewing on 20 and 40 m. Also WARC bands.

IARU Region 1 Medal of Merit.

DXCC HONOR ROLL # 1.- DXCC H.R. CW/PHONE.- CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame member.- WAZ 40 m nr 1; WAZ 80 m nr 1;   WAZ 160 (40 zones).-   5BWAZ nr 7 .-    EADX100 Award "Placa de Honor".

"Gold Boton" and Honorary Member of URE, Spanish IARU society.- Former president of URE.- "Medalla de Oro al Mérito de las Telecomunicaciones" (1.979).- "Orden del Mérito de las Telecomunaciones" (Spain) member.

Member of ARRL.-Lynx DX Group founder member.- Honorary Member of the Galápagos Radio Society.-  Chairman of the International Advisory Committe NIAR Hamfestival VU7 Lakshadweep 2007.-  "Shrikant Jichkar Gold Award, for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of Amateur Radio in Europe, and for his support to India and many other countries", NIAR India 2007.

Active contester from 1960 to 1984.- Major contest achievments: European DX Contest WAEDC (Top ten): 1962-1967(1964 winner); 1973 and 1974 (winner).- CQ WW DX (winner): 1974 40 m phone; 1975 single op all band CW; 1976 80 m phone; 1977 multi-multi phone; 1978 multi-multi CW; 1980 single op all band phone; 1980 single op all band combined CW/phone; 1981 160 m CW; 1982 160 m phone; 1982 160 m CW; 1984 40 m phone.

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Rig: Yaesu FT-1000MP; FT-2000D; FTdx9000MP.- Kenwood TS-950SDX.- Collins S line (75S3B+32S3+30S1).- Drake TR7.--- PA: Yaesu Quadra VL-1000.- Alpha77.- Alpha 87A.- Henry.- Drake L7.- Heathkit SB-230.

Ant.-: Rotative Yagi: 6 + 6 el. 6 m Optibeam.- 3 el. SteppIR; 5 el 15 m.- 6 el 20 m.- 2 el 30 m.- 3 el 40m.- 2 el 80 m.- 160 m: 2 phased verticals and 3 slooper dipoles (NE,NW,S) close (50 m) to the ocean salt waters.

Click above (left) to see map's detail on my QTH location. If you want a schedule on any band, don't hesitate and drop me a line by e-mail. I'm QRV.