Brief note:

Born: 1961

First interest for radio: 1971 building one radio receiver, without power supply, that scheme is on book for 3rd year of elementary school (my father Louis build, I only "see & learn" because he did not want that I touch a his big soldering iron)

CB at 15 (1976) with one PACE 100, six channel transceiver, and ground plane antenna. My first DX is one CB station in Paris (France) with 5W in amplitude modulation.

Next year (1977) I obtain the SWL authorization (I0-70612). One FRG7 Yaesu receiver open me the world of short wave of amateur radio

Just at 18 (and few days) on 1979, I pass the amateur radio operator exam at the first attempt (First class license consisted in technical exam and CW transmission and reception exam)

In the late of summer 1980 I receive my license (ordinary of 3rd class, the maximum on Italy) then I make my first CQ (during one HF contest).

Now, passed near 33 years of amateur radio activity, interrupted only for short periods, I'm holder of: (on order of apparence)

• WAC (SSB-Phone) November 20, 1984
• WPX (Mixed with some endorsement) n° 1593 December 11, 1992
• WAZ (2XSSB) n° 4132 November 15, 1993

DXCC (Entity total/current):

• Mixed (325/317) - n° 42749 April 6, 2009
• Phone (310/302) - n° 40322 November 18, 2011
• CW (282/280) - n° 12777 November 18, 2011
• Digital (191/189) - n° 2972 November 18, 2011

• 5BDXCC n° 7590 January 2, 2013
• Challenge (1536 entity on January 2013)

• WAS (basic) n° 56955 January 14, 2013

Next step:

• 5BWAZ: only paperwork because I have already 179 zone confirmed (prev. autumn 2013);
• 8BDXCC with WARC band (12-17-30 meter) endorsement (only paperwork because I have already a mean of 150 entity credited on each WARC band (prev. autumn 2013);
• Reach 2000 entity for Challenge (left only 98 QSOs, prev. winter 2016)
• 9BDXCC with 6 meter DXCC (43 QSO left, prev. autumn 2015/winter 2016)