I was born in Castanhal, a little town in northeastern Pará - In the Amazon basin. Early 90`s I moved to Belém, (capital of Pará State). I got related with ham radio since my 12 years old. I begun as a short wave listener, therefore I blew over on CB Band, and finally got my ham radio license in July, 1993.

My favored mode is CW, just love it! But I can do QRM in SSB anyway. I joint into as many contest as I can. My point is do always my best, finding limits in my personal skills and station setup.

I and others friends from PY8Land had founded Uirapuru DX Club early in 2002. Our club intent to train ham operators for DX and contest on CW and SSB. On the contests, please look for our special call ZZ8Z.

In July'02, with worthfull help of many friends (PY8MD, PY8FLM, PY8ALI, PY8RUB, PY8DAN, & PY8ZE), I went to Cotijuba Island, in the rare group IOTA SA-Ø6Ø using the call PY8AZT/P. That was my first only one operator DXPedition. I had to work around the clock giving QSO as many stations as I could. It was hard, but rewarding, amazing time. QSL manager for IOTA SA-060 is PT7WA.

Nowadays, I'm living in Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil Northeastern). Nearby is the ZY7C, a big contest station where I and many other contesters make our way on the major contest weekends.

Best 73, Luc