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YV5APF Antonio Gatti RCV po.box 2285 / e-mail: tonygaster@gmail.com Caracas, Venezuela Lookups:   3957 Ham Member
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QRZ Record: 1386896 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 3957 (4064) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: YV5APF Last Update: 2009-11-11 07:42:40 Class: EX Latitude: 10.463842 (10° 27' 49'' N) Longitude: -66.829147 (66° 49' 44'' W) Grid Square: FK60ol ITU Zone: 12 CQ Zone: 9 QSL Info: PO BOX 2285 CARACAS - VENEZUELA QSL by Mail?: No (e.g. Will this ham QSL by Postal Mail?) QSL by eQSL?: No (e.g. Will this ham QSL with eQSL?) Uses LOTW?: No (e.g. Does this ham use ARRL's LOTW ?) Admin For: (1) YV5APF

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 My name is Antonio and I have my radio amateur licence since 1958.  

 I am a retired electronics and structural engineer who enjoys making any kind of antennas.

 I work mainly the 40 mt. and 80 mt. phone band.   

       

     

 Main Tranceiver : Tentec Omni VI    

 Linear Amplifier: Tenetec Titan 425

Backup Transceiver: Yaesu FT-1000

Used maximum power : 1 Kw.

 Little old equipment , but working perfectly

 

 My best Qso on 40 mt.

at very early local time with a Cristmas Island VR3 station .

 Best report recived on 40 mt.

From  a GM3 station for 3 times : Please !  No local stations, only Dx stations. !

 Best QSOs on 80 mt.band with my vertical dipole.

On 3798 Kc. working  a ZL , a VK and  a JA stations : QSL cards  received directly after 4 days ,59,59,59 .

 Best activity on satellites.

On Oscar 7 mode B   a  8W  station from Senegal during a 2 minutes window over the Atlantic Ocean. 

On Oscar 13 : 84 QSOs in 3hours .Almost  all QSOs as new country. 

Equipment I used: Icom 252A and Icom 451A.Used power : 10 watts on each band.

       

 Best activity on VHF 2 mt. band.

Many QSOs in all modes with LU stations ( 5500 Km. ) via the  'Transequatorial Effect phenomenon.'