About MIKE, Miguel Gonzalez A. (ZP5YW)

Born 1956. Licensed October 1975. Still holding the same callsign. Dedicated to DX since first qsos. Married 1983 and moved to a new house with no antennas-radio setup. Reinstalled station in 1991 and active since then with some pauses due to labor duties.

Awards: #1 DXCC (Top of Honor Roll), 5BDXCC + 12m + 17m endorsements + 6m DXCC #397, WAS, 50 Mhz WAC, WAZ, eDX100, eWAS, ePFX300.

Member of:EPC # 19023, 30MDG # 6092, life member of Radio Club Paraguayo (former vice-president and qsl+awards manager).

Current activity: mostly JT65HF, JT9-1, BPSK-63, RTTY and some SSB/CW on all bands from 6 to 80 meters. Search and pounce on major contests "just for fun": Sending contest logs is assured.

Station setup: HF: Kenwood TS-590, Drake L4-B amplifier (fully updated), Ameritron ALS-600S amplifier (no-tune solid state for quick band changes).
6 Meters:Yaesu FT-680R (for monitoring and backup rig),, Mirage A-1015G amplifier.
VHF-UHF: 144-220-440 Mhz Kenwood FM rigs for local contacts and assorted accesories.

Antenna system::Tower 1: (self supporting 20 meters high): HyGain TH6DXX @ 20mH (10-15-20 meters), 40 meters coil-loaded rotary dipole @ 22 mH, homebrew 6 el 7m boom yagi for 6 meters @ 24mH, 450 ohms ladder line fed 80m inverted V dipole @ 18 mH with MFJ-989B tuner.

Tower 2: (self supporting 12 meters high): homebrew 6 elements dual-monoband band yagis with 3 el for 12 meters + 3 el for 17 meters with open-sleeve feed @ 13mH, 2 elements coil loaded yagi for 30 meters (derived from a 40m yagi) @ 16mH.

Auxiliary antennas: Butternut HF9V vertical (6-80 meters), with elevated radials (few but useful), fan dipole for 10-80m for MFJ-1206 noise reducer, and VHF-UHF verticals.

Web page: http://www.qsl.net/zp5yw
eMail: zp5yw@qsl.net

QSLing information

LoTW (preferred) and eQSL.cc for "virtual QSLs". NO BUREAU NOR DIRECT MAIL PLEASE !!!
Log data is uploaded / updated on weekends. If you want a paper card, please request it to my QSL manager only, or better yet, use his OQRS and save your money and minimize mail risks (link below).

Callbook and other previously published direct mail addresses are no longer valid. Local mail service is unreliable and rates are too high, up to 6 USD for.a simple letter to some destinations, so beware that the usual 2 green stamps are not enough and IRCs are useless. I will not reply to directly sent cards because of mail cost.  Bureau service is not regular so I don't expect to receive / reply cards this way. Sorry.

QSL manager: W5UE (please read THIS)

Use his log-search and on-line QSL request system (OQRS  HERE)

Randy Becnel, W5UE
P.O. Box 170
Kiln, MS 39556-0170
USA

Rev: ZP5YW - Oct-2013