I started as a Ham in 1976 in Argentina as LU7ECX. In 2015, after a long break due to several work relocations, I came  back to the hobby in Brazil as PY2BIL (former PU2TLU).

Comecei como Radioamador em 1976 na Argentina como LU7ECX. Após uma longa pausa devido a várias relocações por trabalho, retornei em 2015 ao hobby no Brasil como PY2BIL (anteriormente PU2TLU).

Empecé como Radioaficionado en 1976 en la Argentina como LU7ECX. Después de una larga pausa debido a varios traslados por trabajo, volví en 2015 al hobby en Brasil como PY2BIL (antes PU2TLU).

Ich begann als Funkamateur im Jahre 1976 in Argentinien als LU7ECX. Nach einer langen Pause wegen mehrerer Arbeitsverlagerungen, kam ich in 2015 zum Hobby in Brasilien als PY2BIL (vorher als PU2TLU) zurück.

• I'm a member of LABRE SP, the São Paulo chapter of the Brazilian Amateur Radio League; SDFARC, the SDF Amateur Radio Club and AMSAT AR, the argentinian chapter of AMSAT.
• I also maintain a personal page at PY2BIL
• My most recent project is rebuilding the packet radio infrastructure in São Paulo, starting with PY2BIL-4 running the BPQ node, BBS and chat server.
• I like the outdoors and specially the SOTA program. Besides being a chaser, every now and then I do some activations myself.

All my QSOs are uploaded daily to LoTW. If you do not have an account set-up for LoTW then I would encourage you to do-so. It's free and saves a lot of effort and money for QSLing. Thanks to Log4OM, all my QSOs are also uploaded to QRZ, eQSL, HRDlog, HamQTH and Clublog right after the contact has ended, for those of you who use these services too. However, since they do not count against DXCC and other ARRL awards, I ask you also to send a QSL card or to consider submitting through LoTW. If you send a QSL card, then please use the Bureau if available to you but direct cards are also welcomed and I will reply to all of them. No IRCs or Green Stamps are needed.

My current rig is:

Transceivers:

• Icom IC-706MKIIG
• Icom IC-2820H D-Star
• Wouxun KG-UV950P

Antennas:

• Five-band rotatable dipole 40/20/15/10/6 (Comet CHV-5X)
• Coil Loaded Vertical 10m/15m/20m/40m/80m (Electril DXW1/80m)
• Coil Loaded Vertical 0.7m/2m/10m/15m/20m/40m/80m (Opek HVT-400B)
• Magnetic Loop 10m/11m/12m (Homebrew by André Luiz Guimarães, SP - PU2VGU)
• OSJ 2m/70cm (Antena Kit LOF)

Digital Interface:

• microHAM DigiKeyer II

My mobile rig is:

Transceivers:

• mcHF QRP Transceiver
• Xiegu X6100
• Yaesu FT-817ND
• Kydera CDR-300UV DMR/Analog Dual Band
• QYT-7900D Quad Band
• Wouxun KG-UV8D Dual Band HT
• Radioddity GD-77 DMR/Analog Dual Band HT

Antennas:

• End Fed Half Wave (homebrewed)
• Tri-band 2m/1.25m/70cm (Comet SBB 224)
• Dual Band 3/8 VHF – 2x5/8 UHF (Steelbras APO191)
• Dual Band VHF/UHF (Maldol EX-103)

I live in a very noisy location, so forgive me if I cannot hear you... but I still hope to meet you soon on the bands!

May the layers of the ionosphere be with you.