W2FR Raul Martinez Orlando, FL QCWA # 36796 Chapter 45

A HAM SINCE 1978 WHEN I GOT MY NOVICE LICENSE WITH THE CALL WD2AEQ IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. MY FIRST STATION A SWAN CIGNET 250 AND A HEATHKIT SB-102 TRANSCEIVERS WITH A DIPOLE. I BE ON CW ON 40 AND 80 METERS AND SOME TIMES IN 20 METER SSB. I REALLY NOT WORK SSB I WORK CW MUST OF TIME THAT IS WHAT I REALLY LIKE AND WANT.I SETTLE DOWN WORKING WITH AMATEUR ELECTRONIC SUPPLY FOR 13 YEARS WHERE I WAS WORK AS A SENIOR RF ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN WITH A GROUP OF GREAT FELLOWS HAMS. LIKE TO RESTORED OLD RADIOS LIKE DRAKE AND SOME OTHERS OLD RIGS.HOPE TO HEAR YOU ON THE AIR SOME TIME AND HAVE A GREAT QSO.73' AND HAPPY HAMMING. W2FR.

GRADUATED IN RCA INSTITUTES WITH A ASSOCIATED IN SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY IN 1973.AND GET MY GROL LISENCE IN 2009. WORK AS A SENIOR RF ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN UNTIL 2007 WICH I RETIRED AFTER 42 YEARS OF SERVICE. ACCREDITED VE MEMBER OF ARRL AND W5YI.

MY FAVORITE RIGS ARE TEN-TEC AND THAT WHAT I USING IN ALL MY RADIO AMATEUR HOBBY. A TEN-TEC OMNI VI PLUS,PARAGON II,CORSAIR,OMNI V,THE FANTASTIC TEN-TEC 544 AND THE CENTURY 21 ALSO THE TEN-TEC HERCULES II AMPLIFIER. AND THE ONLY RADIO THAT IS NOT TEN-TEC WICH I LIKE MUCH IS MY YAESU FT-1000MPMKFIVE FIELD. I ALSO HAVE A DRAKE TR-4CW WITH A RV-4 VFO AND THE MN-2000 ANTENNA TUNER PLUS THE DRAKE L4-B AMPLFIER. LIKE TO MAKE QRP OPERATION ON CAMPING AND ON MOUNTAINS WITH MY YOUKIT QRP AND MY BUDDYPOLE ANTENNA. I ALSO HAVE A HEATHKIT HW-8 AND A HW-7 QRP THAT WORK FANTASTIC.

MEMBER OF THE FEDERACION DE RADIOAFICIONADOS DE PUERTO RICO (FRAPR) MEMBER #3014

MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE, MEMBER OF QCWA #36796

73,TO ALL MY HAM RADIO FRIENDS.

MEMBER OF FISTS #17311
MEMBER OF THE NAQCC #6457
MEMBER OF THE SKCC #10423
MEMBER OF THE FLYING PIGS CLUB FP #1363
MENBER OF NOR-CAL QRP CLUB
PROUD TO BE A CW OPERATOR AND WE WILL KEEP USING THEM UNTIL SK

November 25, 2015