Greetings from Spain, thank you for read me and for looking up my information in DXFUNCLUSTER.com

My name is Rafael (Rafa for my friends).
I was born in 1976 in Sanlucar de Barrameda (Cadiz), a charming coastal town at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river in Southwest of Spain (Andalucia y OLE!).
In 2007 I married a wonderful woman with green eyes and dark-haired (typical Spanish Woman). Since 2014 my wife and me have a daughter named Valeria. She is wonderful. Also we have a dalmatian called "Lola" who lives with us.

I began in the ham radio with only 10 years old, when my father gave me a CB Walkie-Talkie with only 2 channels (27 MHz) and then my callsign was "Little Mad Bird". Nowadays, some people still call me by that name.
I approved my first licence EB7DSV in 1994 when I was 17 years old, and in 2006 I upgrade to extra class with callsign EA7HOH.

I am Merchant Marine Radio Officer and have worked in the Maritime Service (more known as Radio Coastal Station) of "Telefonica", in the Radio Maritime Communications Center of Valencia.

You can ear me in all HF bands in SSB, CW and some digital modes.
I like the Spanish Contests, and the DX,s in which I do wonderful contacts with marvellous people.

Sometimes, for reasons of work, I do my transmissions in REMOTE mode thanks to the DIGICAT cable and the softwares HAM RADIO DELUXE and IP-SOUND.

"THE FINAL COURTESY OF QSO IS A QSL CARD"

I collect QSL cards of all the places of the World for showing to my friends.
Would be a pleasure to have your QSL card in my collection.

I like to know other places in the World through QSL cards.

YOUR QSL CARD IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME, THANK SO MUCH

If you send a QSL card, this will be confirmed with a QSL card.
QSL 100% SURE ONLY VIA BUREAU OR DIRECT

My other hobbies are sailing and motorbikes.

 

U.R.E. (Union Radioaficionados Españoles)

A.R.E. (Asociacion de Radiotelegrafistas y Oficiales Radioelectronicos de la Marina Mercante Españoles)

My First CB Walkie-Talkie (27 MHz): Sharp Twincomm 50

HF/50 MHz Transceiver: RadioFlex FLEX-5000

Desktop Microphone: MFJ-299

Headphone: Sennheiser HD-280

Precision SWR and Power Meter: Diamond SX-600

Power Supply: Telecom AV-6055

Cross Over RF Safety Switch: MFJ-1703

Morse Code Practice Oscillator: MFJ-557

HF Antenna: Handmade Dipole for 20/40 meters bands with Coils for 80 meters band (Balun 1:1 and Coils by EA5ADT)

VHF/UHF Transceiver (APRS): Kenwood TM-D710E

VHF/UHF Antenna: Diamond X510N

10m/CB Antenna: President BLACKPIRATE

VHF/UHF Transceiver (APRS Portable): Kenwood TH-D72E

UHF Transceiver DMR (Portable): Tytera MD-380G

VHF/UHF Transceiver (APRS Mobile): Kenwood TM-D710E with GPS receiver Garmin nüvi 350 (and GTRANS Garmin to NMEA Translator Cable)

VHF/UHF Antennas (Mobile): Nagoya NL-77H (for city) or Nagoya MAG-77EL-WH (for road)

MY LOG ONLINE

QSO MAP

THE HISTORY IN PHOTOS OF MY RADIO ROOM

My Radio Room in 1992

My Radio Room in 2009