Pedro was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on February 22nd 1974 and has been fascinated with radio since an early age.  While listening to local AM stations at night, Pedro realized that when these local broadcasting stations shut down at midnight foreign stations would appear. This really sparked his interest and started to listen to shortwave on a transoceanic radio. Regulations in the 90’s prevented anyone under 18 to hold an amateur radio license. On the day of his 18th birthday, Pedro obtained his first amateur license as CX1AAC. He started with DX right away; phone has always been his favorite.  Access to ham radio equipment was hard so home brew was always his #1 option.  Pedro attended the Technological Engineering University of Uruguay and has been working in the telecommunication industry for the past 20 years. Moved to New York in 2001 and has been working in the telecommunication industry since then.