Hector Luiz Martinez CO6CBF was interviewed on Cuban TV about his amateur radio satellite operating.
Hector, CO6CBF, got his first license at the age of 11 and has been licensed for 11 years. He first became interested in satellites when he heard about the deployment of Suitsat from the International Space Station and he began to search for information about space communications. He eventually built an antenna and made his first satellite contact on January 27, 2011 via the AO-51 satellite.
Since then he has had a contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station and was recently awarded the first satellite VUCC from Cuba. The satellite VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC) is awarded for contacts with stations in 100 grid squares.
Hector is one of only three radio amateurs in Cuba who are active on the satellites.
Watch the Spanish language TV interview which starts with Hector assembling his satellite antenna
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-mbrlVQXI]