Arnie Coro

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Arnaldo Coro Antich, aka Arnie Coro, is a Cuban radio host, academic and popular amateur radio operator. He is a cofounder of Radio Havana. He hosts the English language Radio Habana show DXers Unlimited which broadcasts twice a week. He is also a professor of broadcasting at the University of Havana.

In Cuba, Antich is considered "the guru of ham radio operators," is credited for increasing interest in Cuban ham radio operation and has garnered many fans in the United States. Due to the difficulty in acquiring radio equipment, Antich has managed to assemble his radio equipment from pieces of old radios, Soviet-era television sets and fax machines.

Antich was reported to have played a part in the repulsion of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.