View of "Le Mont Blanc" the highest mountain in Western Europe (4,810.45m/15,782ft ASL) from F4GFZ/M (grid:JN35bt)
Hello world !
36 years old, licensed since dec 2009 (TX'ing since sep 2010) after ~20 years of SWL'ing to HF utilities, digimodes and VHF/UHF local nets.
My main hobbies are: HF utilities monitoring, digimodes analysis, HF mobile, linux, tweaking & DIY.
You can find me on the irc channel #wunclub@starchat.net & on the UDXF Yahoo group under the nick "linkz", both well known places for HF utilities monitoring addicts
I'm working as a telecommunications technician in microwave links for mobile phone networks of France (preparing LTE/4G)
My professional road trips during job/daytime are mostly located in the middle east France area, grid locators > JN(1|2|3)(4|5|6|7)
I'm often active during local evenings from my favorite "static mobile" location in JN25pj, on top of the hill at 600m/2000ft ASL (department 38/FR),
a quiet place with 360° clear field of view, no neighbours, no powerlines, no QRM and not far away from Home, nearly perfect.
I like joining DX nets, you can find me sometimes on:
* ANZA (14183kHz usb starting at 0515z), greetings to controllers VK4SWE Lyn, VK1TX Tex, ZL1RD Rob, VK4CC Col, VK4LJ John, VK7XX John, VK4LMB Mike, VK4HQ Terry
* 247-DXNET (14247kHz usb starting at 2000z), greetings to controllers AA0BS Lorraine, KP4BME Jose, W2AF Jack, VE3QN Brian
* Arabian Knights (14250kHz usb starting at 0500z on Friday only), greetings to controller JY5HX Dr. Munzer
I'm also active some days on the HFLink net using MIL-STD 188-141B Appendix A (aka ALE), running 50-80W in the skyloop antenna -> HFlink.net for more informations on the net
I'm using the APRS system via TCP/IP on my smartphone, running iBCNU software via T2FRANCE server
You can follow my road trips via this link: APRS.FI
February 2013: New radio rules for 6m band in France ! (50MHz-52MHz, 120W max + mobile/repeaters allowed)
Hope to meet you on this band soon ! (I was not allowed to TX on it before, neither base nor mobile)
My Mobile equipment:
ICOM IC-706MKIIG (~80W w/ factory Icom HM-103 mic)
ECO ART-66 HF monoband whip antenna(s) (80,40,20,15,10) + ART-67 WARC bands kit (30,17,12)
WATSON monoband whip antenna WHF-40 (february 2013)
homemade 1/4 wavelength antenna for 6m band
DIAMOND NR-770HB biband VHF/UHF
My Home equipment:
[RX]
SDR Perseus (S/N: 1579 - sometimes available online, check S/E France area)
SDR FUNcube dongle Pro (S/N: 1051)
some RTL2832U based DVB-T usb dongles for experiments (tuners: E4000/R820T)
UNIDEN UBC3500XL - 2x YUPITERU MVT7100 - UNIDAN BCT15X
[TX]
ICOM IC-7000
ICOM IC-706MKII w/ original mic (dedicated to TX/VHF or RX/HF ALE networks scanning)
YAESU FT-100 w/ StudioProjects B1 mic + MIC200 Behringer vacuum tube preamp (for SSB/FM)
homemade RX/TX switch via serial port + homemade audioline w/ xfmers 1:1 & cap + homemade CAT interface (for digimodes)
YAESU VX-6R HT
My Home antennas:
commercial GP 5/8 CB for SWL on high bands & TX on 10m
homemade EWE system antenna for SWL on low frequencies (dismantled)
homemade Moxon 2el for SWL on high frequencies & TX on 20m (dismantled)
homemade HB9CV for 10m band (dismantled)
homemade 11el UHF yagi for radiosondes or Ham Balloon tracking (dismantled)
homemade quadrifilar helicoidal RX antenna for 137MHz WX sats
homemade Skyloop antenna (~85m perimeter, 10m agl, via 4:1 balun) for SWL on low frequencies & TX all bands (except 160m & 30m)
homemade coaxial/bazooka antenna (7m agl) for 30m TX & SWL (dismantled)
homemade dipole for 30m band TX & SWL
Late winter evening at Home
February 2013 snow time !
"F4GFZ/M" log "F4GFZ" log
PLEASE NOTE that i have both "F4GFZ" & "F4GFZ/M" accounts on eQSL.cc & LoTW QSL systems
Be sure to enter the correct callsign if you upload our QSO on one of these electronic services, THANKS.
(DXCC worked from F4GFZ/Mobile in grey color - updated 04 mar 2013)
Thanks for visiting this page
Best 73's & I hope to meet you (again) on the spectrum soon
