Now, I accept the requests by Clublog ++ Automatic uploading on LOTW & EQSL(AG) ++

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AWARDS

5 Band WAZ #1834 - WAZ Mixed #8987 - WAZ Digital #008 - WAZ SSB #5276

DXCC Mixed - DXCC Phone - DXCC Digital - DXCC 30m

DUF Excellence - WPX Mixed Excellence - WPX Digital Excellence

8 band WAC - WAS Basic - WAS Digital - CQ DX RTTY - CQ DX Phone

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WAZ Digital #008 Worldwide

Number One France

WORKED  40 CQ DX ZONE  SINGLE DIGITAL BPSK MODE

 

Logo Designed by F4GTB with prior authorization of owner/publisher of CQ Magazine, Dick Ross K2MGA
& special thank to my friend, floyd N5FG, for his precious help

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8 band WAC

 

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ANTENNAS

DELTA LOOP 4 élements home made up 10m, ( 2 X 28Mhz + 2 X 21Mhz )

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Tri-Band Ground plane home made 80/40/20m ( quarter wave )

Built with 3 Spiderbeam fiberglass masts of 5, 11 & 18m of height + Radials 20 X 10m underground

A lot of guy rope needed

my assisstant watches the works

Finish

To the right, the little coil to tune 80m, FB !

 

MMANA SIMULATION

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Inverted V 10MHz monoband home made, up 15m

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Sometimes for low band, especially on 160m top band, I use 42m of horizontal Long Wire (not in picture)
with below, my tuning control home made.
Tuning optimized for > 160-80-40m, ROS = 1:1 on all bandwith = & accept 500W TX if need.

The capacitors come from radio TSF DUCRETET of 1932, They were perfectly cleaned and tested at high voltage.

 

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* * * Radio activity F4GTB/P * * *

* ** * * INFORMATION QSL CARD FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIVATIONS * * * * *

June 15, 2013 - DFCF 77187 / FFF1253 / WCA F-06044 "Castle & forest of "Moncteaux lès Meaux"
May 25, 2013 - F4GTB/P in FFF #1254 / "Forest reserve of Mans"
May 18, 2013 - F4GTB/P in DFCF 77186 / WCA-F 06042 "Castle of LA HOUSSIERE"
Fabruary 10, 2013 - F4GTB/P in FFF #1251 / - "Jouy le châtel, Forest reserve"
September 08, 2013 - DFCF 30-017 & FFF-1407 / Natura 2000 in "Aigues Mortes city"
September 07, 2013 - Headland of espiguette beach FFF-886 (Dep 30)
September 10, 2013 - DFCF 30-011 Tour Carbonnière à saint laurent d'aigouze (30) & FFF-1407
September 15, 2013 - World Lake Award = WL-F101 Etang de la Marette & FFF-1407 à Aigues Mortes
September 20, 2013 - F4GTB/P in FFF-275 = Forest Reserve
September 30, 2013, F4GTB/P in FFF-279 / natura 2000 & DFCF 77-073
October 5, 2013 activation of FFF-281 / natura 2000 + DFCF 77-189 + DMF 77-050

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Request directly to F4GTB with SAE + 1 USD or 1 Valid IRC (ending 2017) // or via BUREAU
All QSO will be uploaded with * * * F4GTB/P * * * account on LOTW & Eqsl (AG)

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Activity report + pictures, see below

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September 20, 2013 - F4GTB/P in FFF-275 = Forest Reserve
Locator = JN18NV
145 QSO = 30DXCC = 80/40/20m, TX FT450 (100w) & Hustler antenna

 

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September 15, 2013
Activation WFF = World Lake Award = WL-F101 Etang de la Marette & FFF-1407
110 QSO = 20DXCC = 40/20m SSB / FT450 (100w) Hustler Antenna
Photos XYL F4GTB

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June 15, 2013 - F4GTB/P in DFCF #77187 & FFF #1253 / WCA F-06044
"Castle & forest of "Moncteaux lès Meaux"
141 QSO (SSB/BPSK), 25DXCC

Satelitte view

Some pictures of castle

Parts in ruins

 

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May 25, 2013 - F4GTB/P in FFF #1254 / "Forest reserve of Mans" Loc : JN18mw
133 QSO mixed SSB & PSK, 27 DXCC
Thank you so much, all OM for their participation, Vy 73's

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May 18, 2013 - F4GTB/P - Activation DFCF 77186 / WCA-F 06042 "French Castle "LA HOUSSIERE"
Locator : JN18nu
258 QSO, 33 DXCC, very good condition

***** The castle, view of the sky *****

Below, usual station, FT450 Yaesu, Inverted V home made 10-15-20-30m,

& For this activation, I made a test with hustler resonators

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F4GTB/P during winter 2013, under the snow, -12°C

Digital mode PSK, Rig : FT450, Inverted V 10,15,20,30m home made, Up 8m

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Fabruary 10, 2013 - F4GTB/P, Activation France Flaura Fauna - FFF #1251
Jouy le châtel, Forest reserve, Loc JN18oo
Rig : FT450, Inverted V 10,15,20,30m home made, Up 8m

Sign of forest reserve

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Opération in /Portable during summer 2012 in JN23an, qth "la grande motte" dep 34, south france

Digital mode only ( PSK & RTTY ) with yaesu FT450 (25watts) & buddistick antenna

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Some information on my hobbies

I listening the old world on a radio of 20's, she works very well, even today

I collect old radio TSF, manufactured by company DUCRETET, become DUCRETET Thomson (USA) in 1936
I give them in external good state and of operation, often after 60 or 80 years of silence.

 

Below, repairing of old TSF (BCL)
After change of some capacitors, and checking the voltages of the tubes.
I make a realignment of the oscillating circuits.
This model is of 1937, there are all current, it does not have an electric transformer.
the adjustment of the voltage this fact by metal plates located in the back of the frame.
all the filaments of the tubes are in series, so, If a tube is cut, the radio does not work.

 

Below, my favorite, a very rare model LDC6 Ducretet of 1929

Below, my power supply home made, for the radio battery 20's.

She gives the voltage necessary for my old radio
80 to 120 volt for plates
40 volt for grids
0 to 16 volt for polarization
0 to 4 volt for filaments

Below, for the pleasure of your eyes, some rare tubes of my collection TSF
only manufactured by DUCRETET in the 20's years, these rare tubes were called "Bigrilles Red JM".
( Behind 3 rare tubes of emission of the 20's ).

 

I make it again, with to tubes of type NOVAL, for saved the rare originals.

left (copy home made) --- right (original).

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OTHER HOBBIES

 

I collect the old IBM PC, since 15 years
All restored, them work very well,

I was lucky enough to have found manuals and diskettes of maintenance for the repaired.

Below the first IBM transportable model 5155, of 1983, very rare

 

Other models : IBM PC 5160, 5160XT, PC AT ( advanced technology ) 5170, model PS1, PS/2 model 55SX, 70-386, 50Z, 30, 30-286, 30-286 55SX, 56-486SLC2, 486-DX4, and many others, not in picture.

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Picture of the first transmission of TSF in Paris (france), between Eiffel Tower and Pantheon = 3 kms !!!

In 1898, With Eugene DUCRETET and the Russian, Alexander Stepanovich Popov

 

I'm member of Feld Hell Club,PSK club EPC, 30m Digital Group, Digital mode club, belgium digital mode.

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See you later on air

73 es dx

"Chris" F4GTB