Call data Last update: | 2021-08-07 07:58:29 | Continent: | EU | Views: | 180 | Main prefix: | F | Latitude: | 48.8411224 | Longitude: | -0.8930929 | Locator: | IN98NU | DXCC Zone: | 227 | ITU Zone: | 27 | CQ Zone: | 14 |
Most used bands 20m (48%) 40m (27%) 15m (13%) 10m (4%) 80m (4%) Most used modes CW (74%) SSB (26%) FT8 (1%) F3E (1%) J3E (1%) QSL data Last update: | 2023-03-24 10:04:15 | eQSL QSL: | no | Bureau QSL: | no | Direct QSL: | no | LoTW QSL: | YES |
| Biography Hello, My name is Gaël, I am a former radio operator in the French Army. I was trained in 1988.
I served in the 1st Parachute Hussards Regiment for 9 years, during which I professionally did radio,
including telegraphy. I put radio aside for a long time after changing job, 22 years in fact, but I
always promised myself to take the amateur radio license before I turned 50 ...
So I passed the exam in 2019 after 5 months of preparation by asking myself afterwards
why I had not done it sooner...
I very quickly found with pleasure the sensations that I had previously experienced with telegraphy...
How could I do without that during all this time? Today I'm trying to make up for lost time ... I made two great
amateur radio friends near my QRA, we make a great team, we complement each other and have a good time by doing CW QSOs
between us! I also meet beautiful people all over the world through the radio!
My traffic conditions are modest: I use an old IC-730 and an inverted V-dipole, a KY-116 keyer,
I stretch out pieces of wire in the garden ...
Sometimes I use for the portable operation, despite its 17 kilos, a British RT320 military man-pack
whose chirp is characteristic ... This radio is amazing and surprising! I had the opportunity to do beautiful DX
with it...
I gradually equip myself, I am quite attracted by the QRP for the hiking side that there is behind ... I also like
the vintage equipment...
Today I live in the small town of VIRE-NORMANDIE in the north west of France, in Normandy, Calvados department,
not far from the D Day 1944 beaches and LE MONT SAINT-MICHEL, I love hiking with my wife or friends,
I sometimes paraglide in CLÉCY in a place nicknamed "Suisse Normande" where the relief lends itself perfectly
to this activity, I own two cottages there that I rent all year ...
Many projects and experiments in mind to one day become an accomplished ham radio, there are so many
things to do and discover!
See you soon I hope on the air, I send you my most cordial greetings from Normandy France 73 F4IHG Gaël Worked DXCCs: |