Biography
44 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 (libera.chat), #priyom (libera.chat) and on the UDXF groups.io under the nick "linkz"
I'm working as a telecommunications technician in microwave links for mobile phone networks of France
My (daily) professional road trips are mostly located in the middle east France area
Please note that I'm not really transmitting from home, consider F4GFZ/M as my MAIN CALLSIGN, thanks
95% contacts made without DX CLUSTER
99% contacts made with DX Code of Conduct respect
249 DXCC's done from the mobile station (thanks guys!)
73
Ced
Equipment
My Mobile equipment:
Barrett 950
Motorola GM360 VHF + GM360 UHF
ECO ART-66 HF monoband whip antenna(s) (80,40,20,15,10) + ART-67 WARC bands kit (30,17,12)
DIAMOND NR-770HB biband VHF/UHF
My Home equipment:
[RX]
SDR Perseus
SDR Elad FDM-S2
2x KiwiSDR
JRC NRD-535
Rohde & Schwarz EK070 + GB170
CSF RS560
SDR FUNcube dongle Pro
UNIDEN UBC3500XL - 2x YUPITERU MVT7100 - UNIDEN BCT15X
[TX]
Apache Labs Anan-100D
Motorola GM600 VHF + GM360 UHF
TALCO CS3 VHF
Yaesu VX-6R HT
FLEXRADIO 3000
IC-706MKIIG
2x Codan 9360 + Codan 9002 modem
Codan NGT SRx
Pactor-I/II/III Swiss PTC Modems
My Home antennas :
Active ones :
commercial Cushcraft R8
commercial Tennadyne T-6 log-periodic antenna at 8m/26ft agl only (dismantled)
commercial 23el log-periodic 130-1300 by Wimo
commercial Mat Equipement 8el yagi UHF
commercial Big Wheel VHF
commercial Comet GP-98
commercial Wellbrook ALA1530 LNP
Home made 2m diameter RX loop + LZ1AQ preamplifier
homemade horizontal skywire loop antenna (85m perimeter, 12m agl)
homemade collinear VHF antenna (~5m long)
homemade collinear 1090MHz ADS-B
Inactive ones (for archives) :
professionnal MAT Equipement/Jaybeam MA481QS06 collinear vertical for UHF monitoring
professionnal RAC collinear vertical 756.706.42 for VHF monitoring (destroyed)
professionnal Procom 4el yagi R70-7/h for UHF monitoring
professionnal MAT Equipement 12el yagi UHF
professionnal MAT Equipement/Jaybeam MA412D00 GP dedicated for French road service
commercial GP 5/8 CB for SWL on high bands & TX on 10m
commercial 9el DK7ZB WY209 by Wimo for VHF
homemade moxon 2el antenna for 6m band
homemade G7FEK antenna experimental for SWL on low frequencies (dismantled)
homemade 2x K9AY loops for SWL on low frequencies (dismantled)
homemade EWE system antenna for SWL on low frequencies (dismantled)
homemade Moxon 2el for SWL on high frequencies & TX on 20m (dismantled)
homemade Flag RX antenna for HF bands (dismantled)
homemade HB9CV for 10m band (dismantled)
homemade HB9CV for 6m band (dismantled)
homemade 5el VHF Yagi antenna (dismantled)
homemade 11el UHF yagi for radiosondes or Ham Balloon tracking (dismantled)
homemade quadrifilar helicoidal RX antenna for 137MHz WX sats (dismantled)