Biography

Hello!

Thanks for your visit!

Born in Paris in December 1957, I am a retired Senior Consultant in Dependability Engineering and Risk Management. My journey in the field of Ham Radio began in 1973 when I started as a SWL using a BC342 receiver.

From 1975 to 1980, I served in the French Army as an Electronic Warfare Specialist, during wich I obtained my amateur radio licenses DA1LM and F0EXW.

In 1989, I relocated to Canada and became VE7HGV, but I was not very active due to space constraints for equipment. After moving to California in 1995, professional responsibilities took precedence, and I had to put my Ham Radio activities on hold for an extended period.

After returning to France in 2005, I resumed my involvement in Ham Radio in 2018. I successfully passed the French Radio Amateur exam in January 2019 and received my new call sign, F8TRT, on February 1st, 2019. Since then, I have operated on various bands ranging from 80 meters to 70 centimeters, utilizing SSB, CW, and primarily digital modes such as FT8 and FT4. Additionally, I am active on QO-100.

I am a member of several radio clubs and organizations, including REF (# 35023 - Board member and Webmaster), F8KGH (Board member, Secretary and Webmaster), F6KOP, Clipperton DX Club, UFT, and European DX Foundation.

I have been involved with the following Special Event Call Signs: TM75DP – TM500LDV – TM1D - TM1SAFE - TM18APL - TM76DP - TM20XMAS - TM21HNY - TM21OG - TM55SNSM - TM78DP - TM50VAR - TM83JO - TM83REF - TM100REF - TM9WWA

Furthemore, I was a member of the team and served as the webmaster for the Crozet 2022 expedition.

My QTH is located near the beaches of the French Riviera, approximately 20 kilometers north of Toulon in the Var department, part of the Provence region.
My primary challenges include pursuing DXCC and other awards as well as collecting grid squares. Additionally, I have a keen interest in geology, paleontology, stargazing, scale modeling, and....... Ham Radio.

About QSL :
I respond to all QSL cards that I receive:
LOTW and/or eQSL: This is the preferred way. I upload daily to LOTW and QRZ.com
QSL via bureau: They are OK and will be answered the same way.
Please, no direct QSL.
Thanks so much for stopping by and see you soon on the waterfall!

73’s QRO

Pascal - F8TRT

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Radios:
- Icom IC-7300
- Icom IC-705
- FlexRadio FLEX-8400
- Yaesu FT-991A
- SPE Expert 1.3K-FA
- Yaesu FTM-400DE
- AnyTone D578UV
- AnyTone D878UV+
- Yaesu FT-50R
- Baofeng UV-5R+
- Baofeng RD-5R
- Icom IC-R7000

Antennas:
- 80, 60, 40 and 30m: Homemade Multi Dipole
- 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m: SpiderBeam
- 6m: Tonna 5 elements
- 2m: Tonna 9 elements
- 6m, 2m and 70 cms: Diamond V2000
- 25-1300 MHz: Discone Icom AH-7000
- 1.2m and 0.8m Satellite Dishes

Other:
- 12 Meters Telescopic Tower
- Rotator Yaesu G-2000