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F5RQG

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I am Chris, operating a QRP station...forever !
  - with a power of 10w or 5w depending on the level of my battery ;)

 I'm working mostly in CW ,            then ssb
My Ham radio concept : minimalist and furtive

Licensed since 1991 as FD1RQG, I was 18 years old (QTH Barraux),
  F2AY and F6DIR helped me get started with a Yeasu FT101ZD loan & ant. Levy but it quickly became a big disappointment because I was disturbing all the televisions in the neighborhood !

Then, I started a long QRP way with homebrew tranceivers ;

building a full TRX Howes 20m, SmallWonder 20m & 40m, K1BQT 20m, Sprat tips etc...

I was also the owner of HW7, QRPPlus IndexLaboratories and Youkit HB-1B.

QRP forever ,  here spreading the G-QRP CLUB spirit at Iseremat Events 2000-2007 :

          
        ... F5DOG, F6GNK

I enjoy to work in the field, like mini-expedition.

 
Above my full homebrew  portable station, early year 2000

Antennas in Portable ;

• JPC-7 GP antenna, most of time without coil, from 15 to 10m
• Fish Rod GP Antenna
• EFHW Antenna (+Hendriks Tuner) 
• + solar pannel

** Since August 2023, I'm using an IC-705

This is my first fixed station after 30 years of portable operations

     

      Here the keyer is the 9A5N's Solid State Paddle
 

** September 2023 : @QRA a new Antenna has been erected

Here is an MV6 antenna, made in Italy by Pier Francesco Grazioli.
  → 5 elements GP Antenna → 6 bands, WARC included ;
        5 x λ/4 : 20-17-15-12-11m
        1 x λ/2 : 6m
A very good manufacturing quality.

This antenna has no trap, no coil...

I added a Common Mode Choke on feed line : 9T RG142 on FT243

    Used without ATU and ROS ranges from 1.0 to 1.4 ;

   ROS 1.3 @14.230 Mhz
   ROS 1.4 @18.120 Mhz
   ROS 1.0 @21.270 Mhz
   ROS 1.4 @24.930 Mhz
   ROS 1.0 @28.500 Mhz
   ROS 1.0 @50.800 Mhz

The results with this antenna surprise me every day.
A fantastic performer on DX !
 

QSL only via Buro, Direct Mail or Eqsl/Email

QSL via direct : Chris CERTOUX - 375 Route de l'Eglise - 73100 MOUXY - FRANCE

• NO need $$, €€ or IRC
• When QSLing via direct mail don't send SASE,    QSO is a pleasure, QSL too !
• ALL RECEIVED QSL CARD ARE SURELY REPLYED !
  
   

G-QRPClub #6525
QRP-ARCI  #15042
REF            #49448

72/73's, Chris.