About the Old Man
Hi, I am David, ham radio F1JXQ licenced since 1995, thanks to F5KKD radioclub and F5OZK, F5PMB.
QRV bands : Mainly 10 meters, 20m and 6m, VHF/UHF during contest
Prefered modes : DX SSB, RTTY and PSK31
My QTH Locator is JN25wq, in the city of Aix les Bains, in French Alps, France.
PRO : Manager of the online amateur radio shop : Passion Radio Shop.
Follow my radio live activity, weather station live radar, and on twitter: @F1JXQ
My Amateur Radio antenna
My antennas are located on the roof of a 7 floor building in the center of Aix les Bains city, France.
On the right, the main antenna is a Mini Beam MA5B from Crushcraft, 3 elements multiband 20/17/15/12/10 meters band.
Manual of mini beam MA5B : MA5B manual [PDF]
The MA5B is used with automatic antenna tuner ICOM AH4 for matching from 7 to 54 MHz.
Above of the MA5B, there is the 5 elements 50 Mhz beam antenna.
On the left of the picture, this is a vertical Diamond Antenna CP6AR (description), multiband HF Antenna 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6m amateur bands.
Under the Diamond Antenna CP6AR, this is a 10 elements VHF/UHF beam antenna.
On the right of the picture, this is a vertical Comet GP VHF/UHF antenna.
Radio antenna rotor are Yeasu G-1000DXC (Beam HF+50Mhz) and G-450C (Bi-band VHF/UHF antenna).
And under the vertical Diamond antenna, there is a weather Davis Vantage Vue station that transmit every 2.5 seconds, data meteo, throught wireless connection around 900Mhz.
My Ham Radio equipment
For all opérations on VHF/UHF (144 Mhz and 430 Mhz) I use the transceiver ICOM IC-7000 (official icom page).
HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver
Power : 50 watts (144 Mhz) and 35 watts (430 Mhz)
Manual of the IC-7000 : IC-7000 Manual [PDF]
For all opération on HF (7 Mhz to 28 Mhz) I work with the ICOM IC-706 MKIIG (official icom page)
HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver
Power : 100 watts HF+50 Mhz
Manual of IC 706 MKIIG : ic-706mk2g Manual [PDF]
