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Bonjour,<\/p>\n
I am Jean-Louis<\/strong>, born in a little village of french Alps mountains in 1958. Married\u00a0\u00a0to Nicole<\/strong>,\u00a0we have two sons,\u00a0Francois<\/strong>\u00a0and Olivier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I’m veteran of the French Air Forces, I took up my duties in early 1976<\/strong> and retired after 30 years of service.<\/p>\n SWL since 1974 <\/strong>using a brand new Grundig Satellite 2000, Radio\u00a0Amateur\u00a0since 1987<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0callsign FB1NHJ\u00a0then\u00a0FD1NHJ\u00a0in 1993, finally\u00a06W1\/F5NHJ<\/strong> arrived\u00a0in Senegal\u00a0in Ouakam City<\/strong>\u00a0where we spent\u00a0two years of duty. I was very busy\u00a0professionally, trading\u00a0little and\u00a0mostly\u00a0CW\u00a0and\u00a0RTTY\/\u00a0Packet.\u00a0Discovery of\u00a0digital modes through\u00a0the\u00a0BBS\u00a0using\u00a0an old Memorizer in Vhf, FT752 GXII on HF bands, MFJ\u00a01278 and\u00a0a PC\u00a0186. thru 6W1AAD-1<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0other links…<\/p>\n Back in France\u00a0at Roquebrune\u00a0Cap Martin<\/strong>, a town\u00a0of\u00a0the French Riviera\u00a0between\u00a0Menton<\/strong> on the Italian border\u00a0and the Principaut\u00e9 de Monaco<\/strong>. Leaved four years later for another trip to Djibouti<\/strong> in East Africa and\u00a0traffic\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0all\u00a0modes\u00a0–\u00a0all\u00a0bands\u00a0\u00bb with laptop, IC 706MkIIg, my old FT900at, using\u00a0J28NH<\/strong>, J27JUIN<\/strong> &\u00a0J28CDX\u00a0<\/strong>calls. A few years\u00a0traffic\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0C\u00f4te d’Azur\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0interrupted by travels, duties, ballads\u00a0in Europe\u00a0and around the world\u00a0.. \u00a0TO4E, EY8\/F5NHJ, FK\/<\/strong>\u00a0.., VR2\u00a0\/ .., FG\u00a0\/ ..,\u00a0 6W\/.. Always a RTTY<\/strong> and data<\/strong> modes fanatic. We lived since August 2009 till July 2021 in a small village of Gascony\u00a0Province<\/strong> in south west France where we had opened a guest house.<\/p>\n ***************<\/p>\n Back in the Anjou region <\/strong>in our new home in Chalonnes-sur-Loire<\/strong> after several decades spent elsewhere in France and abroad. FK\/F5NHJ<\/strong> is back on the air, and I\u2019ll also be appearing as VE2\/\u2026<\/strong> and VE7\/\u2026<\/strong>\u00a0Primarily from Quebec,<\/strong> though I certainly hope to operate from the Maritimes<\/strong> (VE1 VE9 VY2 VO1)<\/strong>\u00a0 as well as Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (FP)<\/strong> in the near future. Wait and see, in the meantime\u2026 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n To be continued … Bonjour, I am Jean-Louis, born in a little village of french Alps mountains in 1958. Married\u00a0\u00a0to Nicole,\u00a0we have two sons,\u00a0Francois\u00a0and Olivier. I’m veteran of the French Air Forces, I took up my duties in early 1976 and retired after 30 … Continuer la lecture ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/f5nhj.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/jl-cha2.jpg\")
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\nMy new station equipment was : \u00a0R7 antenna, PK232 mbx, FT900at.<\/p>\n
\n(Lake\u00a0Assal<\/strong>\u00a0in the Rift Valley <\/strong>and\u00a0Seven brother isl.<\/strong> near Bab el Mandeb<\/strong> – Iota AF-053<\/strong>\u00a0 and AF-059<\/strong>)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Always\u00a0enjoying an hour\u00a0or two\u00a0to do some\u00a0radio contacts with\u00a0the country prefix.
\n(REF<\/strong>, C<\/strong>lipperton DXC<\/strong>lub, B<\/strong>ordeaux\u00a0DXG<\/strong>roup, F6KOP<\/strong> member)<\/p>\n
\nNow it\u2019s time to go visit our children in New Caledonia and Canada.*<\/p>\n
\n*<\/strong>( and doing some radio too )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"