Guillaume Duc @tuxbzh@mamot.fr

Opportunity: so long and thanks for all the fish

Last week I made my very first QSO (radio contact between two amateur radio operators). It was on 40-meter HF band with another amateur in France. 😃 📻

https://www.guiduc.org/radio/2018/08/12/first-hf-qso.html

Un bon et nécessaire rappel des maladies contre lesquelles les vaccins nous protègent : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CifyVPCZ10

@DC7IA The 60-meter band (5 MHz) is not yet authorized in France (there is still one last administrative decision missing; it should be done before the end of 2018). As usual, everything is long and complicated in France...

@DC7IA Actually, I have just seen that Yaesu has just released the FT-818ND which is based on the 817ND with small improvements (TXCO, 6W, larger NiMH battery, 60m band (not yet authorized in France))

@DC7IA Hi! Is it a Yaesu FT817(ND)? I am still hesitating between FT817 and an Elecraft KX2 for my first HF transceiver. Not the same price but not the same performances...

Quoi de mieux en cette journée de l'Europe que d'écouter la 9e symphonie de Beethoven (un arrangement du dernier mouvement, le magnifique « Ode à la joie », sert d'hymne européen). Vive l'Europe !

@DC7IA I don't know the exact reason (which is probably historical) but I find it more readable and beautiful.

And to be precise, it is recommanded to use, instead of a normal space, a slightly shorter one ("espace fine insécable", Unicode U+202F).

@DC7IA Juste pour que ce soit parfait : "Je fais un peu de conjugaison des verbes". :-)

@DC7IA Félicitation, c'est très bien ! :-)

I have just received The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications. It is a huge reference book covering all the aspects of radio communications. At first glance, it contains more information than what I have learnt during my engineering studies. 😃

https://mamot.fr/media/zeE9BO8dvAW80bx8yXs

Je suis en train d'écouter un CD d'Ennio Morricone. C'est un génie. Notamment la BO du film Mission (The mIssion) est sublime.

Bonjour ! Début d'une journée de boulot difficile où je dois être à plusieurs endroits (distants) en même temps + 5h de cours à donner. Avec le manque de sommeil, ça risque d'être bien fatiguant.

J'adore la simulation du jeu de la vie à l'intérieur du jeu de la vie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-W0NX97DB0 Je viens de découvrir que le jeu de la vie de Conway est Turing-complet, c'est juste bluffant.

Je viens de repasser à Firefox 😃

@DC7IA Not that long, it is the french administration ;-) One week after the exam to receive the HAREC certificate and the form to ask for the callsign and two weeks to receive the official notification of the call sign...

🇫🇷 Je viens de recevoir mon indicatif d'appel radio amateur : F4HYR 😀

🇬🇧 I have just received my call sign: F4HYR 😀