F6GCP/P

LightHouses (ARLHS / PB)

Inland French Island (DIFI)
DIFI-33012L / DIFI-33038L

Magic Band - 50Mhz
IN95KE / IN77XW

 

LightHouses (ARLHS / PB)

Updated 04 January 2013

 

Date (2008)

QTH name

Locator

Notes

20/07 to 04/08

Hourtin Port, near Bordeaux, dept 33

IN95KE

Only on 6m

25/07 and 02/08

Difi 33012L - Ile aux Enfants, Lac d’Hourtin, dept 33

IN95KE

40/20m

25/07 and 02/08

Difi 33038L - Ile de l’Ecole de Voile, Lac d’Hourtin, dept 33

IN95KE

40/20m

25/07

PB-128 / ARLHS FRA-155 - Phare de la Pointe de Grave, dept 33

IN95LN

20m

01/08

PB-345 / ARLHS FRA-448 - Phare Richard-I, dept 33
PB-345 / ARLHS FRA-449 – Phare Richard II , dept 33

IN95MK

20m

15/08

Lighthouses in Benodet, dept 29 (all QSO dated on 15/08/2008)
FRA-195 – Phare Pyramide
FRA-247 Coq point (new)
FRA-248 Coq point (old)
FRA-245 - Pointe de Combrit
FRA-747 Phare du Coq Range Front
FRA-748 Phare du Coq Range Rear

IN77WU

20m CW

(not valid for PB-xxx, due to distance)

16/08 to 18/08

Pleuven, dept 29

IN77XW

Only on 6m

 

Date (2009)

QTH name

Locator

Notes

25/07 to 09/08

Pleuven, dept 29

IN77XW

IN77XW

6m

40/30/20m

06/08

Lighthouses nr Concarneau, dept 29 - Beuzec Conq
FRA-197 - Beuzec Conq (Old)
FRA-792 -  Beuzec Conq (new)
Castle "Château de Kériolet" - DFCF-29011

IN87BU

20/30/40m

04/08

Lighthouses in Concarneau, dept 29
FRA-246 - La Croix
FRA-573 - Médée
FRA-581 - Lanriec
FRA-583 - Cochon

IN87BU

20/30/40m

04/08

Lighthouses in Benodet, dept 29
FRA-195 – Phare Pyramide
FRA-247 Coq point (new)
FRA-248 Coq point (old)
FRA-245 - Pointe de Combrit
FRA-747 Phare du Coq Range Front
FRA-748 Phare du Coq Range Rear

IN77WU

30m CW

(not valid for PB-xxx, due to distance)

 

Date (2011)

QTH name

Locator

Notes

July 2011

Lighthouses  nr La Rochelle, dept 17
FRA-660 le Plomb Mole Ouest

IN97JE

20/17m CW

August 2011 – Sept 2011

Lighthouses nr Perpignan, dept 66 – Saint-Cyprien
FRA-475 – Saint Cyprien

 

JN12MO

17/20/30m CW

 

Note :
PB-xxx references are for the French Lighthouse Award, part o fthe World Lighhouse on the Air award.
FRA-xxx references are for the ARLHS award.
Due to different rules (distance, criteria) the QSO I made are only valid as describe in the following table.
Logo are used here as reference. All Logo picture are owned and reserved by respective programs.

List of Light House : LH List

LightHouses / Dept  29


Lighthouses in Benodet (IN77WU)

 

FRA-195 – Phare Pyramide
FRA-247 Coq point (new)
FRA-248 Coq point (old)
FRA-245 - Pointe de Combrit
FRA-747 Phare du Coq Range Front
FRA-748 Phare du Coq Range Rear

*(All QSOs dated on 15/08/2008 and on 04/08/2009 are only valid for ARLHS award, as I was located less than 1km far from each LH, but not for PB award as I was more the 300m from each lighthouses)

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Lighthouses Concarneau (IN87BU)

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Lighthouses nr Concarneau / dept 29
QTH name Beuzec Conq
QRA-Loc : IN87BU
FRA-197 - Beuzec Conq (Old)
FRA-792 -  Beuzec Conq (new)
Castle "Château de Kériolet" - DFCF-29011


Note : the new lighhouse is located inside of the church, in the middle of the bell tower!

Castle "Château de Kériolet" - DFCF-29011

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Lighthouses in Concarneau / Dept 29

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QRA-Loc : IN87BU
FRA-246 - La Croix
FRA-573 - Médée
FRA-581 - Lanriec
FRA-583 - Cochon

 

Note : the Lanriec lighhouse is located inside of the house

 


*(All QSOs dated on 15/08/2008 are only valid for ARLHS award, as I was located less than 1km far from each LH, but not for PB award as I was more the 300m from each lighthouses)

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LightHouses / Dept 33

Dept 33, Richard
PB-345 / ARLHS FRA-448 - Phare Richard-I
PB-345 / ARLHS FRA-449 – Phare Richard II

 



 

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Dept 33, Grave (IN95LN)
PB-128 / ARLHS FRA-155 - Phare de la Pointe de Grave

 


 

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LightHouses / Dept 66

Dept 66, St Cyprien (JN12MO)
ARLHS FRA-475 - Phare de Saint-Cyprien


Harbor lighthouse in the night
(sorry; bad picture!)

Station located in the Harbor, in front of the sea.
Very good for the antenna, however, very noisy (QRN S4/5)

 

Only night pictures!!! The antenne was located just 3m from the sea (look at the map)

AT-200 used as GP Base coupling, installed in the harbor!

 

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LightHouses / Dept 17,

Dept 17, Le Plomb (IN97JE)
ARLHS FRA-660 - Phare
Le Plomb Mole Quest

 

Antenne GP, Base coupling system with AT-200, Operating CW, Station at Night! 

Inland French Island (DIFI)

# QTH : Hourtin Port, Lac d'Hourtin
WW-Loc IN95KE
Island name : Ile aux Enfants
Reference: DIFI-33012L
94 QSO (40m/20m CW/SSB)

        

# QTH : Hourtin Port, Lac d'Hourtin
WW-Loc IN95KE
Island name : Ile de l'école de Voile
Reference: DIFI-33038L
90 QSO (40m/20m CW/SSB)

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Magic Band - 50Mhz - 2008

F6GCP/P (29, IN77XW) (no picture!)

Profitant d’un séjour de 3 jours près de Quimper (événement familial 16 au18 aout), j’ai réussi à installer un dipôle en bord de route, à 6km du QRA, un peu caché de façon à le laisser sur place pendant le séjour –> locator IN77XW.
16/08 : ouverture ES vers EA6, CT, CU, EA8 ; seulement 6 qso !
17/08 : ouverture ES vers le Est/nord Est (ON, PA, DL, SP, LA, SM, OZ, OK, UR, OH, YL, ), quasiment rien au Sud-est. Beaucoup de station UR entendues (>2500kms, mais en QSO avec DL/OK…)
18/08 : ouverture ES vers EA7, ZB2, mais pas d’activité
Bilan : 108 QSO (dont 100 le 17/07 en 4h de trafic, et pas qrv entre 14 et 18h malheureusement)
DX  > 3000km : UT7IL (KN87)
DX > 2000km UT3UA (KO50), EA8YT (IL18), OH1MLZ (KP10), YL2GB (KO26), CU3EQ (HM68), CU2JT (HM77)
Tous les autres QSO entre 720kms (ON7GB, JO21) et 1900kms (YO2IS, KN05)
Pour les QSO en tropo : G4DEZ (JO03) 709kms.
Heureux d’avoir donné à quelques OMs un locator rare
Rig : FT897D, Dipôle à 6m du sol + connexion internet (dxclsuter, 6M-Chat) dans le véhicule, pour optimiser les aller/retours (merci le PC du pro avec la 3G !)

For family reason, I have been in Britany for only 3 days, from 16 to 18 August 2008.
As the location is in a very rare square -IN77- I decided to install a small station, 6kms away from the familly house. A dipole was setup close to a small road, quite hidden, in order to let it installed during the stay : locator : IN77xw.
16/08 : ES openning  EA6, CT, CU, EA8 ; only 6 qso !
17/08 : ES openning to East/North-East (ON, PA, DL, SP, LA, SM, OZ, OK, UR, OH, YL, ), quite no station from South-East. Many Ukranian stations heard, but mostly in QSO with DL/OK (distance > 2500Kms)
18/08 : ES openning to EA7, ZB2, not many activity, only 2 QSO!
Result : 108 QSO (Mostly on 17/07 during 4h activation, but not qrv from 14 to 18h for familly reason)
DX  > 3000km : UT7IL (KN87)
DX > 2000km UT3UA (KO50), EA8YT (IL18), OH1MLZ (KP10), YL2GB (KO26), CU3EQ (HM68), CU2JT (HM77)
All ES others QSO from 720kms (ON7GB, JO21) to 1900kms (YO2IS, KN05)
Tropo QSO : G4DEZ (JO03) 709kms.
Happy to have given a rare locator to some stations.
Rig FT897D, Dipole 6m up and Internet access in car for dxclsuter/6M-Chat (Internet on Panasonic Laptop CF-W7 with broadband 3G modem!)

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Magic Band - 50Mhz - 2009

F6GCP/P (29, IN77XW)

QRV again for 2 weeks holidays in Britanny, from   25 July to 9 August 2009.
Very poor conditions... only 83 QSO!

28/07 : CR2F (HM68 2231kms)
29/07 : Only 6 QSO - EA8 (2400kms)
30/07 : 26 qso - SP/OK/UT.. (2112kms)
31/07 : 5 qso : EA5 only!
01/08 : 8 qso but nice ones : J79 (6300kms), 5N0 (4430kms), some EA8
02/08 : only some EA8 and EA5
03/08 : 18 qso - OZ/OK/HA/OM/UT (2380kms)
after 03/08 no more openning

Still happy to have given a rare locator to some stations.
Rig FT897D, single Loop at 7m up and Internet access in car for dxcluster/6M-Chat (Internet on Panasonic Laptop CF-W7 with broadband 3G modem!)

Loop 20m/6m (see also HF operation)

 

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6M Dipole from IN95ke

F6GCP/P (33, IN95KE)

QTH vacances Hourtin/33, Rig FT897D et Dipôle à 8m du sol. (20/07 au 02/08)
111 QSO (mode « vacances » ; la plage et balades étant prioritaire sur les ouvertures !) DX : W1JJ (FN41 le 27/07), 4X1FW et 4X1IF (KM72 le 24/07).
Le 23/07 : IT9, EA7, mais peu d’activité
Le 24/07 : ouverture sur toute l’Europe, et plus (OY à UR, EA8 à 4X), 85 QSO ce jour là
Le 25/07 : AM8IL seulement
Le 26/07 : Europe (EI, OK, YU, HA, OK, 9A)
Le 27/07 : USA, mais arrivé trop tard sur la bande (1600Z, fin de propag), puis EA7 et CN2DX (IM63)
Le 28/07 : EA9IB seulement (IM85, 1100 Kms !)

 

 Operation on HF

F6GCP/P (29, IN77XW)

I was also QRV in HF, just to work some DX (IOTA) and friends with a 20m-Loop on a SpiderBeam mast (12mHD)
 and various others antennas (G5RV + Vertical)
Only few QSO but worked some USA, VE, VY0 and African stations with good efficiency with the loop

Loop 20m/6m



Vertical 7m tall (+base coupler) / G5RV

     

 

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