I was born on June 29th, 1959 and was licensed in April 1977

Clipperton DX Club

I became a member of the Clipperton DX Club in 1978, on the occasion of the first CDXC convention held in Paris, following the FO0XA-FO0XH of April 1978. This was the first rare DX I worked (remember it was #1 or 2 on the most-wanted list then). I am a past President of the Club, now honorary, and still enjoy the yearly Conventions and meeting DXers from all over ! You can support it too !

Bordeaux DX Groupe

This local DX group was created in 1980. The Bordeaux region is the most DX active one in France. The founding members (of which I am part of) wanted to establish a club so we could enjoy gathering around a bottle (or more) of our great regional product. As I often say in a QSO, "I'd rather drink it than spell it". We meet 4 times a year, with technical presentations, DX-oriented talks, Dxpedition films projections. The group is VERY successfull, and all hams around France envy us : one reason it works well is that there is no fee to be part of it !

Some QSL cards

Some of the cards from the operations I took part of.

Objective : DX and DXpeditioning !

sample image Friendship all over the world is a great motive to become a ham. Chasing DX is one facet among many, one that I have enjoyed since the beginning. I also love being chased when I am operating from rae, semi rare , or very rare "countries". Between work and pleasure, I have visited over 50 countries, though I have not been active from all of them ! Among the rarest I activated are a brand new one with KH8SI, and various "top 10", at least by the time I was there : 7O, FJ, FR/G, FR/J, KH1, KH5, KH5K, ZA. The thrill is fabulous, and the pleasure to "give a new one" is even more rewarding.

Operator

This is me !

F6EXV

QTH

I presently live in Talence (IN94qt) just a couple of miles from downtown BORDEAUX, in South Western France.

I have previously lived in Lyon, in Rwanda and Zaire, as well as in Santiago de Chile for 2 years.

Licenses

sample image Besides F6EXV, I currently hold M0EXV in the United Kingdom (Thank you Vincent G0LMX) and WH7S in the USA (Thank you Tetsuo AH7C and John K1ER/KH6). I am extremely gratefull to you all for your help in obtaining these licenses.