My F2DC station around 1963 (Photo courtesy of F5IA : thanks André).
  From left to right : home-made AM Transmitter, Geloso G207 Receiver, Home built Phasing type 14MHz SSB transmitter
 
 
 

  Now.
  I'm currently using an Elecraft K2 transceiver built from a kit and the DC7 home made transceiver described in this site. From left to right, a home made linear amplifier mainly used for SSTV, home made 13.8 V power supply, the K2 and an old Drake SPR4 receiver. A HM102 Heathkit SWR/ power meter is above the power supply. A FT290 2 m transceiver and some other equipment stand on the upper shelf.
 

  Picture reception and transmission.
Over the years, picture transmission and reception has always been a part of my ham activity :   
  - Around 1968, I was interested in weather satellites picture reception and built a specially devoted equipment (click here) .
  - 1969 : I designed and built a BW solid state (except the CRT) SSTV monitor. In December 2020, I restored this old monitor and was able to display 8 seconds BW pictures on its screen (click here).
  - From 1993 to the begining of the 2000s, my son Lionel and I designed and tested several methods to improve SSTV reception. Real time processing of SSTV signals allows a significant improvement of picture quality when conditions are poor (click here for more info).
                                         
                                           - In connection with my aeromodel activities, I was involved in 1994, with some friends of the local aeromodel club, in the TV transmission of pictures taken by a camera carried by a radio-controlled aircraft (click here) . 
                       

  Home made test equipment.
  As you probably guessed from the above lines, I'm more interested in the technical side of amateur radio than in its operating aspects. A good part of my shack is filled with measuring equipment, mainly second hand. Over the years I have built some additional test devices : two-tones AF generator, low phase noise RF oscillators for RX intermodulation distorsion evaluation, VNA, etc. (click here)
  

  Many years ago, I built a high performance transceiver : its design changed over the years and its present state is a prototype working on the 14 MHz band with an output power of 10 Watts (click here for more information).
 
 
 
 

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