Jacky was first licensed in 1979 as J28CE, then back home to France in the middle of 1980 where he received F6GXB and later F2CW.

Working 19 years for the French Air Force (including 7 as diplomatic staff), 10 for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), his positions were all related to Telecommunications. Most of his professional postings were overseas: Djibouti, Chad, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan and former Yugoslavia (he operated from most countries).

He participated on expeditions to: Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal, Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Bouvet Island, Clipperton Island (twice), UAE, Ogasawara Island, Campbell Island, Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia (including Marquesas and Austral Islands), Kermadec Island (7 times), New Caledonia (twice), American Samoa and Samoa. Between the years 2000 - 2007, as a volunteer, he installed and maintained New Zealand Department of Conservation telecom facilities on Raoul Island.

He was a competitor at the first WRTC in Seattle in 1990 (representing France) and Referee in Moscow in 2010 (representing New Zealand) and again in Connecticut in July 2014 representing New Zealand. He expects to be at Friedrichshafen for WRTC 2018.

In 1996, he immigrated to New Zealand where he lives with is wife Sue.

Jacky is retired and lives in Tauranga, New Zealand, which is the home port for Braveheart.