Biography

Hello and welcome. I am Andrew Woodward. In November 2024 I obtained my Foundation Level Amateur Radio Licence (Australia). I plan to upgrade to a standard licence in the next two years.

My callsign is VK2AWN. I broadcast from Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. (-30.452030, 152.896680 and QF69KN). “Bello” is roughly halfway between Sydney and Brisbane on the east coast.

I am reacquainting myself with radio, a hobby I took up during my teenage years, which has broadened to include amateur radio. My main area of interest is HF (voice and digital), and I am active on 40 and 15 metres. I am also interested in trying to work other operators via satellites, including the International Space Station and its two-metre repeaters. I use Icom radios and Diamond antennas

Equipment

HF: Icom IC-7300
General purpose receivers: Icom IC-R8500 and Icom IC-R6
VHF and UHF: Icom ID-51A Plus and Icom IC-208H
Citizen Band UHF: Icom IC-41PRO, IC-450 PRO and IC-455 PRO
SDR: Nooelec NESDR SMArt v5 SDR
HF transmit antenna: Diamond CP-6S
HF receive antenna: Tecsun end-fed wire
VHF/UHF transmit antenna: Diamond X50A
VHF/UHF receive antenna: Diamond D3000N Super Discone Antenna
Citizen Band UHF: RFI COL5000 UHF
HF Antenna Tuner (Transmit): Mat-Tuner mAT-180H
HF Antenna Tuner (Receive): MFJ-959C
Software: Post