Biography

Hello my friends,

My name is Duy Anh, callsign XV2DA. I am a relatively new amateur radio operator living in the beautiful and fertile Mekong Delta region of Southern Vietnam.

The area where I live is surrounded by green fields, fruit farms, rivers, and rural landscapes. While it is a wonderful place to live, it is unfortunately a very challenging location for radio reception. Electromagnetic noise is constantly high, and my receiver often experiences noise levels around S8–S9, sometimes even higher.

Because of these conditions, receiving weak signals can be difficult. I rarely manage to copy SSB signals reliably, so most of my operating activity is on FT8, which helps me work through the high local noise environment. Even so, FT8 is not perfect, and there are many occasions when I simply cannot receive enough signal to complete a contact.

Therefore, if you call me and I do not respond, please do not take it personally. In many cases, I may simply not be able to hear your signal through the local noise. Please be patient if a contact cannot be completed on the first attempt. The noise is often stronger than the signals I am trying to hear!

I operate FT8 whenever I have free time. Outside of my operating periods, I often leave my station in receive-only mode for monitoring and signal reporting. During those times, I report to PSK Reporter using the SWL callsign XV2DASWL.

Besides amateur radio, I also enjoy receiving weather balloon telemetry (Radiosonde), recovering weather balloons when possible, and monitoring ADS-B aircraft transmissions. For local communications, I occasionally operate on VHF and UHF as well.

For QSL confirmation, I currently use only eQSL and QRZ Logbook.

Thank you for visiting my page and for taking the time to learn a little about me.

I wish you good DX, good health, and many enjoyable contacts.

73!

Duy Anh – XV2DA
Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

HF
- Yaesu FT-450
- Icom IC-718
- uSDX
VHF
- Trio TR-7700
UHF
- Vertex Standard VX-4207

Low power HF station.
Digital operation using WSJT-X / FT8TW with a home-built audio interface.
Operating QRP or low power by design, mainly for experimentation and propagation observation.

Antenna

Home-built wire antennas, including dipoles, end-fed wires, and simple verticals.
Focus on antenna tuning, impedance matching, and comparative on-air performance, using FT8 reports and long-distance reception as evaluation tools.