John Green, VK2NEN ex VK2FJG is active as A2NEW from Gabarone, Botswana.
He is working on HF Bands.
QTH Locator - KG25xj.
Information from his QRZ page:
I am an individual who has been residing in Botswana since 2011 I visited Australia in 2018 and collected my certificate. then I tried applying for the licence to find out the licensing requirements for Botswana are different to most other countries I was required to get the radio first I didn't have any available money to purchase a radio at the time. I had been looking for a radio and this previous December I was visiting some friends in Zimbabwe I asking if they knew anyone who has a HF rig. I found a Kenwood TS-480hx with a sgc sg-230 ATU I negotiated a payment plan then I returned to Botswana with it & started working on getting my license. On the 22nd of January 2024 I received the radio licence I was allocated a difficult call so I requested A2NEW because of the similarities to my previous call of VK2NEN I have no intentions leaving Botswana anytime soon. I am currently using a vertical whip mounted to my car but I will setup a dipole when I have the time I also would love to build a cubical quad and have a rotator or a trapped yagi for more consistent DX. I would like to be active with SSTV, FT8 & SSB unfortunately I am not proficient at CW to the standard where I will not disappoint people with my slowness and mistakes. I am willing to operate all HF bands I have no schedule at the moment but I will try to be active most evenings from about 1600-1900 UTC possibly be more active on the weekends
Leopard, Botswana. Author - Caroline Simpson.
He is working on HF Bands.
QTH Locator - KG25xj.
Information from his QRZ page:
I am an individual who has been residing in Botswana since 2011 I visited Australia in 2018 and collected my certificate. then I tried applying for the licence to find out the licensing requirements for Botswana are different to most other countries I was required to get the radio first I didn't have any available money to purchase a radio at the time. I had been looking for a radio and this previous December I was visiting some friends in Zimbabwe I asking if they knew anyone who has a HF rig. I found a Kenwood TS-480hx with a sgc sg-230 ATU I negotiated a payment plan then I returned to Botswana with it & started working on getting my license. On the 22nd of January 2024 I received the radio licence I was allocated a difficult call so I requested A2NEW because of the similarities to my previous call of VK2NEN I have no intentions leaving Botswana anytime soon. I am currently using a vertical whip mounted to my car but I will setup a dipole when I have the time I also would love to build a cubical quad and have a rotator or a trapped yagi for more consistent DX. I would like to be active with SSTV, FT8 & SSB unfortunately I am not proficient at CW to the standard where I will not disappoint people with my slowness and mistakes. I am willing to operate all HF bands I have no schedule at the moment but I will try to be active most evenings from about 1600-1900 UTC possibly be more active on the weekends
Leopard, Botswana. Author - Caroline Simpson.
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