Drew has contributed many home construction articles to magazines over many decades but is probably most famous for his "Radio projects for the amateur" book series.
The project descriptions are accurate and thorough. I complimented Drew on the quality of his line drawing that is used to show construction. I asked him if he had been to art school and he seemed touched but said that, no, he'd looked to other technical drawings that he admired and had emulated the style. Drew also said that careful drawings give constructors confidence that the project has really been built as described and will work.
Drew is active daily on 160m and other ham bands and has a good set of antennas with low noise.
Note the small mic insert being used above. The shack is well stocked and shows a lot of home brew activity.
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I recorded an hour of interview with Drew about his history in radio and working at the Telstra Research Labs from the 1960s up into the 1990s some time last year. I'll need to finish transcribing it and put it online at some point.
Good to see you today, might see you at a hamfest or two next year if all goes well. Cheers, Andrew VK3BEK.
Great to talk with you Andrew. I'm glad you've interviewed Drew to capture that history. I look forward to reading it.
73
Man, tools and workshop as one. Note the hand written mantras over the bench, 'Patience means fewer mistakes' and 'Time is precious [...waste it at your peril]'.
Paul VK3HN.
I just worked him on CW...without realising who he was! I went to the WIA site and pulled the trigger on all 4 volumes of his book series. I like building old school sometimes as it is elegantly simple.....I await their arrival.
73 de George VK2AOE
Hey Drew, you and I just worked on 14.020 @ 07:35 Zulu Oct 11 2025 (I'm WA6Q) and I logged you on QRZ. I told you about your lookup count and yes you have over 54108 lookup counts! Wow, I'd say you're very active world wide and I see you have many things keeping you busy. You did advise me to google your call and that's how I found you on the web. BTW, I truly admire your craftsman ship in all of your endeavors including your skill of the A1A communications art. Your fist is clean OM !
You were working EU stations I could not hear so I kept dropping QRL? at the end of your Q's... then I just went up 1Khz from the last Q and dropped your call to get your attention. Yep, you're a great op and you found me.
I'm here to rib you just a bit...with all of your accomplishments I'd like to encourage you to take 8 minuets and do your homework on QRZ
Your QTH flag indicator shows you west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory?...yes your written QTH is correct.
Your free Log on QRZ is not activated and you need not pay for that but, those of us who use that Log usually transfer to LoTW for record keeping.
Your accomplished background would be well served to allot just a few minuets of your time on your QRZ page that would tell old guys like me where to find additional info regarding your accomplished background.
After all...you are a celebrity in your field of accomplishments and with over 54k lookups on the Zed I knew I was chatting with someone truly worthwhile.
So let us poor ignorant Yanks know a little bit more when we run your call on the QRZ'd web site...you're a very worthy Amateur Radio operator with excellence that should be adorned correctly.
I only work skilled operators and being it was just after midnight my local time on 20 meters your signal was the only one coming in from the Pacific. I actually chased you around for nearly 15 minuets plus or minus 18 Khz until I grabbed your attention...I have a scope so I just kept looking for you to pop up.
I write this with humble respect and I realize I'm perhaps overstepping my bounds in asking you to do this homework but, you're just the kind of world wide operator that I'd like to work and Log!
Cheers & 73
Tim WA6Q
Hi Tim,
I'm not Drew but I'll pass your message on to him.
Peter
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