Andrew Atkinson

www.g4cwx.com
Email: andrew_atkinson @ hotmail.com

Andrew was a policeman with the Metropolitan Police for 30 years, working in a number of departments within New Scotland Yard and the Home Office. The last ten years were spent at the Police Staff College at Bramshill in Hampshire lecturing to senior police and law-enforcement officers from around the world on a range of computer related subjects.

Since leaving Bramshill, Andrew has worked throughout Europe, South Africa, North America and the Far East as an IT consultant for a wide range of major companies and industry sectors.

During the 1970’s he wrote (and had published) numerous articles in British field sports magazines on fly-fishing and fly dressing. During the 1980’s he was the Editor and regular contributor to the ‘Flydresser’, a quarterly journal of the Fly Dresser’s Guild. (ISSN 0951-0419). During his time with the Home Office, he was commissioned to write three books on mainframe computing, all of which were subsequently published:

Vax-VMS Systems Management ISBN 0 86252 948 4
DCL Commands & Procedures ISBN 0 86252 947 6
Computer Security ISBN 0 86252 831 3

In 2008, Andrew had his first novel “Killer Email” published by Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie. In his spare time, he enjoys scuba diving and piloting light aircraft. He is a licensed Radio Amateur and also a Freeman of the City of London. Andrew is currently researching and writing the third novel in his series of books.

My father was the one who first started off my interest in radio, by showing me how to built a crystal set. After that I tumbled down the slippery path of becoming a life-long addict. Work constraints meant that I did not have enough time to pursue a licence until about 35 years ago, but then things really took off. My first licence was G8HHF and I did a lot of VHF operating for the first year or so before passing the Morse test and gaining a full licence.

Nowadays I spend a good deal of time homebrewing QRP rigs and operating digital modes on the HF bands. I also dabble in aerial design as well as venturing into the world of QRSS and WSPR which I find truly fascinating.