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Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Kevin Smith VK6LW and VK6T
50 episodes
6 days ago
Amateur Radio Topics, CW contests, TX and RX antenna design, antenna modelling, SO2R, discussions and ideas www.instagram.com/vk6lw vk6lw.kev@gmail.com
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Amateur Radio Topics, CW contests, TX and RX antenna design, antenna modelling, SO2R, discussions and ideas www.instagram.com/vk6lw vk6lw.kev@gmail.com
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Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
CQWW SSB 2025

Preview of the CQWW SSB contest, 48 hour duration held on 25-26th October.

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2 weeks ago
9 minutes 58 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Receive antennas for the HF bands

Low noise loop antennas, with vertical polarisation for receive on the HF bands.

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1 month ago
18 minutes 38 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Icom vs Flex vs Yaesu

Kevin, VK6LW with a general comparison between these 3 HF transceivers.

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1 month ago
13 minutes 17 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
VK6LW ( VK6T) Commonwealth Contest 2025, results and review

Commonwealth Contest (CW) 2025. Results, activity, propagation and comments on new rule changes. This podcast is the audio content of a video you can find on my VK6LW YouTube and Instagram channels.


https://youtu.be/_S1xtdoBswE

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7 months ago
30 minutes 26 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Kevin VK6T ( VK6LW) comments on condx, new rules and activity in the Commonwealth Contest

Commonwealth CW Contest, a review from a VK6 perspective by Kevin VK6T ( VK6LW)

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8 months ago
20 minutes 49 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
VK6LW preview of the Commonwealth Contest

Commonwealth CW Contest March 8th -9th. New rules, DXpeditions to rare countries various categories. Great contest for newcomers and regular participants.

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8 months ago
11 minutes 1 second

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
VK6LW talks about effective wire antennas

Kevin, VK6LW talks about the most important aspect of your station….The antenna system. With some practical ideas about design and construction, this podcast features the Tri OCF. A simple multiband wire antenna with some gain at low angles on the HF bands.

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11 months ago
27 minutes 38 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
CQWW CW wrap up and raw scores

Kevin with a wrap up of CQWW CW contest from a VK perspective, raw scores now available on the CQWW website.

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11 months ago
14 minutes 20 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Emir D4DX (E77DX) talks to Kevin about the CQ CW contest from Cape Verde Is.

Emir D4DX (E77DX) joins Kevin VK6LW to talk about his recent visit to Cape Verde Islands for the CQWW CW contest. A fantastic result with nearly 10000 QSO’s and 21M points in the single operator category.

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11 months ago
47 minutes 53 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Flex 6600M vs Icom 7610

Kevin, VK6LW discusses his recent change in equipment from the 2 x Icom 7610 to a Flex 6600M SDR.

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1 year ago
24 minutes 38 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
WPX CW contest, wrap up from Kevin VK6T
WPX CW contest, band conditions, scores and comments from a VK6 perspective.
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1 year ago
23 minutes 10 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Kevin VK6LW with results and comparisons between various low noise receive antennas for 160m to 10m
Results of my recent experiences with various receive antennas for the LF and HF bands. Low noise with good SNR characteristics. Preamps and switching options. Bandpass filters and SO2R. Details of my latest delta loop designs can be found on instagram @vk6lw
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1 year ago
26 minutes 14 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
VK6LW latest antenna project and results with 2 ele stacked X beams for the HF bands
2ele over 2ele stacked X beams for 20, 15 and 10m. EZNEC modelling, design, switching, results and conclusions.
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1 year ago
20 minutes 12 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Kevin VK6LW (VK6T) with a wrap up of the recent BERU contest from a Western Australia perspective.
BERU Commonwealth Contest 2024, wrap up, band conditions and observations from my operation as VK6T
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1 year ago
15 minutes 42 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Kevin VK6LW is joined by Steve VE6WZ for a chat about Steves’ latest RX antenna developments.
Steve VE6WZ shares his thoughts on beverage antennas and explains the interesting development, improvement and detailed evaluation of his new BOG/BOL for 160m. For more information check out his YouTube channel @VE6WZ
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1 year ago
58 minutes 25 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Morse, CW, keyers, paddles and my new Begali Signature key
This first episode for 2024 is mainly about CW and some history of the various Morse keys and paddles I’ve acquired and used over last 50 years
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1 year ago
30 minutes 16 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
VK6T with CQWWCW wrap up, new X beam for HF bands, HF condx and 160m comments
After some tower problems I designed and built a new X Beam with stacked elements 2 over 2 on my second tower. Intended to use this for CQWWCW…however some problems with 80/160 prevented an all band effort this year. So it was just 40m single band for me. See more on instagram @vk6lw
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1 year ago
25 minutes 51 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
VK6LW/VK6T. LF bands DX propagation Antenna improvements, Tower work, Contests, CW, QRP on HF Bands
New antenna for 160m, also working on the 80m antenna with a second element to be added for some gain, with switching direction from the shack. Propagation on 160m, upgrade to HF tower crank up system. RX antennas, QRP CW on HF bands using simple antennas. New Shack and upcoming Contests. Any questions or comments to vk6lw.kev@gmail.com also check out my instagram www.instagram.com/vk6lw
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2 years ago
18 minutes 44 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
BERU Commonwealth CW Contest 2023. Low band DX antennas, Bandpass filters. EDZ antenna
BERU Commonwealth CW contest, 11th/12th March. Good condx forecast for HF Bands. Great contest for both serious and casual participants. Low band antennas with 80m switched 2ele/ omnidirectional array. Homebrew Bandpass filters for SO2R with automatic band switching. EDZ antenna for 20m, with good performance on 15m and 10m also. Any questions or suggestions please contact me via vk6lw.kev@gmail.com www.instagram.com/vk6lw
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2 years ago
27 minutes 41 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
CQWW CW 2022, wrap up, conditions, antennas, 2BSIQ and SO2R operation from Kevin VK6T
Perspective from VK6 of the CQWW CW 2022 contest. Comments on high scores, conditions, TX and RX antennas I used along with observations on how to maximise 2BSIQ/SO2R operation from VK6. Any questions or comments please email to me vk6lw.kev@gmail.com
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2 years ago
24 minutes 4 seconds

Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Amateur Radio Topics, CW contests, TX and RX antenna design, antenna modelling, SO2R, discussions and ideas www.instagram.com/vk6lw vk6lw.kev@gmail.com