CQWW CW from a VK6 perspective. High levels of solar disturbance affected some regions but once again all bands were very busy with another record breaking year.
CQWW SSB 2025 (00:09:58)
Preview of the CQWW SSB contest, 48 hour duration held on 25-26th October.
Receive antennas for the HF bands (00:18:38)
Low noise loop antennas, with vertical polarisation for receive on the HF bands.
Icom vs Flex vs Yaesu (00:13:17)
Kevin, VK6LW with a general comparison between these 3 HF transceivers.
VK6LW ( VK6T) Commonwealth Contest 2025, results and review (00:30:26)
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. h...
Kevin VK6T ( VK6LW) comments on condx, new rules and activity in the Commonwealth Contest (00:20:49)
Commonwealth CW Contest, a review from a VK6 perspective by Kevin VK6T ( VK6LW)
VK6LW preview of the Commonwealth Contest (00:11:01)
Commonwealth CW Contest March 8th -9th. New rules, DXpeditions to rare countries various categories. Great contest for newcomers and regular participants.
VK6LW talks about effective wire antennas (00:27:38)
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 w...
CQWW CW wrap up and raw scores (00:14:20)
Kevin with a wrap up of CQWW CW contest from a VK perspective, raw scores now available on the CQWW website.
Emir D4DX (E77DX) talks to Kevin about the CQ CW contest from Cape Verde Is. (00:47:53)
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 categ...
Flex 6600M vs Icom 7610 (00:24:38)
Kevin, VK6LW discusses his recent change in equipment from the 2 x Icom 7610 to a Flex 6600M SDR.
WPX CW contest, wrap up from Kevin VK6T (00:23:10)
WPX CW contest, band conditions, scores and comments from a VK6 perspective.
Kevin VK6LW with results and comparisons between various low noise receive antennas for 160m to 10m (00:26:14)
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...
VK6LW latest antenna project and results with 2 ele stacked X beams for the HF bands (00:20:12)
2ele over 2ele stacked X beams for 20, 15 and 10m. EZNEC modelling, design, switching, results and conclusions.
Kevin VK6LW (VK6T) with a wrap up of the recent BERU contest from a Western Australia perspective. (00:15:42)
BERU Commonwealth Contest 2024, wrap up, band conditions and observations from my operation as VK6T
Kevin VK6LW is joined by Steve VE6WZ for a chat about Steves’ latest RX antenna developments. (00:58:25)
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 YouTu...
Morse, CW, keyers, paddles and my new Begali Signature key (00:30:16)
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
VK6T with CQWWCW wrap up, new X beam for HF bands, HF condx and 160m comments (00:25:51)
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 e...
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...
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...
CQWW CW 2022, wrap up, conditions, antennas, 2BSIQ and SO2R operation from Kevin VK6T (00:24:04)
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...
What are the best Headphones for Contests, DX and CW? Kev VK6LW & Steve VK6VZ discuss and compare. (00:57:05)
Headphones, everyone has a favourite pair. There is so much choice now in comparison to when Steve and I first got started back in the early 70’s. In this episode we discuss our shared experiences and...
WPX CW 2022 wrap up, UK and EU field day preview (00:16:03)
WPX CW 2022, wrap up, band conditions, activity and top scores. With comments from a VK6 perspective. Preview of UK and EU field day CW contest this coming weekend. Any questions or comments please em...
WPX CW contest preview, band conditions, receive antennas with diversity reception for contests. (00:20:17)
In this episode I preview the upcoming WPX CW contest, this is a great contest especially with current improved HF band conditions. Use diversity reception with separate RX antennas, this works well i...
Kevin VK6LW is joined by Steve VE6WZ for a chat about Steves’ remote station project near Calgary. (01:05:48)
Steve VE6WZ has built a great remote station, 10 acres of land on a hilltop about 100 km from Calgary. He describes the setup and operation of the station along with details of the development of his ...
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