Amateur Radio Topics by VK6LW/VK6T
Episodes
CQWW CW wrap up from Kevin VK6T
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 bre...
CQWW SSB 2025
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Preview of the CQWW SSB contest, 48 hour duration held on 25-26th October.
Receive antennas for the HF bands
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Low noise loop antennas, with vertical polarisation for receive on the HF bands.
Icom vs Flex vs Yaesu
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin, VK6LW with a general comparison between these 3 HF transceivers.
VK6LW ( VK6T) Commonwealth Contest 2025, results and review
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commonwealth Contest (CW) 2025. Results, activity, propagation and comments on new rule changes. This podcast is the audio content of a video you can ...
Kevin VK6T ( VK6LW) comments on condx, new rules and activity in the Commonwealth Contest
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commonwealth CW Contest, a review from a VK6 perspective by Kevin VK6T ( VK6LW)
VK6LW preview of the Commonwealth Contest
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commonwealth CW Contest March 8th -9th. New rules, DXpeditions to rare countries various categories. Great contest for newcomers and regular participa...
VK6LW talks about effective wire antennas
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin, VK6LW talks about the most important aspect of your station….The antenna system. With some practical ideas about design and construction, thi...
CQWW CW wrap up and raw scores
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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.
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Flex 6600M vs Icom 7610
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Results of my recent experiences with various receive antennas for the LF and HF bands. Low noise with good SNR characteristics. Preamps and switching...
VK6LW latest antenna project and results with 2 ele stacked X beams for the HF bands
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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.
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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.
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve VE6WZ shares his thoughts on beverage antennas and explains the interesting development, improvement and detailed evaluation of his new BOG/BOL ...
Morse, CW, keyers, paddles and my new Begali Signature key
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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…howev...
VK6LW/VK6T. LF bands DX propagation Antenna improvements, Tower work, Contests, CW, QRP on HF Bands
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. Propag...
BERU Commonwealth CW Contest 2023. Low band DX antennas, Bandpass filters. EDZ antenna
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
BERU Commonwealth CW contest, 11th/12th March. Good condx forecast for HF Bands. Great contest for both serious and casual participants. Low band ante...
CQWW CW 2022, wrap up, conditions, antennas, 2BSIQ and SO2R operation from Kevin VK6T
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 max...
What are the best Headphones for Contests, DX and CW? Kev VK6LW & Steve VK6VZ discuss and compare.
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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. I...
WPX CW 2022 wrap up, UK and EU field day preview
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
WPX CW contest preview, band conditions, receive antennas with diversity reception for contests.
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I preview the upcoming WPX CW contest, this is a great contest especially with current improved HF band conditions. Use diversity rece...
Kevin VK6LW is joined by Steve VE6WZ for a chat about Steves’ remote station project near Calgary.
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 sta...
‘Travellers Tales’ from BERU, Commonwealth CW Contest 2022
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike G3VYI visits Gozo and operates as 9H6YI, Don G3XTT goes to The Gambia as C56DF and Colin travels to Cayman as ZF2CA. Listen to their travel adven...
BERU , Commonwealth CW Contest 2022, post contest wrap up with Kevin VK6LW and Steve VK6VZ
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Review and discussion of the recent BERU Commonwealth CW Contest. Conditions on LF and HF, report on various antennas we used and tested both for TX a...
Commonwealth CW Contest (BERU) preview and discussion by Kev VK6LW/VK6T and Steve VK6VZ/VL6T
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’m joined by Steve, VK6VZ for a preview and discussion of the upcoming Commonwealth CW Contest (BERU) this weekend, 12th/13th March. Join us for so...
Amateur Radio Topics, Xmas 2021, CQWW CW report, Antenna performance, Band Condx.
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CQWW CW report, TX and RX Antenna review. Band Condx from VK6 during and after contest. SO2R with VK6T contest call. Any comments or questions please ...
CQWW CW, Antenna projects, SO2R, New VK contest call signs
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CQWW CW preview, Antenna modelling and rebuild, HF Rx antennas for SO2R contesting. 40m 2 ele, switched wire beam. I will be using VK6T in CQWW. Any q...
Amateur Radio Topics. Kevin VK6LW and Steve VK6VZ discuss the merits of various wire antennas
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I’m joined by Steve VK6VZ and we discuss the Extended Double Zepp, 2 Half Waves in Phase and simple Parasitic Wire Arrays, all of wh...
Amateur Radio Topics, July 2021
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wire Beams for receive and transmit. SO2R with RX bandpass filters. Single mast beam for 40m with relay switched elements. Commonwealth contest. WPX C...
CQWW CW contest, SO2R, HF condx
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CQWW CW contest, SO2R operation, improved HF band conditions. Improvements to LF and HF antennas, new directional 160 and 80 m antenna. RX antenna opt...
WPX CW contest, RX Ant, SO2R, 160m
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of recent WPX CW, Rx antennas for HF bands, SO2R training and contest setup. 160m season and antenna evaluation. IC7610 and TS590.
CQ 160m CW contest report
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the recent 160m CW contest. Band conditions from VK6.
CQ 160m CW contest
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Preview of CQ 160m CW contest this weekend. A perspective from VK6, this is a great opportunity to work some DX on Topband as activity levels should b...
CQWW CW, Low Band News, SO2R, Commonwealth Contest
19 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CQWW CW condx and report. Low Band condx and antenna experiments and performance. SO2R setup, upcoming Commonwealth Contest.
LF Antenna Tests, CQ CW Contest, Band Conditions from VK6
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LF Antenna Design with results of on air Tests on 160 and 80m. Upcoming CQ WW CW contest, HF Band conditions.
Friedrichshafen Ham Radio Show 2019. WAE CW contest this weekend, VK6 band conditions
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I visit the Ham Radio Show, Friedrichshafen, located in beautiful Lake Constance region. Fantastic 3 Day event for anyone interested in any aspect of ...
Amateur Radio Topics, WPX CW contest
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Review of the recent WPX CW contest, band conditions with antenna transmit and receive performance.
Amateur Radio Topics, HF wire beams and directional switching systems
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Construction and practical ideas for HF fixed wire beams with reversible switching coax feed system.
Amateur Radio Topics, SWR facts and figures for the HF bands
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
SWR, how important is a low SWR on the HF bands? Loss figures for SWR discussed.
Amateur Radio Topics. Receive antennas for the LF bands.
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Beverage receive antennas for low band DX. Latest band conditions in Perth WA
Amateur Radio Topics Episode 7, Spiderbeam tests and results, recent contests
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Spiderbeam on air tests, antenna feed systems, fixed wire beams on 40m, contests reviewed
Amateur Radio Topics Episode 6, Wire Beams and Contests
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wire Beams, Spiderbeam HF, switched direction beam for 40m, receiving antennas. BERU Commonwealth Contest
Amateur Radio Topics Episode 5
09 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Overview of Quad type antennas for the HF bands. Configuration, feeding and matching the antenna. Comparison with a dipole antenna. Advantages on rece...
Amateur Radio Topics Episode 4
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Antenna design and modelling tools. Antenna analyser equipment for testing, optimisation and adjustment
Amateur Radio Topics Episode 3
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Characteristics of popular multiband antennas such as the G5RV and ZS6BKW with ideas for installation, feedlines and matching.
Amateur Radio Topics Episode 2
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Intro • Feedlines and matching the antenna
Amateur Radio Topics Episode 1
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wire antennas design and construction overview
Amateur Radio Topics
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amateur Radio Topics Introduction