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Kevin Smith VK6LW

Amateur Radio projects, discussions and ideas

  • 27 minutes 38 seconds
    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.

    17 December 2024, 2:27 pm
  • 14 minutes 20 seconds
    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.

    1 December 2024, 2:53 pm
  • 47 minutes 53 seconds
    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.

    29 November 2024, 3:29 pm
  • 24 minutes 38 seconds
    Flex 6600M vs Icom 7610

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

    18 October 2024, 1:45 pm
  • 23 minutes 10 seconds
    WPX CW contest, wrap up from Kevin VK6T
    WPX CW contest, band conditions, scores and comments from a VK6 perspective.
    29 May 2024, 10:16 am
  • 26 minutes 14 seconds
    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
    13 April 2024, 11:48 am
  • 20 minutes 12 seconds
    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.
    17 March 2024, 6:57 am
  • 15 minutes 42 seconds
    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
    13 March 2024, 3:10 pm
  • 58 minutes 25 seconds
    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
    19 January 2024, 4:58 pm
  • 30 minutes 16 seconds
    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
    14 January 2024, 5:10 am
  • 25 minutes 51 seconds
    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
    8 December 2023, 12:33 am
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