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1 November 2026

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  • Clive VK6CSW: RAOTC November bulletin, tomorrow
  • Bob VK6POP: RASA: free resources for every amateur
  • Steve VK6SJ: EG1PR: amateur radio for Spain's emptying villages
  • Onno VK6FLAB: Foundations of Amateur Radio: phased arrays
  • Bob VK6POP: Bob's Ramblings: Christmas wish lists and club promotion
  • Northern Corridor Radio Group
  • Roy VK6XV: Amateur Radio Disposals Helpline

Produced by Phil VK6DEV.

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333 episodes

2026 44 episodes

  1. 1 November 2026

    RAOTC November bulletin, tomorrow · RASA: free resources for every amateur · EG1PR: amateur radio for Spain's emptying villages · Foundations of Amateur Radio: phased arrays · Bob's Ramblings: Christmas wish lists and club promotion · Northern Corridor Radio Group · Amateur Radio Disposals Helpline

  2. 25 October 2026

    RASA: QTC magazine · NCRG news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 21: When you need to travel to Pluto and back · Ham College · Did You Know? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  3. 18 October 2026

    Producer's introduction: JOTA/JOTI weekend · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Getting Kitted Up with Amateur Radio · Silent Key: Reg Bagshaw VK6BQQ, memorial service · Social media and comprehension · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  4. 11 October 2026

    Producer's introduction (POTA weekend); Silent Key: Reg Bagshaw VK6BQQ, tribute from Ian VK6SKY · RAOTC lunch at the Bayswater Hotel · JOTA-JOTI 2026 · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Monitoring radio spectrum around you · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Monitoring radio spectrum around you · Oceania DX Contest with HARG · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  5. 4 October 2026

    RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Global Ionospheric Maps · Ham College · Choosing where to spend in the hobby · Did You Know? · NCRG news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  6. 27 September 2026

    WARG News · Spring equinox and propagation · Foundations of Amateur Radio: unplugging antennas in a thunderstorm · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  7. 20 September 2026

    Remembrance Day Contest results: WA placings · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Radio .. for the love of it · RASA: QTC magazine · WIA correspondence to clubs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  8. 13 September 2026

    RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Give yourself a break! · Oceania DX Contest: HARG station · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  9. 6 September 2026

    NCRG news · Club Focus (from 2014): is there a perfect club? · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Emergency response reality check · Pacific Islands DXpedition group: Christmas Island, CQ WW CW · After the Hamfest: RASA stand · NCRG news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  10. 30 August 2026

    Remembrance Day Contest: log deadline today · Foundations of Amateur Radio: An emergency response · RASA AGM 12 September · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  11. 23 August 2026

    ARISS contact: Rockingham Scout Group · NCRG news · Remembrance Day Contest: poor HF conditions · ILLW weekend report · Foundations of Amateur Radio: CME, Wind, Flares, Flux and Geomagnetic Storms .. say what? · WARG News · RASA AGM: positions open · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  12. 16 August 2026

    WICEN WA news · World Lakes Day activations · Club constitutions working against you · The ionosphere (Bureau of Meteorology space weather) · After the Remembrance Day Contest: shack housework · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The power of patience and pacing · Close and thanks

  13. 9 August 2026

    Trans-Tasman Contest · International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend · Ham College · WICEN WA news · Where NewsWest is broadcast: thanks to the relay stations · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The things you hear when you least expect it. · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder

  14. 2 August 2026

    WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · NCRG news · New amateur, not getting on air? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What does expertise look like? · NCRG news · Helpline: Tony VK6ATI's shack clearance

  15. 26 July 2026

    When clubs fail, and how to keep them going · NCRG news · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Failure is a dirty word · International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  16. 19 July 2026

    VKFF / WWFF parks · NCRG news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: answering a social media question · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · How much should a newcomer spend? · WICEN WA news · Helpline: "the Phoenix" returns

  17. 12 July 2026

    WICEN WA news · Trans-Tasman Contest · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Telling Stories to Strengthen a Community · Who should we attract into amateur radio? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  18. 5 July 2026

    Producer's introduction · Clocks, gears and amateur radio · Trans-Tasman Contest · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 20: More Pi with the Soap · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  19. 28 June 2026

    NCRG news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 19: SoapyAudio adventures · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  20. 21 June 2026

    VKFF / WWFF parks · RASA: QTC magazine · NCRG Hamfest 2026 · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Why not use LoTW? · WARG News · Want to go clubbing? Joining a radio club · PMG ex-telecom workers' reunion · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  21. 14 June 2026

    History: "Nedlands amateur wins radio cup" (1937) · VKFF / WWFF parks · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Foundations of Amateur Radio: the WSPR beacon on the wrong antenna · RASA: QTC magazine · WARG junk sale · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  22. 7 June 2026

    Producer's introduction · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · POTA: lakes added as parks · Amateur radio contests for non-experts · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Keeping track of your adventures · Volunteering and money in the hobby · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks · Closing stinger

  23. 31 May 2026

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · RASA: QTC magazine · WICEN WA news · Disagreement in clubs: keeping a club ticking · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Dealing with Complexity · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks · Closing stinger

  24. 24 May 2026

    Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · How's your club going? · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Ham College · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What does amateur radio bring to your life? · WARG News · Did You Know? · Planning for your shack and gear when you're gone · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  25. 17 May 2026

    World Telecommunication Day: the AX prefix · WARG News · Illegitimi non carborundum: don't let them grind you down · WIA AGM and VK Summit (Albury) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: You don't need an excuse to make noise! · WICEN WA: May meeting report · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  26. 10 May 2026

    SiOTA: Silos on the Air · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What's in an S-unit? · Did You Know? · Helpline: manuals wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  27. 3 May 2026

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Our varied interests in amateur radio · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp and fuel prices · FreeDV net, Tuesdays 4 pm · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Where is the spark .. gap? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  28. 26 April 2026

    Did You Know? · Phil Harman VK6PH: software-defined radio pioneer · Anzac Day poem · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 18: Everything Everywhere All at Once? · WARG News · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  29. 19 April 2026

    Club Focus: writing about clubs · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 17: Adventures in Radio Data Systems · RASA: QTC magazine · NCRG news · Bunbury Radio Club's new repeater · Did You Know? · WARG News: technical activity day with the VHF Group · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  30. 12 April 2026

    World Amateur Radio Day; VK6 Activators · ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station · WARG technical day at Wallace Hill Park · Member password reminder · RASA: QTC magazine · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 16: How do you decode FM? · Close and thanks

  31. 5 April 2026

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · RASA management meeting and Antenna Palooza · What is Parks on the Air? · RASA: QTC magazine · Lakes and Lagoons on the Air · Did You Know? · FreeDV beyond the Tuesday net · WARG News · Foundations of Amateur Radio: One step forward ... three steps back. · Helpline: Easter Sunday · Close and thanks

  32. 29 March 2026

    Amateur Radio magazine: projects for Foundation operators · New amateurs: how to find things out · SiOTA: Silos on the Air · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 15, Playing with Radio .. now with software · Did You Know? · John Moyle contest: a tale of woe · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  33. 22 March 2026

    John Moyle Memorial Field Day: how did you go? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How to go about documenting your setup? · Ham College courses · RASA: QTC magazine · Did You Know? · NCRG news · WARG News · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  34. 15 March 2026

    John Moyle Memorial Field Day: next weekend · SEG Mount Barker car boot sale report · WICEN WA meeting notice · WICEN WA equipment history · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Transmitting into a dummy load .. for a year .. on purpose. · South East Corridor coffee crew (Tuesdays) · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  35. 8 March 2026

    WARG News · Did You Know? · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · South East Corridor coffee crew (Tuesdays) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · John Moyle Memorial Field Day: two weeks to go · WICEN WA meeting notice · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Transmitting into a dummy load .. for a year .. on purpose. · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · SEG car boot sale wrap-up

  36. 1 March 2026

    John Moyle Memorial Field Day: three weeks to go · RSGB Commonwealth Contest · SEG Mount Barker car boot sale · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How to become a radio amateur today? · Ham College · Did You Know? · Learning CW with the CW Academy

  37. 22 February 2026

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Building a shack: Part 8 - Will it ever end? · Why join a club? · SEG Mount Barker car boot sale · Did You Know? · Parks on the Air update · John Moyle Memorial Field Day: one month away · Ham College courses · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  38. 15 February 2026

    WWFF: Australian flora and fauna activations · John Moyle Memorial Field Day: details · Did You Know? · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · SEG Mount Barker car boot sale (date correction) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  39. 8 February 2026

    John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Did You Know? · SEG Mount Barker car boot sale · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Building a shack: Part 6 - Noise · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  40. 1 February 2026

    WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Ham College courses · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Building a shack: Part 5 - Antenna Shenanigans · Did You Know? · PARG: PARGfest 2026 · WICEN WA news · WIA Board election: candidate statement · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  41. 25 January 2026

    WARG News · PARG: PARGfest 2026 · Ham College · FreeDV net, Tuesdays 4 pm · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Building a shack: Part 4 - coaxial cable alternatives · Antenna Palooza (Victoria) · WIA Board election: candidate statement · Did You Know? · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  42. 18 January 2026

    Producer's introduction · PARG: PARGfest 2026 · Ham College courses · John Moyle Memorial Field Day (early notice) · WARG News · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Building a shack: Part 3 - the ingress of coaxial cable · WICEN WA: first meeting of the year (Kings Park) · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  43. 11 January 2026

    SEG Mount Barker car boot sale (March) · WARG News · Ham College · POTA Support Your Parks weekend · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Building a shack: Part 2 - How much space do you need? · WICEN WA: first meeting of the year (Kings Park) · Did You Know? · PARG: PARGfest 2026 · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  44. 4 January 2026

    Producer's introduction: first broadcast of 2026 · Outdoor activation programs (SOTA, WWFF, IOTA…) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Ham College · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Building a shack: Part 1 - Setting the Scene · Did You Know? · PARG: PARGfest 2026 · New Year; FreeDV net Tuesdays · Helpline: new year

2025 50 episodes

  1. 28 December 2025

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: "I'm a geek" · Helpline: last for the year · Final broadcast for 2025: year in review

  2. 21 December 2025

    WARG News · Christmas reflections · Did You Know? · WICEN WA news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: I have a problem .. with logging. · Overheard on 80 m · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  3. 14 December 2025

    Ham College · Parks on the Air update: new Fremantle parks · Did You Know? · Getting started with FreeDV · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How to make our hobby and community resilient? · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  4. 7 December 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: A new year with new services to the public .. in 1905 · Did You Know? · Outdoor activation programs (SOTA, WWFF, IOTA…) · ARRL 10 m DX Contest · RASA: QTC magazine · WARG News · WICEN WA news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  5. 16 November 2025

    Producer's introduction; online meeting tonight · RASA: QTC magazine · WICEN WA: VHF-UHF Field Day · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  6. 9 November 2025

    WARG News · NewsWest producer resignation; future of NewsWest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · RASA: QTC magazine

  7. 2 November 2025

    Producer's introduction (Bob filling in) · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · RASA Foundation Level Study Guide v3 · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · How to hear NewsWest: on air, download, schedule

  8. 26 October 2025

    Post-broadcast activity this morning · Playing with FreeDV · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 13, Monitoring the Sun .. small steps · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  9. 19 October 2025

    RASA: QTC magazine · What is CTCSS and why use it? · Learning as a new amateur · Foundations of Amateur Radio: When your hobby revolves around electricity ... · Helpline: back from hospital · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  10. 12 October 2025

    PARG HF Winlink frequencies · RASA: QTC magazine · PARG repeater VK6RMH update · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Preparing for an outing · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  11. 5 October 2025

    Ham College · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Where is the fun in that? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  12. 28 September 2025

    New antenna up; experimenting with FreeDV · Foundations of Amateur Radio: 50 things you can do with an SDR · Vale Mike VK6KMS · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  13. 21 September 2025

    ACMA's new Licence Conditions Determination (LCD) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Amateur Radio has literally changed my world view · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  14. 14 September 2025

    What's important to the average amateur? · Remembrance Day Contest results · New to amateur radio in WA? Where to find what's on · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How small is small? · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  15. 7 September 2025

    Hamfest purchase follow-up: waveform generator · RASA: QTC magazine · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 22: Peer to Peer Radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  16. 31 August 2025

    Welcome to NewsWest (producer's introduction) · NCRG news · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · NCRG news · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · Remembrance Day Contest report · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Using an SDR as measuring equipment · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  17. 24 August 2025

    Remembrance Day Contest: how did you go? · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · WIA club insurance scheme · FreeDV: David Rowe VK5DGR and the new version · FreeDV: volunteers wanted to evaluate the new version · NCRG news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: listening to the spectrum over the internet · NCRG news

  18. 17 August 2025

    NCRG news · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · NCRG news · NCRG Hamfest raffle: key dates · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  19. 10 August 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: What can we activate today? · WARG News · Silent Key: Wayne Dowey VK6WD, funeral details · NCRG news · WICEN WA news · NCRG news · RASA: QTC magazine · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  20. 3 August 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Using Amateur Bands for other purposes · NCRG news · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · NCRG news · Trans-Tasman Contest results · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Thanks to the NewsWest broadcasters and callback operators · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  21. 27 July 2025

    Amateur radio, the original social network · Foundations of Amateur Radio: There's promotion .. and then there's Amateur Radio · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · NCRG news · A cold wet week in the shack · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  22. 20 July 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Welcome · NCRG news · NCRG news · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · Helpline: items for sale (read by Clive) · Helpline: deceased estate items (read by Clive) · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  23. 13 July 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Antenna modelling with genetic algorithms. · Trans-Tasman Contest · WICEN WA news · VKFF National Get-Together (Oct 2025) · "If you can hear them, they can hear you": power and being heard · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Did You Know?

  24. 6 July 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: The ARRL incident of May 2024, a year later · Changes to Australian amateur licensing (video audio) · WICEN WA meeting notice · NCRG news · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WARG News · Musings: one of those weeks · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  25. 29 June 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: The Art of decoding a signal. · NCRG news · WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  26. 22 June 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Random Serendipity · WARG News · Why did you join amateur radio? · WICEN WA: DF yagi building night · RASA and QTC magazine explained

  27. 15 June 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Can you be a Professional Radio Amateur? · WARG News · RASA team planning meeting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  28. 8 June 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: What's really happening at the IARU? · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  29. 1 June 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: What do you think you're doing? · WARG end-of-financial-year clearance sale · WARG swap meet (28 June) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  30. 25 May 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: How does your member society represent itself? · WARG News · WAVHF Group: Lancaster birthday event update · Helpline: callsign trivia and follow-up · Correction to a Helpline item · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  31. 18 May 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: A brief introduction to the HamSCI community · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · What is a DXpedition? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  32. 11 May 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Can we figure out how much the Sun really affects propagation? · RASA: QTC magazine · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  33. 4 May 2025

    WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · News and thank-yous: Anzac Day activities · WICEN WA news · WICEN WA meeting moved · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  34. 27 April 2025

    Bunbury Radio Club fox hunt · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Becoming Mode Agile · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  35. 20 April 2025

    Easter greetings from the NewsWest team · Bunbury Radio Club fox hunt · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · WICEN WA news · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: learning in the hobby · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · GOATS (Get Out And Try Something): SEG outing in Albany · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  36. 13 April 2025

    Diversity of interests in amateur radio · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What is Amateur Radio really about? · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  37. 6 April 2025

    WICEN WA news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What is the difference between a Dummy Load and an Antenna? · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  38. 30 March 2025

    Setting up the shack in Albany · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Echos from the past, 150 ms ago · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  39. 23 March 2025

    WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak 11, the goo between hardware and software · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  40. 16 March 2025

    WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Foundations of Amateur Radio: DX on a dummy load? · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  41. 9 March 2025

    WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What's the story you'd like to tell yourself? · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  42. 2 March 2025

    PARG and WAVHF Group station at the Kings Park Anzac service · Integrity in amateur radio · Wally Coxon VK6AG and the WAVHF Group (history) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: questions about the Bald Yak project · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  43. 23 February 2025

    WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak, droplet 9, fosphor and the impertinence of software · Recording NewsWest items with Audacity · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  44. 16 February 2025

    Volunteers wanted for marine VHF radio monitoring (Capel) · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · First transistor transmitter on 2 m: old logbooks rediscovered · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak, arena 8, paying attention to the details · Back after a break: moving house to Albany · Did You Know? · RASA DX Contest 2025 · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  45. 9 February 2025

    School of the Air, RFDS and the Traeger pedal radio · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Foundations of Amateur Radio: 52 weekly ham challenges · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  46. 2 February 2025

    WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak, scene 7, building a circuit without burnt chicken smell · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Did You Know? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  47. 26 January 2025

    Ham College · NCRG news · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Did You Know? · Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) DXpeditions · Foundations of Amateur Radio: WSPR beacon QSY to 15m · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  48. 19 January 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Ham Challenge · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  49. 12 January 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak, scene 6, chaos will reign · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  50. 5 January 2025

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak, scene 5, debugging · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

2024 53 episodes

  1. 29 December 2024

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak, week 4, time · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · Christmas greetings: quiet time for clubs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  2. 22 December 2024

    VK6SANTA Christmas net · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak - week 3 - Push To Talk · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · PARGfest, 15 February · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  3. 15 December 2024

    VK6SANTA Christmas net · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak - week 2 · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · PARGfest, 15 February 2025 · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  4. 8 December 2024

    VK6SANTA Christmas net · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Bald Yak - week 1 · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  5. 1 December 2024

    VK6SANTA Christmas net · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Suddenly there were 700... · WARG News: Christmas party · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Antennapalooza postponed · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · New Hams: building your station · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  6. 24 November 2024

    WARG News · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Why does your Wi-Fi connection drop out when cooking lunch? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Why does your Wi-Fi connection drop out when cooking lunch? · Perth Tech · WICEN WA news · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  7. 17 November 2024

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Unexpected miracles ... · Event for travellers in the south-east · Foundations of Amateur Radio: A new radio every week ... · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  8. 10 November 2024

    Producer's introduction (Bob filling in for Clinton) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  9. 3 November 2024

    Silent Key: Neil VK6ANB of the Shavers Net · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The venerable QSL bureau · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  10. 27 October 2024

    Buying equipment, new or used · Thanks to everyone who contributes · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Amateur Radio connects you in unexpected ways · History: amateurs in emergencies · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  11. 20 October 2024

    SEG: Manjimup Hamfeast, 18 November · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · PARG at the SES Association 65th anniversary · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Surprising ideas that change you forever · RASA: QTC magazine · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  12. 13 October 2024

    HARG team in the Oceania DX Contest · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What does an actual minimal set-up look like? · JOTA-JOTI · Ham College · WICEN WA news · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Making do with what you have · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  13. 6 October 2024

    Amateur radio: the original social network · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How effective is the IARU? · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  14. 29 September 2024

    Perth Tech · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Dark Sky for Amateur Radio · International Dog Day · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Oceania DX Contest next weekend · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  15. 22 September 2024

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: The history of our hobby · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Did You Know? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  16. 15 September 2024

    Perth Tech · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Adult Fans of Amateur Radio · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Remembrance Day Contest · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  17. 8 September 2024

    Perth Tech · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Keep It Simple Stupid · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · WICEN WA news · Perth Tech · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  18. 1 September 2024

    WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · VKFF / WWFF parks · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: the IARU · "I heard it through the grapevine": WARG lunch · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · VI7POL: National Police Week special event · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  19. 25 August 2024

    Perth Tech · WAVHF Group news · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: In the beginning was the contact · Remembrance Day Contest · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  20. 18 August 2024

    Perth Tech · NCRG news · Perth Tech · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Internet access across HF radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  21. 11 August 2024

    Silent Key: Mike Beal VK6MB · WICEN WA news · Perth Tech · NCRG news · Remembrance Day Contest · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What kind of hobby is amateur radio? · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  22. 4 August 2024

    NCRG news · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · RASA QTC Lite and annual meeting notice · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Does the IARU actually represent you? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  23. 1 August 2024

    WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · VKFF / WWFF parks · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How to lose more than half of your membership? · "I heard it through the grapevine": WARG lunch · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · VI7POL: National Police Week special event · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  24. 28 July 2024

    WAVHF Group news · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Perth Tech · RASA and the 2x1 callsigns · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Being a Maverick is part of the deal · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  25. 21 July 2024

    Perth Tech · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RASA: QTC magazine · NCRG news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Planning for Contest Success · Remembrance Day Contest · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  26. 14 July 2024

    WAVHF Group news · NCRG news · Trans-Tasman Contest · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · WARG News: August meeting · RASA QTC Lite bulletin for clubs · WICEN WA news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: About Australian Callsigns · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · How to make a good NewsWest contribution · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  27. 7 July 2024

    Did You Know? · WARG News · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RASA: six years on · WICEN WA news: from the old VK6WIA website archive · WICEN WA news: hearing emergency traffic · NCRG news · What does the IARU do? · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  28. 30 June 2024

    WAVHF Group news · Perth Tech · NCRG news · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Identity in Amateur Radio · End of the financial year for clubs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  29. 23 June 2024

    WAVHF Group news · About WA Amateur Radio News and vk6.net · NCRG news · WARG News · RASA website · WICEN WA news · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Identity in Amateur Radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  30. 16 June 2024

    WAVHF Group news · WIA club presidents' briefing · NCRG news · WARG News · RASA: QTC magazine · WICEN WA news · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RASA Foundation Level Study Guide · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Long Wave Radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: Silent Key shack items for sale · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  31. 9 June 2024

    WAVHF Group news · Perth Tech · NCRG news · WARG News · Working bee interview · RASA board meeting in Maitland · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The ARRL incident of May 2024 · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  32. 2 June 2024

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · NCRG news · WARG News · RASA board planning meeting · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The origin of our amateur bands · WAVHF Group: Operation Manna and Chowhound anniversary show · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  33. 26 May 2024

    Perth Tech · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · WARG News · WAVHF Group news · NCRG news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: On the nature of Inspiration .. · WARG News: June meeting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · A hobby governed by an Act of Parliament · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  34. 18 May 2024

    NCRG news · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Automatic FM DX decoding · Light on content: send in your stories

  35. 12 May 2024

    Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · NCRG news · WAVHF Group news · Belonging to more than one club · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RASA: an alternative national body · Foundations of Amateur Radio: A place for everything and everything in its place.. · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  36. 5 May 2024

    WAVHF Group: funerals of Wally VK6KZ and Jim VK6JP · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · NCRG Hamfest, 25 August · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · History: the 1920s shortwave breakthrough · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  37. 21 April 2024

    Silent Key: Jim Preston VK6JP · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · WAVHF Group news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: RF is all around us ... starting your own station frequency survey · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  38. 14 April 2024

    Ham College · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Easter special event at Northcliffe · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Ham College · Foundations of Amateur Radio: It's all just text! · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  39. 7 April 2024

    Silent Key notice · Bunbury Radio Club fox hunt, 13 April · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Are you up for a global party? · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  40. 31 March 2024

    Bunbury Radio Club fox hunt, 13 April · SEG: Mayanup Ham Camp, May · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio · WARG News

  41. 24 March 2024

    Bunbury Radio Club fox hunt, 13 April · Did You Know? · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Skyhooks and portable antennas · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  42. 17 March 2024

    Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Did You Know? · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Technology at its finest ... · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  43. 10 March 2024

    Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Maidenhead locator system · WARG News · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The Art of finding an operating location · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  44. 3 March 2024

    Ham College · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · WARG News · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Getting things done .. or not.

  45. 25 February 2024

    Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Writing to the regulator about amateur beacon and repeater licenses. · Did You Know? · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · WARG News · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  46. 18 February 2024

    John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Did You Know? · Class licence day tomorrow · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What is amateur radio as an emergency response? · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Ham College update · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  47. 11 February 2024

    Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Barry VK6ADI's journey through amateur radio (part 2) · Club Focus: what not-for-profit means · WAVHF Group news · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  48. 4 February 2024

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · WARG News: Sunday technical and general net · PARGfest, 10 February · PARGfest, 10 February · Barry VK6ADI's journey through amateur radio, 1965-1997 (part 1) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What is the right mode for emergency communications? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  49. 2 February 2024

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · NCRG news · WARG News · RASA board planning meeting · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The origin of our amateur bands · WAVHF Group: Operation Manna and Chowhound anniversary show · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  50. 27 January 2024

    RASA website resources · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Did You Know? · Class licence: what changes on 19 February · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What is a repeater or a beacon ... really? · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  51. 21 January 2024

    WAVHF Group news · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Did You Know? · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · PARGfest, 10 February · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: New arrangements for Australian Amateur Radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  52. 14 January 2024

    WAVHF Group news · PARG: PARGfest and raffle · PARGfest, 10 February · RASA: an alternative national body · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How to see 56 MHz of bandwidth... · Why contests? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  53. 7 January 2024

    WAVHF Group news · WARG News · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RASA DX contest · Experimentation and learning in amateur radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Club Focus: a poor return for your hard work · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

2023 45 episodes

  1. 31 December 2023

    Did You Know? · RASA: QTC magazine · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · New Year thanks · WARG News · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Finding the right frequency. · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Light on content: send in your stories

  2. 24 December 2023

    PARG: PARGfest and raffle · Did You Know? · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RASA: QTC magazine · WAVHF Group news · Foundations of Amateur Radio: It's the little things ... · Christmas Eve message

  3. 17 December 2023

    CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: The visibility of our radio community. · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  4. 10 December 2023

    CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · WAVHF Group news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Report on Radio Harmonic Power · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  5. 3 December 2023

    WARG News · Did You Know? · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Bob's back after medical absence · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: What about promoting the hobby? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  6. 26 November 2023

    Did You Know? · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · F Troop: a net for new and returning amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  7. 19 November 2023

    Did You Know? · SEG: Manjimup Hamfeast, 27 November · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Failure to simulate ... · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  8. 12 November 2023

    NCRG car boot sale · AU2JCB special event: Jagadish Chandra Bose · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · WAVHF Group news · Class licence: waiting on the ACMA · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Let's compare the same antenna in different locations... · History: from the newspaper archives · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  9. 5 November 2023

    Perth Tech · Barry VK6ADI's introduction to SSTV · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · History: from the newspaper archives · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Let's talk about reciprosity... · VK90AR: 90 years of Amateur Radio magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · YouTube channel and thanks (close)

  10. 29 October 2023

    Did You Know? · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Let's talk about gain ... · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  11. 22 October 2023

    WAVHF Group news · Perth Tech: next weekend, register now · CQ QRS Net: Tuesday slow Morse on 80 m · Did You Know? · Perth Tech · VK90AR: 90 years of Amateur Radio magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Let's talk about noise ... · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  12. 21 October 2023

  13. 15 October 2023

    Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How much does your coax and antenna matter? · VK90AR: 90 years of Amateur Radio magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  14. 8 October 2023

    Perth Tech · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Gadgets on Demand · RASA: QTC magazine · JOTA-JOTI · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  15. 1 October 2023

    Perth Tech · Did You Know? · WAVHF Group news · Perth Tech raffle · WARG News · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Wednesday RTTY night on 2 m · Foundations of Amateur Radio: All the power in the observable universe expressed in milliwatts ... · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  16. 24 September 2023

    PARG at the Waroona Agricultural Show · Did You Know? · PARG at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club fly-in · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Between decibels and milliwatts ...

  17. 17 September 2023

    WAVHF Group news · Did You Know? · Perth Tech · Remembrance Day Contest · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Wet and Blue adventures with coax ... · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  18. 10 September 2023

    PARG at the Waroona Agricultural Show · Perth Tech raffle · PARG at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club fly-in · RAOTC: 10 m propagation trial report · Perth Tech · Did You Know? · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Checking attenuation numbers ... · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  19. 3 September 2023

    Perth Tech raffle · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Perth Tech raffle · Did You Know? · RASA: QTC magazine · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How much attenuation is enough? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  20. 27 August 2023

    WAVHF Group news · Perth Tech · Did You Know? · Perth Tech · RAOTC: 10 m experimental transmission · CWops: CW Open contest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Starting to measure spurious emissions

  21. 20 August 2023

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Gathering Data rather than Opinions ... · Hamfest day · Did You Know? · Remembrance Day Contest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  22. 13 August 2023

    Foundations of Amateur Radio: Is Morse really built around the most popular letters in English? · NCRG Hamfest, 20 August · Did You Know? · Cheap handhelds: a survey · WAVHF Group news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  23. 6 August 2023

    NCRG news · Did You Know? · Remembrance Day Contest · Perth Tech · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Foundations of Amateur Radio: How fast is Morse code?

  24. 30 July 2023

    Barry VK6ADI's introduction to SSTV · Club constitutions and the AGM season · NCRG news · History: status of the Australian amateur (The Argus, 1921) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  25. 2 July 2023

    Did You Know? · Ian Clinch, father of Terry VK6LTC · WARG News: meeting tomorrow · PARG: VK6RMH repeater on AllStar and EchoLink

  26. 18 June 2023

    SEG: Katanning Hamfeast, 26 June · Did You Know? · WIA insurance broker meeting · WAVHF Group news · ACMA extends Norfolk Island community broadcasting licence · WARG News · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  27. 11 June 2023

    WAVHF Group news · Did You Know? · Perth Tech

  28. 4 June 2023

    Producer's introduction · Phil VK6GX moves the 160 m broadcast frequency · SEG: Katanning Hamfeast, 26 June · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Offers to produce NewsWest · RASA: QTC magazine · Did You Know? · New Hams · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  29. 28 May 2023

    WAVHF Group news · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · A call to attend (WIA matters) · Why I'm staying in the WIA, for now · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  30. 21 May 2023

    Good morning VK hams: Dave VK6KV is back · SEG: Katanning Hamfeast, 26 June · WICEN WA news · WAVHF Group news · Club insurance and high-altitude balloons · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: still looking for a producer

  31. 14 May 2023

    Producer's introduction · Did You Know? · Greg out of action: NewsWest needs a producer · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  32. 7 May 2023

    Did You Know? · Repeater networks: voting and signal selection · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · After the passing of VK6LZ · PARG Winlink project update · WAVHF Group news

  33. 30 April 2023

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Did You Know? · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  34. 23 April 2023

    International Morse Code Day; CQ QRS slow CW practice QSOs · Perth Tech · Did You Know? · Antennapalooza: Bob's trip report · Helpline (Terry standing in for Roy)

  35. 16 April 2023

    WAVHF Group news · Did You Know?

  36. 9 April 2023

    Scouts WA jamboree-style camp · Scouts WA jamboree-style camp (continued) · Barry VK6ADI's introduction to SSTV (read by Steve) · Did You Know? · VI6CRO Carnarvon eclipse: family team heading north

  37. 2 April 2023

    WAVHF Group news · VI6CRO: Carnarvon eclipse special event · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Did You Know? · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WARG News: membership renewals

  38. 26 March 2023

    Did You Know? · VKFF / WWFF parks · WAVHF Group news

  39. 19 March 2023

    VK9NT Norfolk Island DXpedition 2023 · Did You Know?

  40. 12 March 2023

    WAVHF Group news · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Did You Know? · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  41. 5 March 2023

    Did You Know? · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · RAOTC: no bulletin in March · Antennapalooza

  42. 26 February 2023

    Microprocessors in amateur radio · Silent Key: Graham VK6LV · Greetings from Darwin: Peter VK8ZZ welcomes NewsWest back · Antennapalooza returns · Did You Know? · My history with SSTV: Tony VK6ATI (read by Steve) · Ham College

  43. 19 February 2023

    Did You Know? · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · PARGfest report

  44. 12 February 2023

    Ham College · "West News" column in AR magazine (Will VK6UU) · WARG News: meeting date · Antennapalooza · Did You Know?

  45. 5 February 2023

    DXpedition opportunity in the South Pacific · Big ham events on the bucket list · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · RASA president's 2023 message · Ham College · Introducing Dave VK6KV · PARG 40th anniversary and swap meet

2022 47 episodes

  1. 20 November 2022

    Producer's introduction · History: Ruth Longley, WA's first woman amateur (1936) · History: from the newspaper archives · ACMA class licence consultation paper · History: 1920s radio club meeting · History: Wireless Institute dinner (1929) · History: from the newspaper archives · WIA submission on the ACMA consultation: concerns · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · History: amateur radio news broadcasts began in WA in 1931

  2. 13 November 2022

    Producer's introduction · FT Roundup contest · RASA: QTC magazine · Music copyright in NewsWest: the theme music · CQ WW DX contest · Contesting stories wanted · SEG AllStar hotspot node, Bunbury · New AllStar node in the Wheatbelt · WARG News · NCRG news · Amateur radio politics: think it through · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: history

  3. 6 November 2022

    Producer's introduction · Internet Archive · The Communicator magazine · WARG News: club profile · VK9CM Cocos Keeling DXpedition · Mea culpa · PARG at the Waroona Agricultural Show · Bunbury Radio Club moves to the Men's Shed · Perth Tech · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · RASA's free online magazine · WARG News: meeting tomorrow · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Close and thanks

  4. 30 October 2022

    Producer's introduction · Interview: WIA and RASA presidents (part 1) · Interview: WIA and RASA presidents (part 2) · Perth Tech · Perth Tech · VK9CM Cocos Keeling DXpedition · WIA board election · Winlink explained (part 1) · Winlink explained (part 2) · Winlink explained (part 3) · VK9CM Cocos Keeling DXpedition · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: clubs

  5. 23 October 2022

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · Perth Tech · New Hams · SEG: Manjimup Hamfeast · Perth Tech · NEVARC flood appeal reopens · HARG auction of Silent Key shack items · The NewsWest team · NewsWest's monthly themes · Illegitimi non carborundum · VK9CM Cocos Keeling DXpedition · WIA Australia Day Contest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  6. 16 October 2022

    Producer's introduction · Perth Tech · Perth Tech · History: amateur radio in an emergency (West Australian, 1932) · Perth Tech · History: from the newspaper archives · JOTA-JOTI · History: radio and the NZ earthquake (Daily News, 1931) · Tired of amateur radio politics? · 2x1 contest callsigns and the RASA DX contest · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  7. 9 October 2022

    Producer's introduction · Interview: Justin Ogle N9TTK, Perth Tech presenter · Perth Tech · QRM Guru · JARTS RTTY contest · VK QRP Club QRP Hours contests · Perth Tech · CQ WW DX contest · Ross Hull contest manager wanted · WIA and RASA joint initiatives · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  8. 2 October 2022

    Producer's introduction · "Spend a penny": origins of expressions · Amateur radio politics: weigh the facts · Perth Tech · NCRG news · Corrections policy · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · ACMA consultation: class licence and higher power · JOTA-JOTI · Ham College · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · "You have either been listening to, or have just missed, NewsWest": Dennis VK6KAD

  9. 25 September 2022

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · Paddle your own canoe: going it alone in amateur radio · Upgrading from Standard to Advanced: fees · AX prefix approval · Michael Owen VK3KI: 10 years since his passing · A ham since 1984: from Hawaii to WA · Next week on NewsWest: Club Focus · Why don't the WIA and RASA get on? · Newest ham on the team: Paul's licence arrives · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · The AX prefix debacle

  10. 18 September 2022

    Producer's introduction · AX prefix for Queen Elizabeth II · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · History: centenary of the first UK-Australia wireless message · Skipper Schofield VK6WS: never too old · History: amateur emergency scheme (Adelaide Mail, 1952) · History: 1952 news item (Dorrigo Gazette) · History: from the newspaper archives · History: from the newspaper archives · Ludlow radio room restored · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · NewsWest on YouTube · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp

  11. 11 September 2022

    Producer's introduction · CQ WW RTTY DX contest · Introducing a new team member (part 1) · Introducing a new team member (part 2) · History: how Mac got VK6MM · Oceania DX Contest · Russian WW Digital Contest · Why callbacks matter · WARG News: technical and general net returns · VK QRP Club QRP Hours contests · History: from the newspaper archives · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp

  12. 4 September 2022

    Producer's introduction · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · NCRG Hamfest raffle winners · Perth Tech · NewsWest video on YouTube · ACMA licence numbers · The Communicator magazine (Surrey ARC) · Perth Tech · Ham College · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · NewsWest copping flak for its reporting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp

  13. 28 August 2022

    NCRG news · CWops: CW Open contest · Perth Tech · "The G-Bung Radio Club" (after Banjo Paterson) · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Phonetics · ICOM SHF project update · 23 cm digital distance record: Nigel VK6CPU · Perth Tech · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Wrong-way driver joke · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  14. 21 August 2022

    New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · Perth Tech · Stinger and Remembrance Day Contest stories wanted · NCRG news · Maidenhead Locator System · Prawn Heads lunch group explained · New Hams: antennas and locations · Close and thanks

  15. 14 August 2022

    Producer's introduction · History: AR magazine, August 1947: "Gremlin" on pirates · History: from the newspaper archives · History: Heard Island radio silence ends (1948) · History: from the newspaper archives · History: AR magazine 1987 editorial: squabbling school kids · Perth Tech · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · NCRG news · PARG: ILLW from Rottnest Island · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  16. 7 August 2022

    Silent Key notice · Silent Key notice · ALARA Contest · International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend · Remembrance Day Contest · Early deadline: Remembrance Day Contest weekend · WA's disadvantage in Australian contests · Remembrance Day Contest · QRM Guru · Local liaison frequencies for contests · Next week on NewsWest: history · Antennas for working Australian contests from WA · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  17. 31 July 2022

    Producer's introduction · Club Focus: club rules, from informal to unwieldy · Club Focus: affiliations and personal grudges · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · Hills Amateur Radio Group meetings · NCRG news · NCRG news · Trans-Tasman Contest · Perth Tech · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  18. 24 July 2022

    Producer's introduction · Information resources for new amateurs · New Hams · NewsWest video edition on YouTube (Wayne VK6VE) · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Are amateur numbers declining? · Resolving FM on an SSB receiver · QRM Guru · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  19. 17 July 2022

    Producer's introduction · History: amateur picks up radio SOS (Western Mail, 1936) · History: from the newspaper archives · More on band plans · Mark VK6QI remembers a 1970s VK3 visit · History: from the newspaper archives · QRM Guru · VK6RLM repeater listing query · Newcomers in, old hands out (repeat) · NewsWest on YouTube trial · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  20. 10 July 2022

    Producer's introduction · Trans-Tasman Contest · Trans-Tasman Contest · ALARA Contest · Remembrance Day Contest · Foundation licence sections in contests · Band plans explained · Replacement for VK Contest Logger (VKCL) · Next week on NewsWest: history · NCRG news · WARG News: new DMR repeater · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  21. 3 July 2022

    Producer's introduction · QRM Guru · Perth Tech · Southern Electronics Group: Mayanup Ham Camp · Hills Amateur Radio Group meetings · NCRG news · Perth Tech · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · NCRG news · NEVARC flood appeal outcome · Ham College · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  22. 26 June 2022

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · Antennas for new amateurs · VK75FAA: Fleet Air Arm 75th anniversary · SEG: Katanning Hamfeast report · The 24-hour clock and UTC (repeat) · Send us your items · Neil VK6NSB retires from the 80 m Sunday broadcast · History: WA's first amateur radio clubs · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  23. 19 June 2022

    Producer's introduction · History: AR magazine editorial, June 1952 · When was NewsWest first called NewsWest? · History: Mac VK6MM on early licensing and Morse (part 1) · History: Mac VK6MM's 12AT7 HF transmitter (part 2) · History: a 1952 advertisement in AR magazine · Email from Franz J69DS, listening on AllStar · History: amateurs in the 1952 Forbes floods · WA Amateur Radio News is not RASA · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · What the AOCP entitles you to · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  24. 12 June 2022

    Producer's introduction · What stingers are: recordings wanted · VHF-UHF field days · Prawn Heads lunch group · NZART Memorial Contest · RASA DX contest · Trans-Tasman Contest · ACMA amateur radio update newsletter · IARU HF World Championship contest · SEG: Katanning Hamfeast RSVPs · Trans-Tasman Contest · History: from the newspaper archives · Why no AX prefix for the Queen's Jubilee?

  25. 5 June 2022

    Producer's introduction · WIA club insurance scheme · Ham College · SEG: Katanning Hamfeast, 20 June · Ham College · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · "If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly" · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Prawn Heads lunch and other notices · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  26. 29 May 2022

    Producer's introduction · Letter from Paul MM7EMD, a Scottish listener · Public perception of amateur radio over 100 years · WIA representation to the ARRL, RSGB and IARU · Contesting myths · SEG: Katanning Hamfeast, 20 June · RASA: QTC magazine · Perth Tech · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · What's on in amateur radio: web resources · Amateurs and social media · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  27. 22 May 2022

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · RASA: QTC magazine · New Hams · The coming class licence · WIA AGM report · Resources for new amateurs: dealing with noise (QRM) · Perth Tech · SEG: Katanning Hamfeast, 20 June · RASA DX contest introduced · Next week on NewsWest: anything goes · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest

  28. 15 May 2022

    Producer's introduction · History: 1935 Queensland-England contact and sunspots · For WIA members: running an organisation · Ham College · History: radio interference in 1935 (country newspaper) · History: 1935 aerial tips · History: from the newspaper archives · History: AR magazine editorial, April 1952 · A radio history collection for WA? · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  29. 8 May 2022

    Producer's introduction · CQ WPX contest · CQ Pride contest · Mother's Day and amateur radio · Winter VHF-UHF Field Day · Trans-Tasman Contest · Don Edwards Memorial Slow Morse Contest · VK9NT Norfolk Island DXpedition report · Camping and portable contest operation · Perth Tech · Today is tomorrow's history · Special callback from Barry VK6WF · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: how to listen to NewsWest

  30. 1 May 2022

    Producer's introduction · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · Club Focus: dissent in clubs, keeping a club ticking · Hills Amateur Radio Group meetings · ICOM SHF Project · Ham College · No radio-antenna combination works only one way? · Harry Angel Sprint next Saturday · Bunbury Radio Club lunch · NCRG news · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  31. 24 April 2022

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · Web resources for hams · Anzac Day: radio operators in World War I · 10 m open to Europe: Robert on 10 W · Solar flux high: good DX · Perth Tech · Next week on NewsWest: Club Focus · Contesting survey closing · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  32. 17 April 2022

    Producer's introduction: Easter history edition · History: 1951 Jubilee contest for amateurs · VK9NT Norfolk Island DXpedition · Perth Tech · History: Swan River Radio Club visits 6WF (1925) · History: Subiaco radio club (1930) · WIA AGM and conference online, 7 May · History: Titanic 110th anniversary and Arthur Moore · Perth Tech · World Amateur Radio Day, 18 April · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  33. 10 April 2022

    Producer's introduction · Flood recovery: NEVARC appeal · PARG: CQ QRS Slow CW Corroboree contest · Codec 2 wins the Amateur Radio Software Award (David Rowe VK5DGR) · Commonwealth Contest: VK6 results and medal · About NewsWest · Don Edwards Memorial Slow Morse Contest · Harry Angel Sprint · Short program this week: no padding · Next week on NewsWest: history · Making work for myself: a new project · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  34. 3 April 2022

    Producer's introduction · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Perth Tech · PARG: Exercise Cloudless Dawn #1 · Perth Tech · Ham College · PARG: CQ QRS Slow CW Corroboree contest · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · Phil VK6GX 160 m news broadcast times change · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  35. 27 March 2022

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · Remembering the day my licence arrived · Perth Tech · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · About NewsWest: no fillers · Unverified ACMA licensing glitch story · Perth Tech · Bureau of Meteorology space weather and propagation · Perth Tech · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Callback numbers steady at 140 to 150 a week · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: Club Focus

  36. 20 March 2022

    Producer's introduction · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · History: "The Mosquito" by Malcolm MacDonald · Perth Tech · History: 1938 World Wide Radio Contest · Typo in last week's graphic · Why callbacks matter: online callback form · About NewsWest and the studio team · Newcomers in, old hands out: keeping amateurs in the hobby · NCRG news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  37. 13 March 2022

    Producer's introduction · Floods in NSW and Queensland: amateur radio response · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Contest scoring explained · WAVHF Group: Operations Manna and Chowhound / Lancaster commemorations · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Next week on NewsWest: history · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks: early deadline for history edition

  38. 6 March 2022

    Producer's introduction · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Perth Tech · Ham College · VK6RMJ Manjimup repeater working bee · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · Starter pack for club licence classes · Light on club news this week · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · WAVHF Group news · QRM Guru · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  39. 27 February 2022

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · Best laid plans: a Burns poem and a contest gone wrong · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Here be Dragons, venturing into uncharted territory ... · John Moyle Memorial Field Day: one month away · Foundations of Amateur Radio: If you had money, what would your amateur adventure look like? · PARG swap meet report to come · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Finding the right frequency. · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: Club Focus

  40. 20 February 2022

    Producer's introduction · History: Wally Coxon and 6WF, WA's first commercial broadcaster · VK80LAN: 80 years since the Lancaster (Mark VK6EZ, WAVHF) · PARG swap meet, 26 February · History: the Mulga phone wireless (1924) · History: from the newspaper archives · VK90ABC special call sign reminder · History: Harry Simmons, telegraph messenger to broadcaster · History: amateur stations and Sunday broadcasting (1920s) · History: learning about transistors (part 1) · History: recycling transistors and DC-to-DC converters (part 2) · RASA free Zoom account for club meetings · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  41. 13 February 2022

    Producer's introduction · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Portable Operations 101 · Portable antennas: wire antennas · Super Springtime-style event: clubs wanted · VK80LAN: 80 years since the Lancaster (Mark VK6EZ, WAVHF) · CQ Worldwide 160 m SSB contest · Perth Tech · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · RSGB Commonwealth Contest (BERU) · VK QRP Club contests · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · ARRL International DX SSB contest · ARRL World Wide Digital Contest announced · Next week on NewsWest: history · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  42. 6 February 2022

    Ham College · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · PARG swap meet, 26 February · NCRG news · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · WAVHF Group news · PARG: combined communications exercise with Mandurah emergency management · NCRG news · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · Super Springtime 2010 special event recollection · History: from the newspaper archives · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · WARG News: first meeting of 2022 · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: contesting and the John Moyle

  43. 30 January 2022

    Producer's introduction · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · NCRG news · Wooroloo bushfire anniversary · History: radio station 6WF and the sealed sets scheme · History: "My first transmitter" by Malcolm MacDonald · History: amateur experimenters in early Australian radio · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · VK90ABC: ABC 90th anniversary · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  44. 23 January 2022

    New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · AX prefix days · Tonga eruption and tsunami: why amateur radio is news · Neil VK6NSB and Baz VK2WB on 80 m news broadcast · NCRG news · Rules, etiquette and newcomers · Recognition of prior learning (RPL) for licences · Terms for new amateurs: antenna-building words · 2 m propagation across the Bight (Alan VK3DXE) · Next week on NewsWest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  45. 16 January 2022

    Producer's introduction · CW versus phone: rivalry in the hobby (history) · Yarloop fire 2016 and the VK6RNW repeater: Mac's account (part 1) · WIA Australia Day Contest · Yarloop fire: the rescue (part 2) · We're not whinging: contributions wanted · Ham College: combined Standard and Advanced course · WIA Australia Day Contest · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · NCRG news · WIA Australia Day Contest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Producer's wrap-up: running close to time

  46. 9 January 2022

    Producer's introduction: contesting edition · Did You Know? · WAVHF Group news · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Summer VHF-UHF Field Day next weekend · Silent Key: Mike VK3AVV · WIA Australia Day Contest · February contests calendar · VK Contest Logger (VKCL) and its author, Mike VK3AVV · Next week on NewsWest · CQ Worldwide 160 m CW contest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  47. 2 January 2022

    Producer's introduction · Ham College: January recess · Perth Tech · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · RASA: who and what is the Radio Amateur Society of Australia? · Next week on NewsWest · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · More 2 m VHF ducting reports

2021 52 episodes

  1. 26 December 2021

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · SEG Great Australian Bight project completed · RASA QTC magazine · Ham College · Buying equipment: new or used? · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Solar indices (repeat) · Getting qualified for a licence · ARISS slow-scan TV event · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  2. 19 December 2021

    Producer's introduction (Christmas edition) · History: Sunday Times, 6 September 1931: "Over the Ether" column · History: Albany Advertiser, 3 September 1931: "Radio Notes" · RASA, the ACMA and the Privacy Commissioner: publishing station addresses · History: Mount Barker and Denmark Record, 6 July 1931: "Radio Notes" · History: The West Australian, 20 June 1931: Amateur Radio Transmitters League tests · History: from the newspaper archives · Protecting our bands: Intruder Watch · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Amateur radio politics · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs

  3. 12 December 2021

    Producer's introduction · OK DX RTTY contest · WIA contest, 15-16 January: confusing VK6 times · What kind of contester are you? · YB DX Contest · ARRL RTTY Roundup · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · WIA board elections in AR magazine · Contest scores: how do they get so many points? · Antenna-palooza · Why a VK3 story on NewsWest? · Next week on NewsWest: history · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  4. 5 December 2021

    RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WIA announcement: reinventing the wheel (comment) · Bullying: a different case · Ham College · Committees at Christmas time · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · SEG remote stations (Great Australian Bight project) · NCRG news · WAVHF Group news · What do clubs do over the Christmas break? · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  5. 28 November 2021

    Producer's introduction (Anything Goes edition) · CAT control explained · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Portable operating on a holiday down south · How I got my licence: Mac VK6MM · Why amateur radio needs the WIA · Valves that glow in the dark (humour) · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · Ross Hull Contest, January 2022 · RASA: QTC magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  6. 21 November 2021

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · About NewsWest (since 1931) · QRM: man-made interference · HARG news · WARG: VK6RBN Busselton repeater site maintenance · vkregs.info · QRM Guru · NewsWest's weekly themes · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  7. 14 November 2021

    Producer's introduction · Binar-1 CubeSat launch · History: a 1980 vignette by Vic Kittney VK6VK: Blake Horrocks · History: the VK6RCT repeater site: preamps and experiments · HARG news · History: from the newspaper archives · Antenna-palooza, 4-5 December · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  8. 7 November 2021

    CQ WW DX contest · ACMA online payment form · Worked All Europe (WAE) contest · Apology to Clive and the RAOTC · Japan International DX SSB Contest · HARG news · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · ARRL 10 m contest · Next week on NewsWest: history · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  9. 31 October 2021

    Producer's introduction · Perth Tech raffle · Club Focus: taking your club into the future · VKFF / WWFF parks · PARG: thanks from the president · WAARN open forum: wider community input into NewsWest · NCRG news · WAVHF Group news · WAARN AGM report · NCRG news · SEG Manjimup Hamfeast, 15 November · 2x1 contest callsigns arrive · Ham College · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  10. 24 October 2021

    NCRG news · RASA's role in securing 2x1 contest callsigns · The 24-hour clock, UTC and GMT (repeat) · JOTA-JOTI · New Hams: what's a watt? · Nets around Perth · Perth Tech raffle · SEG Great Australian Bight project update · History: the first WA amateur radio club · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  11. 17 October 2021

    Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · 2x1 contest callsigns authorised · History: AR Magazine editorial, October 1951: "The Responsibilities of Membership" · History: Warwick Daily News, 26 September 1951: "Russia bans its radio amateurs" · History: AR Magazine, October 1951: obituary, Frank "Pop" Stroud · VK6REX repeater and the Learmonth solar observatory · History: operating in the Remembrance Day Contest, October 1951 · History: The Examiner (Launceston), 13 October 1951: "Early radio days recalled" · History: AR Magazine, September 1951: death of a telegraphy pioneer · Perth Tech raffle · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  12. 10 October 2021

    Producer's introduction · The Great Australian Bight project: a remote base in Albany · Remembrance Day Contest · QRP Hours Contest · Binar CubeSat (follow-up) · JARTS WW RTTY Contest · CQ WW DX contest · Let's talk about contesting · History: from the newspaper archives · Portable Operations Challenge 2021 results · JOTA-JOTI · PARG: thanks from the president · Perth Tech · Close and thanks

  13. 3 October 2021

    Perth Tech raffle · NCRG news · PARG news · PARG: portable operation · Perth Tech raffle · HARG: club meetings in Lesmurdy · RASA news: ACMA five-year spectrum outlook · RASA QTC magazine · Ham College · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  14. 26 September 2021

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · Linking repeaters: EchoLink, IRLP and AllStar · Ross Hull Contest (introduction) · Ross Hull Memorial Contest: past winners · VK Contest Club wants translators for the Ross Hull rules · Revised solar cycle prediction · Clubs for newcomers · NewsWest's impartiality · New Hams · New AllStar node · VK6NC (NCRG) wins the Remembrance Day Contest multi-multi section · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks: WARG and the linked repeater network

  15. 19 September 2021

    Producer's introduction · History: Albany Advertiser, 1 July 1935: interference from amateur transmitters (letter) · History: The Advocate (Burnie), 11 August 1953: "Amateur radio history made" · Perth Tech · What makes a good repeater site · Solar Cycle 25 shows signs of life · Stand-ins found for Mark VK6USB · History: Brisbane Courier, 30 May 1929: "Amateur Radio Cooperation" · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  16. 12 September 2021

    Producer's introduction · Did you take the Portable Operations Challenge? · PARG: learning CW · CQ WW RTTY contest · Never entered a contest? · Lessons from zero contacts · Oceania DX Contest · Next week on NewsWest: history · Perth Tech raffle · QRP Hours Contest · Stand-in for Mark VK6USB (update) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  17. 5 September 2021

    Producer's introduction · Lunar lander replica unveiled in Carnarvon · Club Focus: communication · PARG: learning CW · Perth Tech · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · NCRG news · WAVHF Group news · Stand-in wanted for Mark VK6USB · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: contesting

  18. 29 August 2021

    Portable Operations Challenge update · Perth Tech · RASA utilities and resources · Oceania DX Contest · Perth Tech raffle · CWops: CW Open contest · NewsWest scoop: the Binar CubeSat story · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  19. 22 August 2021

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · New Hams · ALARA Contest · Remembrance Day Contest · Curtin University's Binar Space Program and amateur radio · Perth Tech · Perth Tech · Stand-in wanted for Mark VK6USB's news broadcast · NewsWest's weekly themes · NCRG news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  20. 15 August 2021

    Producer's introduction · History: Perth Daily News: amateurs await the post-war resumption · Remembrance Day Contest · History: building the VK6RCT repeater site, 1984 · Remembrance Day Contest · Perth Tech · History: Torres News, 24 September 1957: "Amateur Radio, calling CQ" · WIA appoints a new AR magazine editor · History: AR Magazine editorial, August 1947 · On committees (producer's comment) · History: from the newspaper archives · Online Foundation course · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  21. 8 August 2021

    Producer's introduction · Remembrance Day Contest · CWops: CW Open contest · ILLW: South West Capes lighthouses · Portable Operations Challenge reminder · Keeping count: contest logging · ALARA Contest · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · WW DigiDX contest · Callbacks and the callback team · Trans-Tasman Contest · Next week on NewsWest: history · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Remembrance Day Contest

  22. 1 August 2021

    Producer's introduction (Club Focus edition) · Perth Tech · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Remembrance Day Contest · NCRG Hamfest · Perth Tech raffle · Perth Tech · WAVHF Group news · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · ISS slow-scan TV · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · How to hear NewsWest

  23. 25 July 2021

    Producer's introduction · AR magazine edition withdrawn after complaints · NCRG news · Contests for new amateurs · John VK2IAU's Morse tutorial web page · AREG lockdown contest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Perth Tech

  24. 18 July 2021

    Producer's introduction · History: AR Magazine, July 1951: "Six days a week, but not on wash days" · History: The West Australian, 31 August 1951: "Radio Contest for Amateurs" · PARG field day, 24 July · Counter-arguments welcome · History: The West Australian, 21 May 1951: "Blind Girl's Radio Friendships" · History: AR Magazine editorial, July 1950: "Magazine" · Portable Operations Challenge: the local section · NCRG Hamfest · EchoLink updates · History: Sydney Morning Herald, 30 July 1951: "Radio Men in Contest" · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs (close)

  25. 11 July 2021

    Portable Operations Challenge · Harry Angel Sprint results · Trans-Tasman Contest · Remembrance Day Contest · Perth Tech · Making your contesting debut · NCRG Hamfest · Batavia FT8 contest, 7-8 August · ALARA Contest, 28-29 August · Remembrance Day Contest · What if I never win a contest? · Next week on NewsWest: history · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  26. 4 July 2021

    ACMA amateur e-bulletin, June 2021 · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WIA AGM · Perth Tech · NCRG news · RASA news: AMC recognition of prior learning and 2x1 callsigns · HARG news · Perth Tech · NCRG news · Why RASA contributes to NewsWest · WAVHF Group news · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: too much material

  27. 27 June 2021

    Silent Key: Poppy Bradshaw VK6YF · Perth Tech · WIA board news · NZART Memorial Contest reminder · Perth Tech raffle · WIA and the ACMA announcement · Putting amateur radio on display in the community · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Northampton VK6RNR repeater · What the NewsWest team has been up to · Perth Tech · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: content turns up

  28. 20 June 2021

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · New Hams · NewsWest's weekly themes · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · NCDXF/IARU HF beacon network · Steve VK6HV leaving the North West · AR Magazine VK6 club news · Perth Tech · ARISS slow-scan TV event · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: open theme

  29. 13 June 2021

    Producer's introduction · How I got into amateur radio (story) · History: AR Magazine editorial, June 1960: an Australian Federal Communications Commission · History: AR Magazine, June 1960: book reviews · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · History: AR Magazine, June 1960: obituary, Burt Congdon VK6BC · History: Beverley Times, 19 May 1960: "Ham picks up urgent message" · VK6 fox hunt · History: Australian Women's Weekly, 23 November 1960: "Schoolboys Run Own Radio Station" · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  30. 6 June 2021

    Producer's introduction · VK Shires contest · Winter VHF-UHF Field Day, 26-27 June · Perth Tech · NZART Memorial Contest · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · IARU HF World Championship · VK6's disadvantage in contests: another view · RASA QTC Lite newsletter · Trans-Tasman Low Bands Challenge, 17 July · Next week on NewsWest: history · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  31. 30 May 2021

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · Perth Tech · NCRG news · Did You Know? · Ham College · Joining or rejoining the WIA · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  32. 23 May 2021

    NCRG news · Marty VK6RC working portable at Fremantle · RASA news: help for newcomers · What does portable mean? · Jeff VK6FJLM: my first CQ call · Perth Tech · The DX Zone website · John VK6NU activating Rottnest Island (IOTA) · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Join a club (close)

  33. 16 May 2021

    Perth Tech · VK6RCT repeater to be decommissioned · History: from the newspaper archives · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · ARISS Australian team: school contact · History: from the newspaper archives · Where NewsWest's history material comes from · History: an account by Jill VK6YL (from Will VK6UU) · Ed DD5LP / VK2JI and the Wyong Field Day · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: a deep delve into our past

  34. 9 May 2021

    Oceania DX Contest · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · VK Shires contest, 12-13 June · Next week on NewsWest: history · NCRG news · Contesting isn't for everyone · Trans-Tasman Contest · VHF-UHF field days · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: history

  35. 2 May 2021

    Producer's introduction · RAOTC broadcasts · Club Focus: on again, off again (COVID-19) · Prawnheads lunch group · WAVHF Group news · NORRA: North of the River Amateurs group · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · WICEN WA news · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · How did you get on over the long weekend? · NCRG news · Club Focus: lessons from clubs and committees · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  36. 25 April 2021

    Producer's introduction (new amateurs edition, Anzac Day) · Anzac Day and the AX prefix · Prawnheads lunch group · New Hams · VK0PAD at Casey Station · WARG AGM, 3 May · Licence numbers in WA · Information resources for new amateurs · VK6 gardening net goes missing · HARG car boot sale, 1 May · North or south of the river? Callsign counts · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Close: too early to panic

  37. 18 April 2021

    History: AR Magazine editorial, 1 April 1936: the IARU · History: The West Australian, 15 June 1951: "One Good Turn" · HARG news · History: Denmark Post, 23 August 1951 · Katanning Hamfeast report · History: The West Australian, 21 May 1951: "Blind Girl's Radio Friendships" · NewsWest producer's job is up for grabs · How to hear NewsWest · History: The West Australian, 31 August 1951: "Radio contest for amateurs" · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  38. 11 April 2021

    World Amateur Radio Day, 18 April · Will VK6UU's 1970s contest story · Perth Tech · VK Contest Logger (VKCL) · Australia team wins the Commonwealth Contest for the fifth time · Day of the YLs, 29-30 May · CQMM DX Contest · Harry Angel Sprint · History: from the newspaper archives · Never done a contest? · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  39. 4 April 2021

    Producer's introduction · Club Focus: when a member strongly disagrees · Wireless Hill site: operator's cottage and museum progress · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · Ham College · AR magazine arrives early · WARG membership · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Perth Tech · NCRG news · Why try contesting? · The vk6.net website · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  40. 28 March 2021

    Producer's introduction · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Working portable · Getting an amateur licence · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · New and upgraded licences this month · Katanning Hamfeast reminder · RASA "Welcome to Amateur Radio" guide · Phil VK6GX's 160 m news broadcast · EchoLink bug-fix update · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Engagement with NewsWest (follow-up) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · John Moyle Memorial Field Day

  41. 21 March 2021

    Producer's introduction · EchoLink updated after 14 years · Katanning Hamfeast, 14 April · History: Recorder (Port Pirie), 15 July 1921: new licence conditions · History: The West Australian, 16 August 1921: "Wireless in Schools" · History: 15 December 1921: "Status of the Australian Amateur" · History: World's News, 5 November 1921: "Radio Waves and Mars" · History: The Argus, 13 September 1921: "Evasion of Restrictions" · VK6RHF 10 m FM repeater upgrades · The producer needs more content · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  42. 14 March 2021

    Producer's introduction · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · The vk6.net callback form · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · History: radio for field operations (part 1) · History: radio for field operations (part 2) · History: radio for field operations (part 3) · Funeral of Lance VK6LR · International Museums Weekend · Next week on NewsWest: history · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  43. 7 March 2021

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · New Hams · Did You Know? · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · WIA election: making your vote count · Phil VK6GX's 160 m broadcast off air after the bushfires · WIA election candidate: Chris VK3FY · SARC Communicator magazine · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  44. 28 February 2021

    Producer's introduction · HARG news · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WIA election of directors · Ham College: first Foundation course of 2021 · About NewsWest (since 1931) · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · NCRG news · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Is NewsWest biased towards RASA? · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · Wireless Hill club facilities: City of Melville groundworks · WARG membership · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs

  45. 21 February 2021

    Producer's introduction · History: Daily Mail (Brisbane), 21 October 1922: "Amateur Radio" column · ACMA licensing consultation: have your say · History: WIA broadcasts from VK6WI and the WA committee · History: The West Australian, 10 February 1951: "One Way to Stop War" · Ham College · Ham College · WIA and RASA cooperation (from RASA's website) · History: The Sun (Sydney), 22 January 1920: "Amateur Radio" column · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · History: Southern Electronics Group letter to the Minister, 1 June 1979 · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  46. 14 February 2021

    Producer's introduction · CQ WPX RTTY contest · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · What we like about Aussie contests · ARRL DX contest · AR Magazine VK6 notes: PARG · Contribute to NewsWest or join the team · VK6 gardening net · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  47. 7 February 2021

    New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · Slow CW on 40/80 m (promo) · Nets around Perth · The vk6.net callback form · Interview: an elevation rotator controller project · Interview: elevation rotator controller (continued) · Interview: elevation rotator controller: simple programming · ACMA review of amateur and outpost regulatory arrangements · RASA news: ACMA consultation paper · The 24-hour clock, UTC and GMT · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · An exhausting week (producer's comment) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  48. 31 January 2021

    Producer's introduction · Local nets for newcomers · Ham College · WARG News · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · NCRG news · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · WAVHF Group news · About NewsWest · Bunbury Radio Club AGM · RAOTC history: founded in 1974 · Amateur exams and callsign delays · Peter VK3YE's video: callsign processing delays · Exams and callsigns: the AMC and the ACMA · Wanted: amateurs to be interviewed for NewsWest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  49. 24 January 2021

    Producer's introduction · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · CQ WW 160 m contest · Virgin Orbit launches AMSAT satellite · ARISS: amateur radio on the ISS · Will VK6UU's historical club records · CQ WPX RTTY contest · RASA news: the WIA president's email about the ACMA · Ham College · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  50. 17 January 2021

    Producer's introduction · History: January 1946, amateur radio after the war · PARG swap meet, 6 March · History: Cairns Post, 10 January 1946: "Radio amateurs on the air again" · F-Troop net: 500th episode celebration · NewsWest's weekly themes · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · History: Wheatbelt newspaper, 18 January 1946: "Army Surplus" · VK100AF: RAAF centenary activation · RASA news: callsign numerals and station location (follow-up) · History: Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 26 January 1946: "Voice may soon be echoed from the moon" · History: AR Magazine editorial, January 1946: experimental licences reissued · PARG tech talk meeting · AX prefix on Australia Day · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: news happens

  51. 10 January 2021

    Producer's introduction · About NewsWest (disclaimer) · Summer VHF-UHF Field Day · The sun goes quiet again: solar flux · CQ WW 160 m contest · RASA news: ACMA removes the link between callsign numeral and location · WIA Facebook post of 30 December (comment) · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · CQ WPX RTTY contest · Callbacks: John VK6RX's 70 cm node in Kununurra · Next week on NewsWest: history · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: history

  52. 3 January 2021

    Producer's introduction · Club Focus: look after your members · Bullying (follow-up) · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · RAOTC: no broadcast in January · Ham College · WAVHF Group news · Variety in contesting · AR Magazine VK6 notes deadlines for 2021 · What the vk6.net website does · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close; next week: contesting in 2021

2020 42 episodes

  1. 27 December 2020

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · ARRL RTTY Roundup reminder · New Hams · Season's greetings from Dennis VK6AKR · Producer's introduction; bullying in the hobby · History: from the newspaper archives · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · "Amateur radio in Australia: the need to raise our standards" (article) · Season's greetings from RASA; thanks to the team · RASA QTC e-magazine, November-December · Advice for new amateurs (vox pops) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: 2020 done and dusted

  2. 20 December 2020

    Producer's introduction (Christmas) · History: Telegraph (Brisbane), 27 December 1945: transmitters back for Christmas · ISS slow-scan TV over Christmas · History: The West Australian, 28 January 1948: "Long Antarctic Radio Silence Ends" (Heard Island) · History: from the newspaper archives · Interview: Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum · Interview: Carnarvon museum: NASA and the OTC station · Interview: Carnarvon museum: the dishes · Interview: Carnarvon museum: protecting the site · Interview: Carnarvon museum: the dish that can't turn · Interview: Carnarvon museum: amateur activity at the dishes · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · "The night before Christmas" on 2 m (poem) · "A Ham's Night Before Christmas", narrated by Gary KN4AQ · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Equipment for sale: AR7 receiver and more · Next week on NewsWest

  3. 13 December 2020

    Producer's introduction · ARRL RTTY Roundup · History: from the newspaper archives · YB DX Contest · NCRG news · ARRL 10 m contest · Ross Hull VHF-UHF Memorial Contest (from the contest manager) · 60 m secondary access: ACMA decision · OK DX RTTY contest · Thanks to clubs for Club Focus · History of the VHF-UHF Field Day · Other hobbies besides amateur radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  4. 6 December 2020

    Silent Key: Jack Burroughs VK6BU · Ham College · HARG news · WARG News · NCRG news · WAVHF Group news · Interview: the AusTravel Safety Net · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Abuse on UHF CB repeaters · Ham College · TX Factor TV series · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  5. 29 November 2020

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · New amateurs: is amateur radio really this dull? · Information resources for new amateurs · Solar flux explained · ACMA newsletter: behaviour towards AMC staff · The three levels of amateur licence · vkregs.info: amateur regulations website · Experience with the AMC · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · RASA QTC Lite newsletter · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Funeral for Neil VK6BDO (SK)

  6. 22 November 2020

    Producer's introduction · Ham College · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · The ionosphere (Bureau of Meteorology Space Weather Service) · There is no NewsWest studio · Listening to the airband on a Digitech receiver · Upgrading from Foundation to Standard: how I did it · The Bureau of Meteorology's space weather website · Time zones: GMT versus UTC · Manjimup Hamfeast at the Quinninup Tavern (from Bob VK6LD) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  7. 15 November 2020

    Producer's introduction · Oceania DX Contest · CQ WW DX contest · RASA news: qrm.guru · NCRG news · NewsWest's weekly themes · NewsWest's weekly themes (continued) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Neil VK6BDO in hospital · ARRL 10 m contest · Special event activation from India (VU2DSI) · OK DX RTTY contest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · NCRG news

  8. 8 November 2020

    Producer's introduction · History: Albany Advertiser, 24 June 1935: "Empire's Youngest Radio Operator" · History: The West Australian, 4 September 1935: "A West Australian Amateur's Success" · History: AR Magazine, November 1935 editorial · Promote your activities beyond email and Facebook · History: AR Magazine, 1935: a letter from Cloncurry · Nobody has done it all in amateur radio · History: Norseman Advertiser, 23 February 1935: "Inside the Ham Shack" · History: Sunday Times, 19 May 1935: in a Hay Street warehouse · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · History: Daily News, 15 July 1935: "Location by Radio" · Close: what a history blast

  9. 1 November 2020

    Producer's introduction · History: WA's first amateur radio club, 1913 · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Intruder Watch · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · Club Focus: Clearing the Way · RASA news · NCRG news · How to listen to NewsWest · NCRG news · Bunbury Radio Club report · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  10. 25 October 2020

    Producer's introduction · New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · SEG Manjimup Hamfeast (from Rob VK6LD) · Ham College · Record 70 cm tropo contact across Australia: Lee VK2KRR and Peter VK6KXW · Kalgoorlie's new 2 m repeater · ACMA callsign changes: three-letter suffixes for all licence levels · Perth Tech · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Get well Neil VK6BDO; close

  11. 18 October 2020

    Producer's introduction · History: AR Magazine, September 1950 editorial: respect the conditions of your licence · History: Northern Times (Carnarvon), 15 March 1913: "Wireless at Sea" · About NewsWest (since 1931) · History: AR Magazine, September 1950: Western Australia report · Club news contributions to Steve VK6SJ · History: AR Magazine, September 1950, letters: press publicity · ACMA e-bulletin: revised Foundation syllabus · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: that was a lot of history

  12. 11 October 2020

    QRP Hours contest · Remembrance Day Contest · JARTS WW RTTY Contest · M17 digital voice project · Are the bands really dead? · CQ WW DX contest · John VK6HZ: accidental death; tributes wanted · Next week on NewsWest: history · Contesting for new amateurs · Winlink Global Radio Email · JOTA-JOTI · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  13. 4 October 2020

    Producer's introduction · Ham College · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Lockdowns: memories of cyclone Red Alerts · NCRG news · New exam practice website: vkhamed.wordpress.com · VK6 Microwave Group (VK6MUW) · ISS slow-scan TV transmissions · WARG membership · WAVHF Group news · Close: too much material

  14. 27 September 2020

    New amateurs: 214 Foundation callsigns in VK6 · Working portable · New Hams · Portable Operations Challenge next weekend · Oceania DX Contest · Satellite antennas: a tinkerer's approach · Write and record your own news items · Noise and interference: what newcomers hear · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · Ham College · Next week on NewsWest: club focus (close)

  15. 20 September 2020

    Producer's introduction · Solar Cycle 25 has begun · History: AR Magazine, August 1935: West Australian Division notes · How to hear NewsWest · A coming change in radio contesting · History: Swan Express, 5 September 1935: a story by Frank R. Greaves · Memorial service for Don VK6DN (SK) · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · History: AR Magazine, July 1935: VK6 notes · History: Great Southern Herald, 1 May 1935: Katanning Radio Club · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  16. 13 September 2020

    Producer's introduction · Don VK6DN, stalwart of the Prawnheads · WAVHF Group news · Bunbury Radio Club AGM deferred · Ham College · Remembrance Day Contest · Next week on NewsWest: history · Remembrance Day Contest 2020: my thoughts · Remembrance Day Contest results: VK6 placings · Experimenting without a technical background · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  17. 6 September 2020

    Producer's introduction · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · NewsWest Remembrance Day Contest award · Portable Operations Challenge (Frank K4FMH) · Worked All Europe (WAE) contest · CQ WW RTTY DX contest · Oceania DX Contest · SARC Communicator e-magazine · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Oceania DX Contest · 40 m QRM from Indonesian pirates · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: club focus

  18. 30 August 2020

    Producer's introduction · New Hams · New and upgraded licences this month · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · VK6 club calendar on vk6.net · New amateurs: how much will this hobby cost? · Antenna tuners for newcomers · RASA news: membership renewal · A new "QRT" licence class in Canada (from Adrian VE7NZ) · Peter VK6YSF's projects website · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: contesting

  19. 23 August 2020

    History: The West Australian, 29 September 1936: "The birth of Australian radio" · AMC callsign processing times · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · History: from the newspaper archives · History: Daily News, 9 June 1937: "Nedlands amateur wins radio cup" · Remembrance Day Contest: how did you go? · WAVHF Group news · History: from the newspaper archives · New NewsWest theme music · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs

  20. 16 August 2020

    Producer's introduction · New amateurs: planting seeds · History: WA amateur radio news broadcasts since 1931 · NCRG news · WARG membership · WAVHF Group news · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · RASA news: ACMA callsign announcements · ILLW: the correct website is illw.net · Next week on NewsWest · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  21. 9 August 2020

    NCRG news · Club meetings resuming (COVID-19) · Remembrance Day Contest · Remembrance Day Contest · Remembrance Day Contest next week: rule changes · Remembrance Day Contest · ALARA Contest · WW DigiDX contest (FT4/FT8) · All Asian DX Contest (phone) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: clubs · Close and thanks

  22. 2 August 2020

    Producer's introduction (new amateurs edition) · New and upgraded licences this month · New amateurs: what did you think an amateur was? · First ACMA amateur radio e-bulletin · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · "Dumbing down" the hobby? · Remembrance Day Contest · RASA news: ACMA announcements · Contests this month · Remembrance Day Contest: a layman's guide · Remembrance Day Contest · Trans-Tasman Contest · WARG membership · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: contesting

  23. 14 June 2020

    NZART Memorial Contest, 4-5 July · Digital modes series: RTTY · IARU HF Championship, 11-12 July · Trans-Tasman Contest · Winter VHF-UHF Field Day, 20-21 June · RASA news: AMC exams resume · Contest promotion on NewsWest · No club meeting notices this week · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · About NewsWest (disclaimer)

  24. 7 June 2020

    Producer's introduction: welcoming new amateurs · Reverse Beacon Network: FISTS Down Under grant offer · New and upgraded licences this month · What is a digital mode? (series) · 2020 Amateur Radio State of the Hobby survey · WAVHF Group: communications exhibition · µBITX transceiver find · RASA podcast · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close and thanks

  25. 31 May 2020

    Producer's introduction · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · ACMA amateur apparatus licence web page · WARG membership renewals · History: AR magazine, May 1940 · History: MGM's film "Radio Hams" · WAVHF Group news · History: radio in the jazz age of the 1920s · No club meetings to report · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  26. 24 May 2020

    Producer's introduction (Club Focus edition) · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · NCRG news · AR magazine March-April issue delayed · Ham College · NewsWest and WIA News on the UHF CB channel 4 repeater, Perth · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · Is NewsWest biased towards RASA? · VK Shires contest reminder · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Close: Jeff VK6FJLM joins the studio team

  27. 17 May 2020

    Producer's introduction (contesting edition, AX prefix) · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · VK Shires contest: let's put up a good showing · CQ WPX contest (CW) · RASA news: 60 m band · Trans-Tasman Contest · Oceania DX Contest · Will VK6UU's AR magazine website · Club meetings suspended · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · WIA board minutes (follow-up)

  28. 10 May 2020

    Producer's introduction · New Hams · RASA "Welcome to Amateur Radio" guidebook · RASA "Welcome to Amateur Radio" guide for newcomers · No new callsigns to congratulate this month · WIA board minutes back online · WIA board minutes: November and December 2019 · WIA December 2019 minutes: ACMA customer survey · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · NCRG news · Thanks to NewsWest's relay broadcasters · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Still looking for a NewsWest producer

  29. 3 May 2020

    Producer's introduction · History: Sunday (Sydney), 22 January 1920: "Amateur Radio" column · History: Northern Argus (Clare, SA), 14 May 1920 · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · History: The West Australian, 16 August 1921: "Wireless in Schools" · History: freedom for the amateur wireless enthusiast (newspaper archives) · Noise on 433.750 MHz (from the email list) · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · About NewsWest (disclaimer)

  30. 26 April 2020

    Producer's introduction (Club Focus week) · Merv VK6CB: a difficult year · Growing up with amateur radio · Club Focus: will absence make the heart grow fonder? · Club item from Jeff VK6FJLM (COVID-19) · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · Anzac Day broadcast on VK6ARN · No club meetings this week · WAVHF Group news · Making it easier for clubs to promote themselves · RASA news: AMC remote exams · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Bob VK6POP looking for a successor as NewsWest producer

  31. 19 April 2020

    Producer's introduction · Interview: radio at sea: power on board · Interview: radio at sea: when everything went down · Interview: radio at sea: help from Colin VK6CI · Interview: radio at sea: Winlink · Interview: radio at sea: grounding the HF tuner · Interview: radio at sea: contacts rounding Cape Horn · Interview: radio at sea: talking to the South Pole station · RASA news: 60 m, can you help? · Nannup Men's Shed amateur radio project · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  32. 12 April 2020

    Producer's introduction (new amateurs edition, Easter) · New and upgraded licences this month · Amateur radio in a COVID-19 world · NCRG news · Nine years producing NewsWest; Dennis VK6KAD (SK) · RASA news: special event callsign · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Interview: training and licensing new amateurs · Interview: how different bands behave · Helpline: items for sale and wanted

  33. 5 April 2020

    Producer's introduction · Australia One team wins the RSGB Commonwealth Contest team section · History: AR Magazine, March 1970 · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · History: Fairchild Australia advertisement puzzle · RASA news: ACMA decides on callsign suffixes and Foundation callsigns · History: the history of amateur radio and the WIA (AR, March 1970) · Coping with isolation · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: new amateurs

  34. 29 March 2020

    Producer's introduction · Will VK6UU's AR magazine archive · Club Focus: COVID-19 isolation edition · Perth Tech · Club meetings and gathering restrictions (COVID-19) · RASA news: 1 kW and other outstanding issues · NCRG news · RASA news: COVID-19 · Foundations of Amateur Radio: Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Zeppelins and a picket fence ... · RASA news: the rise of digital modes · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · 160 m winter news relay resumes (Phil VK6GX) · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder

  35. 15 March 2020

    Producer's introduction · Contests this month · Interview: early amateur radio memories · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · New Hams · HARGfest update, 19 April · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · ACMA and AMC curriculum review working party · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Coronavirus impact on amateur radio · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · John Moyle Memorial Field Day

  36. 8 March 2020

    HARGfest, 19 April, Lesmurdy · Longevity in the hobby · Perth Tech · History: AR Magazine, March 1980: 2 m across the Bight · NCRG news · Coronavirus and a new amateur radio organisation · ACMA reciprocal licences (follow-up) · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · History: AR Magazine, March 1980: 1296 MHz world record · History: AR Magazine: homebrew versus commercial equipment · History: "Outback Radio: From Flynn to Satellites": electrical interference · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · About NewsWest (disclaimer)

  37. 1 March 2020

    Producer's introduction · Perth Tech · Club Focus introduction · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · Nets covering VK6 · Ham College · WAVHF Group news · ACMA reciprocal licences · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice) · NCRG news · Perth Tech raffle · RASA news: dealing with the regulator · Bullying in the hobby and social media · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Club Focus wrap-up (close)

  38. 23 February 2020

    Producer's introduction · NCRG news · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · ARRL DX contest · Commonwealth Contest (BERU) · Next week on NewsWest: club focus · YB DX RTTY Contest · Perth Tech · Perth Tech · Vacuum tubes from the collection of Ron VK6QB (SK), via Rick VK6XT · Over the back fence · VK6RBY 70 cm repeater now operational · QRM Guru · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · WA Amateur Radio News (club notice)

  39. 16 February 2020

    Producer's introduction (new amateurs edition) · New and upgraded licences this month · New Hams · Perth Tech · A new amateur's year: radio and life changes · Perth Tech · Will VK6UU's scanned AR magazines online · On-air mode test: Bob VK6POP and Dan VK6NAD · On-air mode test (continued) · FISTS Down Under (Morse) · ACMA information page on amateur operating procedures · Next week on NewsWest: contesting · Over the back fence · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Next week on NewsWest: contesting

  40. 9 February 2020

    Producer's introduction (history edition) · NCRG news · History: February 1950, complaints about new modes · RASA news: meeting with the ACMA, 30 January · Perth Tech · History: AR Magazine, February 1980: CQDX club reformed · NewsWest wants your contributions · History: AR Magazine, January 2000: technology, friend or foe · History: AR Magazine, February 1960: "TVI, you can't win" (letter) · RASA news: digital modes and four-letter callsigns for Foundation licensees · Late club items · NCRG news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · A story about repairing the roof · WAARN invites the WIA and RASA to contribute

  41. 2 February 2020

    Producer's introduction (Club Focus week) · Perth Tech · Club Focus: members of more than one club · Next week on NewsWest: history · South Orkney Islands DXpedition · RAOTC monthly bulletin reminder · WAARN raffle for Perth Tech 2020 · Interview: 40 years licensed, from a novice call · WAVHF Group news · Ham College · Over the back fence · NCRG news · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · Club Focus wrap-up

  42. 26 January 2020

    Producer's introduction (Australia Day) · NewsWest weekly diary may be suspended · Club Focus edition to replace the weekly diary · CQ WPX RTTY contest · John Moyle Memorial Field Day · WAVHF Group news · RASA news: ACMA syllabus review meeting · Perth Tech raffle · ARRL DX contest · Perth Tech · Russian WW PSK Contest · PARG Swap Meet, Mandurah, 9 February · Perth Tech · Over the back fence · Helpline: items for sale and wanted · NewsWest has hit the big time (Ed VK2JI / DD5LP)

Older material: audio.vk6.net has every file, including text editions and video broadcasts.