Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
In tonight’s edition of QRV, we’re going to look at Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast, the technology that allows airplanes to automatically communicate their position to ground stations and other planes. We’ll talk briefly about the history of ADS-B, how…
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January is Radio History month for RWK and this month we’re going to talk about 3rd Party Communications. Before the days of cell phones and the internet and free long distance, it was a lot more difficult and expensive to talk…
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Tomorrow night, our very own Don Weeks (N5SKT) will be talking about FreeDV and running a demonstration on how it works. He will be discussing the basics of its operation, the different modes (and which ones are best suited to…
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RWK fielded a team of 25 volunteers on December 6 to provide communications support for the COR Parks Department’s 50th Annual Richardson Christmas Parade. I wanted to say “thank you” for to all the volunteers that assisted with the parade. …
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On December 8th, we had our annual Holiday Meeting, now with pizza and desserts and lots of prizes and a short wrap-up of RWK for 2025. We had a new version of our prior years’ popular RWK Ham Trivia contest….
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Bob Coelln’s call went silent on November 24, 2025. He was 81. Bob was born in Davenport Iowa. He was in the Army during the Vietnam War, specializing in signals, communications, and electronic intelligence. After his military service, Bob moved…
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Solar weather events—such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and geomagnetic storms—significantly influence HF radio propagation by altering Earth’s ionosphere, often affecting signal reach and reliability for amateur radio operators. Recent activity allowed the northern lights to become visible as…
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Please join RWK on Monday November 10th for our General Meeting. Traditionally, our November General Meeting is “Show & Tell”, where members have a chance to show off their projects. But this year, we’re going to do things a bit…
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By Chip Coker KD4C The RAB-8 Launch was one like no other! We got off to a shaky start and thought we were going to have an early end, only to have a second life like a literal phoenix rising…
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Track the balloon in real-time using the screens below (there’s a link to the full-size version in the table below) Balloon Path and Telemetry Hi-Definition Images Full Payload List Payload Callsign Frequency Participate SSTV + Wenet / SSDV KE5GDB 432.5MHz…
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