Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
The August 23rd High Altitude Balloon Launch (#7!) is in the books, and it was a good one. The balloon was launched shortly after 9am on a bright and somewhat hot Saturday morning from Old Celina Park in Celina TX,…
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During tomorrow night’s QRV session, we will learn about NOAA’s GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite system and how you can decode its transmissions for yourself. We will talk about what GOES is, how the data is channelized and transmitted,…
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Please join RWK on Monday August 11th for our General Meeting. You had to be living under a rock for the past month not to know what the biggest story in Texas has been: The Guadelupe River Flood Event on…
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By Chip Coker KD4C Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces an SSTV event scheduled to begin on Monday, July 14 at 09:15 UTC and to end Sunday, July 20 at 18:00 UTC. Downlink transmissions will be at…
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Please join RWK on Monday July 14th for our General Meeting. June was a busy month for RWK. Between balloon launches and Field Day, we have a lot to cover. And due to a last-minute reschedule, we will be pulling…
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The Richardson Area Balloonatics (Richardson Wireless Klub) will be launching a high-altitude weather balloon from Celina TX on Sunday July 6th. This is a “flight of leftovers” launch with the goal of using ~125ft^3 (down from 300ft^3) of helium leftover from a…
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RWK Field Day is this Saturday (June 27) and will again be at the Richardson Emergency Operations Center (EOC) (Plano Rd & Lookout Drive). What Is Field Day? Field Day is the largest amateur radio operating event of the year. …
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We’re moving QRV Tech for this month to next week! Please join RWK on Tuesday June 24th for this month’s QRV Tech. Coming up at the end of June is Field Day 2025. Field Day is amateur radio’s biggest event…
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Please join RWK on Monday June 9th for our General Meeting. Well June is a busy month for ham radio, and we’ve been doing our part at RWK. We’re just off the DFW Ham Expo. We’ve had another successful High-Altitude…
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By Chip Coker KD4C The Richardson Area Balloonatics successfully launched (and mostly successfully recovered) another High-Altitude Balloon (HAB) on May 31 2025. Launch location was Gainesville TX and the landing/recovery location was Celeste TX (about 9 miles north of Farmersville…
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