Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
By Chip Coker KD4C RWK had a POTA-style Winter Field Day 2023 at our POTA Park-of-choice – Spring Creek Forest Preserve (in Garland – about 6 miles east of Richardson City Hall). We had just under 20 participants and 4-5…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for January 2023. We’ve got great propagation, Winter Field Day, President’s Dinner Highlights, the Warren Bruene Award for 2022, RWK Elmer of the Year, part 3 of KG5P’s Pico project, lots of upcoming events, a new dish(!), and an easy vertical for POTA or your backyard, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
by Mike Jahrig KG5P This month I will combine code described in previous issues and create a usable weather station application that will run on a Pico W. My intention is to use this weather station during RACES activation. Thus,…
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RWK held an actual live, in-person President’s Dinner on January 8, 2023! While that shouldn’t be big news, it has been three years since we were able to hold such an event (the last President’s Dinner was in 2020), primarily…
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Please join RWK on Monday December 12th for our December General Meeting. We’re going to have an expanded RWK Holiday Hospitality Hour with lots of sweets and treats, and coffee, hot cocoa and other holiday beverages. Andrew KE5GDB will be…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for November 2022. We’ve got a preview of our December “Holiday Snacks” meeting. the 50th Richardson Christmas Parade, a look back at our year of RWK meetings, Chris White builds a “cootie” key paddle , KG5P continues with a Pico W, lots of coming events, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
by Mike Jahrig KG5P Last month in the Chawed Rag, I demonstrated how to use a Raspberry Pi Pico-W as a HTML web server. I demonstrated how to setup a basic web framework that receives the temperature from the builtin…
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By Chris White WX7V The “Cootie” key or “Sideswiper” is a double-sided straight key known for being difficult to master, but with some practice I’ve found it easier and more natural to use than paddles and an IAMBIC keyer. There…
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This year marks the 50th Annual Christmas Parade for the City of Richardson. RWK will again be assisting in parade communications and we’re looking for volunteers. This year’s parade is Saturday morning Dec 3rd and is on the East side…
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Our annual Show & Tell Night is coming up in November, and this will be the first one in person in a couple of years. Members show off small projects that they have worked on. We will have 5-6 projects…
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