Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
Please join RWK on Monday August 8th for our August General Meeting. Our guest will be Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA presenting on Solar Cycle 25 Update and Propagation. Carl will review all twenty-four previous solar cycles, show predictions for Cycle 25…
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Jim Wilson K5ND will be here in person to talk about the “magic band”. You, too, can capture the MAGIC of six meters. It takes some time and skill, but you’ll achieve incredible results from an average station. The presentation covers propagation modes,…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for June 2022. We’ve got Field Day 2022 Wrap-up, a really inspirational piece from Brian WB8QZM on how ham radio is helping him to live his best life, Ed Terry W8QH does Belize, 13 Colonies, News…
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By Chip Coker KD4C Field Day 2022 is a wrap! RWK had a great event this year. Almost 60 members and guests came to the Richardson EOC to help set up, raise the tower, operate, log, eat really good pizza,…
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by Brian Murphy WB8QZM On a typical hot August day in 2020, I found my path back to ham radio. I was used to cycling 20 miles a day but for the last two, had experienced unusual shortness of breath. …
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This program graphically tells the story of a massive shack fire at W7UUU back in October 2020. While the structure was saved, all of the contents were destroyed, including almost 50 years of collecting and restoring vintage as well as…
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By Chip Coker KD4C Plans are coming together for Field Day 2022. We’re going to make it fun for RWK. Although Field Day is not a traditional “contest”, many clubs treat it as such. with a “get points at all…
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Greetings RWK! Here’s The Chawed Rag for May 2022, including Propagation and Tropo Ducting, Group Foxhunt & Ice Cream Social, Ken Hansen’s Dayton Pics, Updates on renewing your ARRL membership, CQ WPX CW contest, Upcoming Events, Learn CW program Field Day Edition, KG5P Using the Nano-VNA Part 3, and more!
By Mike Jahrig KG5P (Part 3 of a series) Last time we discussed investigating the properties of low pass and high pass filters using the Nanovna. Today we will discuss 2 additional common filter types, the bandpass, and bandstop (sometimes…
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Or “Why Do I Hear Strange Things On The Repeater Frequency?” By Chip Coker KD4C Have you ever listened to the repeater frequency and swear you heard stations you didn’t recognize and a strange repeater ID? Well chances are your…
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