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Chip Coker KD4C
February 5, 2025
Please join RWK on Monday Feb 10th for our General Meeting. If you haven’t been under a rock, you should know that we are approaching (or have just passed) the maximum of the current solar cycle (Cycle 25). Our old…
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Chip Coker KD4C
January 20, 2025
If there’s any subject that confuses hams, it’s likely to be grounding. It’s often discussed and often confusing. That’s because there are really at least three different types of grounding, and they are all different and require different solutions. A…
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Chip Coker KD4C
January 11, 2025
Please join RWK on Monday Jan 13th for our General Meeting. It’s January and we will start out the new year with a bit of Radio History. Bill Ruck, of the Maritime Radio Historical Society and Maritime Radio Station KPH,…
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Chip Coker KD4C
December 16, 2024
If you’ve ever wanted to dabble in modeling antennas (but were afraid to try), then don’t miss tomorrow night’s QRV. I’ll be talking about MMANA (Macoto Mori’s ANtenna Analyzer) which is a free, easy-to-use-once-you-understand-it software…and my goal for tomorrow night…
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Chip Coker KD4C
December 2, 2024
Please join RWK on Monday Dec 9th for our General Meeting. For December, we will be having our annual Holiday Meeting, now with pizza and desserts and lots of prizes and a short wrap-up of RWK for 2024. We will…
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Chip Coker KD4C
November 19, 2024
On the heels of another SSTV Event from the International Space Station, our November 2024 QRV Tech program will take a deeper look at the Slow-Scan TV Mode, how it works, and how you can use it on both HF…
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Chip Coker KD4C
November 13, 2024
By Chip Coker KD4C After an extended outage due to equipment failure, the ability of the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) to send SSTV is back! Welcome Back SSTV! Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)…
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Chip Coker KD4C
November 3, 2024
This year marks the 52nd 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 7th at 9am and is on the…
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Chip Coker KD4C
October 24, 2024
Please join RWK on Monday Nov 11th for our General Meeting. If it’s November, then that means it’s time for our annual Show & Tell Night, where RWK Members show off small projects or radio-related items that they have worked…
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Chip Coker KD4C
October 21, 2024
Our October 2024 QRV Tech program will be a bit different -we’re going to walk you through how to build a HamClock – that incredibly useful piece of software that is much more than just a clock – step by…
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