Author Archive: Chip Coker KD4C
QRV Tech – April 2024 – Get Ready For POTA
Our April 2024 QRV Tech program will be a discussion of what you need to know and do for your first POTA (Parks on the Air) outing. Let’s get prepared for this weekend’s RWK POTA outing at Spring Creek Forest…
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Cancelled: RWK Parks-On-The-Air Outing Coming April 20th
UPDATE: CANCELLED 🙂 The POTA Weather gods are not smiling on us. After hoping all week that the weather forecast would slide to the right, unfortunately it has not happened. There is a 70+% chance of widespread rain from early…
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General Meeting – April 2024 – Receiver Performance – Signals and Noise
There’s a BIG EVENT coming on Monday! Please join RWK on Monday April 8th for our General Meeting. (oh yeah, and there might be an Eclipse too) Our April RWK Meeting will be on “Receiver Performance – Signals and Noise” with…
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The Chawed Rag – March 2024
K5RWK’s 10M Propagation Beacon
By Chip Coker KD4C The RWK maintains a 10 Meter CW Beacon that is part of the worldwide IARU Beacon Network. Through our beacon and others operating worldwide, you can determine real-time propagation on 10M. It is installed on the…
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QRV Tech – March 2024 – HF Bands Behavior and Propagation Tools
Our March 2024 QRV Tech program will be a discussion of the HF bands (10m-40m) and their characteristics. We will discuss how the seasons and times of day affect each of the bands so you can plan your DX activity…
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GO KIT Challenge – Sat Mar 16
The Fifth Annual Go-Kit challenge is March 16th in Highland Village. This is a very informal and fun way to show off your portable rigs as well as get ideas for your next build. Every year it has been bigger…
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Youth-on-the-Air Round 1 – POTA Event
We had a fun park outing on March 10 working the Youth On The Air (YOTA) Contest Round 1 from our POTA Park (Spring Creek Forest Preserve K-4423 in Garland just east of Richardson). Joe N1JOE, Ron K5SUS, Logan N9QZ,…
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Youth-on-the-Air Round 1 – Sun Mar 10 POTA Event
RWK Youth Members get ready to dive into the excitement of the 2024 YOTA Contest! We’re thrilled to announce that our youth members will be taking part in the inaugural round. Join us as we gather at Park K-4423 to…
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