Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
By Chip Coker KD4C There are several ways that you can participate in the September 2024 RWK Balloon Launch. If you want to participate from the comfort of your shack, here’s what you can do: Follow the launch on VHF…
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By Chip Coker KD4C There are several ways that you can participate in the September RWK Balloon Launch. If you want to participate as a mobile receiver and chaser (monitoring and chasing the balloon after it has launched), here’s what…
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Please join RWK on Monday Sept 9th for our General Meeting. Have you heard that RWK is doing a High-Altitude Balloon Launch on Sept 21st? Our September RWK Meeting will cover everything you need to know to participate in the…
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Our August 2024 QRV Tech program will be a discussion and demonstration of “Fox & Hound” Mode of the popular WSJT-X Software (FT-8/4 digital modes). Many people use FT-8 every day, but if you want to work any serious DX…
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Our August RWK Meeting will be an update on the PACSAT Project, an upcoming amateur radio payload soon to be in orbit. Our own Bill Reed NX5R has been involved with AMSAT for several years and is the Design Team…
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Our July 2024 QRV Tech program will be a discussion and demonstration of the popular Quansheng UV-K5(8) HT. This $20 HT has caused a stir in the ham community because of one critical reason – it’s reprogrammable! Unlike the ubiquitous…
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Please join RWK on Monday July 8th for our General Meeting. Our July RWK Meeting will be on “Katherine’s Radio Adventures”. Our own (and newly-elected President of the Texas A&M Radio Club W5AC) Katherine KT5KMF has been on some interesting…
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By Chip Coker KD4C For just a few $, you can build your own RadioSonde Tracking Receiver setup and participate in tracking the twice-daily (0000 and 1200 UTC) launches of radiosondes by NOAA. These radiosondes transmit at around 403 MHz…
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By Chip Coker KD4C Update: Thanks to all that participated in RWK Field Day at the Richardson EOC today! We had 69 Members and Guests! I guess everyone wanted to be in the A/C… Don’t forget, Field Day has a…
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This is one of the more popular contests in the area, due to the fairly large group of VHF/UHF enthusiasts around DFW. It’s easy to participate starting with 6 Meter activity which should be occurring at least several hours on…
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