Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
Our October RWK Meeting addresses a topic that most hams run across soon after upgrading to General Class – Logging and QSLing. You get to suffer hear me talk about the history of logging and confirming contacts before we had…
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After a way-too-hot summer, plans are coming together for another Parks-On-The-Air (POTA) outing to the Spring Creek Forest State Preserve in Garland. Texas State Park K-4423 is the closest POTA-eligible location to Richardson (and only about 10 minutes east of…
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Fred Zimring W5HTR died peacefully September 19, 2023 at home. He was 83. Fred was a long-time member of RWK. Fred was an avid amateur radio operator who held an extra-class license, a pilot, flight instructor, former member of the…
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Our September QRV Tech program will be on the Versatile NanoVNA. We will introduce you to how to calibrate the nanoVNA as well as using nanoVNA Saver to directly control and operate your nanoVNA from your computer, mostly focusing on…
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By Chip Coker KD4C RWK currently has 3 HF rigs that are used for Field Day / Winter Field Day and various POTA events. Our current inventory is a Kenwood TS-590S, an Icom IC-7300, and a Yaesu FT-450. We try…
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Our September RWK Meeting should be an interesting one. We have Al Ward W5LUA from the North Texas Microwave Society (NTMS) presenting on EME Adventures on the Microwave Bands. For you new hams, EME stands for “Earth Moon Earth”. Yes,…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for August 2023. We’ve got a packed issue this month – Shawn’s DXpedition to Turks, an RWK opportunity for North Texas Giving Day, Ed Fong antenna group buy for RWK Members, a ham radio propagation experiment for the upcoming eclipses, Marshall KI5YIA upgrades to Extra, some Wheatley news, Carl W5SU has a “poor man’s remote”, the usual upcoming events and news and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
By Shawn Prestridge KI5PXG I know that many people think about doing a DXpedition but are intimidated by the idea, assuming that the amount of work needed to prepare for such a trip won’t offset the fun you can have…
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By Carl Solomon W5SU A couple years ago I heard a guy on 20M talking about using a Bearcat wireless speaker-mic, so I decided to try it. The model number is BC906W and it’s actually intended specifically for Uniden Bearcat…
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Our August QRV Tech program will be on End-Fed Half Wave Antennas. You will learn how they work and how best to install them. As a bonus, our own 16 year old Joe Hammond KI5UKE has designed and sold his…
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