Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
One of the biggest complaints about the popular FT-8/FT-4 digital modes is that the exchange is short and fixed, and there’s no way to add to the QSO. What if I told you that there was a mode that used…
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The August 23rd High Altitude Balloon Launch (#7!) is in the books, and it was a good one. The balloon was launched shortly after 9am on a bright and somewhat hot Saturday morning from Old Celina Park in Celina TX,…
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UPDATE – 8/21We are GO for launch this Saturday! The launch site will be at the Old Celina Park in Celina TX. Setup will begin at 8:00AM, and launch will be at 9:00AM. Submit your reports for a QSL card:…
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During tomorrow night’s QRV session, we will learn about NOAA’s GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite system and how you can decode its transmissions for yourself. We will talk about what GOES is, how the data is channelized and transmitted,…
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By Chip Coker KD4C Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces an SSTV event scheduled to begin on Monday, July 14 at 09:15 UTC and to end Sunday, July 20 at 18:00 UTC. Downlink transmissions will be at…
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The Richardson Area Balloonatics (Richardson Wireless Klub) will be launching a high-altitude weather balloon from Celina TX on Sunday July 6th. This is a “flight of leftovers” launch with the goal of using ~125ft^3 (down from 300ft^3) of helium leftover from a…
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RWK Field Day is this Saturday (June 27) and will again be at the Richardson Emergency Operations Center (EOC) (Plano Rd & Lookout Drive). What Is Field Day? Field Day is the largest amateur radio operating event of the year. …
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We’re moving QRV Tech for this month to next week! Please join RWK on Tuesday June 24th for this month’s QRV Tech. Coming up at the end of June is Field Day 2025. Field Day is amateur radio’s biggest event…
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By Chip Coker KD4C The Richardson Area Balloonatics successfully launched (and mostly successfully recovered) another High-Altitude Balloon (HAB) on May 31 2025. Launch location was Gainesville TX and the landing/recovery location was Celeste TX (about 9 miles north of Farmersville…
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The Richardson Area Balloonatics will be planning to launch a high-altitude weather balloon on Saturday May 31, weather and upper atmosphere conditions permitting. The launch will be from Gainesville (details below), just north of the DFW metroplex, but near apogee…
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