QRV Tech – May 2024 – APRS
Our May 2024 QRV Tech program will be a discussion of APRS – the Automatic Packet Reporting System. This is widely used on VHF and UHF for position reporting but that’s just a small part of what it is capable…
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News
3rd Annual RWK Team Foxhunt – May 18
Join us Saturday May 18th for the 3rd Annual RWK Team Foxhunt! We will be starting after the monthly Hungry Hams Breakfast (yes, it’s that Saturday), probably around 9:30am. If you’ve wanted to get started with the RWK Foxhunts but…
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The Chawed Rag – April 2024
Here’s The Chawed Rag for April 2024. We’ve got a huge solar storm, what’s to become of MFJ, more on the hackable Quansheng UV-K5(8) HT, RWK Newest Hangout, Tracking the Skies Overhead, an update from W5RLP, the usual upcoming events and news and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – 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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The Chawed Rag – March 2024
Here’s The Chawed Rag for March 2024. We’ve got a potential Baofeng killer, FCC changes, upcoming hamfests, rebuilding the K5UTD antennas, spring antenna maintenance, the usual upcoming events and news and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
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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