Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
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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By Chip Coker KD4C Thursday Update: The decision has been made to postpone the balloon launch to Saturday 5/31. The driving factors of this decision are the excess amount of rain we have received in the past few days (very…
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By Chip Coker KD4C There are several ways that you can participate in the May 2025 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 After the success of last fall’s RWK High Altitude Balloon Launch, we’re planning to do it again this May 2025! Of high priority is tracking the balloon while it is in flight. Those that participated last…
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One of the recurring payloads on the Richardson-area balloon flights is a DMR single-frequency repeater (SFR). This payload is very effective as a voice repeater, and very simple to access if you have a DMR radio. In various forms, we…
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By Chip Coker KD4C After the success of last fall’s RWK High Altitude Balloon Launch, we’re planning to do it again this May 2025! Why May? We have to wait for favorable air currents (so that the balloon doesn’t end…
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Update: The Balloon Launch is a wrap! We had a great crew of at least 46 people at the Aubrey Middle School launch site. The balloon was launched at 9:38am and reached a peak altitude of 111,315 feet (!) Josh…
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Our September 2024 QRV Tech program will be a discussion and demonstration of the various ways that you can participate in this weekend’s RWK High-Altitude Balloon Launch. Here’s a preview: How To Participate In The RWK Balloon Launch From Your…
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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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