Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
Here’s The Chawed Rag for July 2023. We’ve got some news from ARRL, RWK members Summer of (being) DX, a cheap Shack Power Supply, upcoming ham events, and short features on coax, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
by Josh Barfield N4NZ Everyone needs a good power supply for today’s solid state HF and VHF radios. 20 years ago, your only option was a bulky, hot and heavy linear power supply from Astron or similar (which are still…
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Our guest speaker for the July meeting will be Ed Fong (WB6IQN). His talk this month will be the DBJ-UHF 5dB gain base antenna (US patent – 2,124,424). This antenna was featured in CQ Magazine in Summer of 2012. The…
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Software Defined Radios have become popular with Hams for a number of reasons. 1) They’re cheap (as low as $25), 2) They’re very flexible (they can receive almost any modulation type), and 3) They’re fun to play with. What can…
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We were very sad to learn of the unexpected passing of Brian McElroy, N5HL on June 21, 2023 from a pulmonary embolism, he was only 45. Brian was a long time employee of The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)…
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By Chip Coker KD4C Thanks to everyone that came out for RWK’s 2023 Field Day. We had a record crowd (at least in recent years) of 55 members and 15 guests. We had three stations (plus the free VHF station),…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for June 2023. We’ve got Field Day 2023 Wrap Up, the annual 13 Colonies Event, the Future of DXpeditions, John AF5MN works POTA after Belton, build your own Battery Box, “Passionate” hams, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
By John DiFilippo AF5MN I really enjoyed the RWK Parks-On-The-Air (POTA) group activity a couple of months ago when we activated the Spring Creek Forest Preserve in Garland. Seeing everyone’s go-kits and set-ups that day inspired me to try my…
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Our program this month is Radio Contesting: Move to the Next Level by Gary Sutcliffe W9XT. Gary is an avid contester and writes a column for the ARRL National Contest Journal (NCJ). If you’ve participated in a minor way but…
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by Chip Coker KD4C We’ve all seen how easy it is to set up and operate out in the field using the low cost quick deploy portable antenna and using battery power and portable radios. But that only gets you…
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