Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
By Chip Coker KD4C In January (2023), I was invited by the Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society (MARS) in Carrollton to talk about Foxhunting and 3+ years that the RWK has held weekly foxhunts. They were kind enough to record it…
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Our program this month is Choosing the Right Field Antenna with Tom Witherspoon K4SWL. Tom has a long history with making contacts in the field (I think we would call it portable) and has experience with a wide variety of…
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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 here). Our RWK POTA…
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by Mike Jahrig KG5P This month I’d like to talk about the so-called “Pi-beater” I’m not sure where the term originated, but it was probably by an RWK member on the RWK groups.io blog. In case you have been living…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for February 2023. We’ve got February updates, a Spring POTA event and an antenna made for it, Straight Key Century Club, 4th Annual Go-Kit Challenge, another lost ham radio balloon(?), Winter Field Day wrap-up, Dual-booting a “Pi-Beater”, upcoming events and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
By Bob Hill KG5WRY After watching the video, “Lowest Cost Antenna Ground Spike You Will Find”, (featured in the January 2023 Chawed Rag), I decided to try this antenna build. I purchased a MFJ-1979 17 foot telescoping antenna from DX…
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Our program this month is a legend in ham radio – Dr. Bob Heil K9EID. Bob has a long and storied career in the music business but he is an Audio Engineer at his core, and he has a “formula”…
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By Chip Coker KD4C RWK had a POTA-style Winter Field Day 2023 at our POTA Park-of-choice – Spring Creek Forest Preserve (in Garland – about 6 miles east of Richardson City Hall). We had just under 20 participants and 4-5…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for January 2023. We’ve got great propagation, Winter Field Day, President’s Dinner Highlights, the Warren Bruene Award for 2022, RWK Elmer of the Year, part 3 of KG5P’s Pico project, lots of upcoming events, a new dish(!), and an easy vertical for POTA or your backyard, and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
by Mike Jahrig KG5P This month I will combine code described in previous issues and create a usable weather station application that will run on a Pico W. My intention is to use this weather station during RACES activation. Thus,…
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