Transmission Lines and Wave Behavior
Here are a couple of informative and entertaining videos on transmission lines and wave behavior. — Courtesy of Michael WT9V
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2019 Christmas Parade
Dear RWK Members,The Richardson Wireless Klub needs your help to provide communications support for the 2019 47th annual Richardson Christmas Parade. The parade will be held on Saturday morning, December 7, 2019.Communicators will be operating from 0800 to 1200. We…
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October VE Session Results
Don Klick (KG5CK)Oct 18 Results from the Oct 17, 2019 VE Session:Candidates Served: 4Total Exam Elements: 4New License Class Earned: 4Brand new licenses: 1 License Class Breakdown:Technician: 1General: 2Extra: 1
Stealth Vertical Antenna Idea
by Mike Jahrig KG5P – KG5P@arrl.net Hams living in HOAs are always trying to figure out what kind of antenna they should use so they won’t get caught violating the covenant agreements. I hear all kinds of solutions from flagpole…
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More On Amelia Earhart
We had a great general meeting last night which included a guest speaker who talked about the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan. The story continues. See the post below and link to CNN News…
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Impedance Matching
(Or Stuff that Every Ham Should Know) by Mike Jahrig KG5P – KG5P@arrl.net I had a discussion with a fellow ham recently. He has a nice modern rig but was unclear why the antenna impedance and feedline characteristic impedance must…
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RACES Training OTA Sunday 10/07 2100
Reminder: RACES Training Net #races #meetings When: Monday, 7 October 2019, 9:00pm to 10:00pm, (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago Where:K5RWK (147.12(+) PL 110.9) View Event Description: N5UH is NCS. Training coordinated by Larry Randall WA5BEN
More info on JOTA by K2BSA.net
Here is some more JOTA information from K2BSA.net web page. I plan to be there as well as John Di Filippo and several other Klub members. This will be a fun event introducing new blood into ham radio. Also it…
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Boy Scout Jamboree-on-the-Air 19 Oct
This year’s Troop 35 Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) is Saturday Morning, 19-0ct. Setup is planned for 8 am and hope to go QRV at 0900. QTH is at the Westminster Presbyterian Church parking lot. Contact John Di Filippo for details Link to…
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Wires-X Now Live
The K5RWK 444.725 Fusion repeater has been enabled with Wires-X. Node Number is 30372 and the Room Number is 40372. Why not tune in on your fusion enabled radio and give mash your Wires-X button : And connect up to…
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