Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
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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Larry KI5UXC is going to talk about (and possibly demonstrate) the benefits of adding some power to your signal by using a linear amplifier. While there have been some advances in linear amplifiers recently (especially in solid state amplifiers), using…
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Our April Meeting will have two short topics instead of one big program. Hopefully most of you know that RWK is doing another High-Altitude Balloon Launch sometime soon (hopefully May 3rd), similar to our successful launch and recovery from last…
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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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For the RWK March 2025 General Meeting, we had Craig KM6LYW on to show off his DigiPi software, which combines most Ham Radio digital modes into a single, compact, easy-to-use, Raspberry Pi-based solution. For QRV Tech this month, we thought…
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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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Please join RWK on Monday Mar 10th for our General Meeting. We all know that digital operating modes have really transformed ham radio in the last few years, and now represent the majority of QSOs on the HF bands. But…
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It’s an unseen but critical component in every ham’s station – coax. But do you know how to select and handle coax, and why it matters? And how do you install and maintain coax? We won’t go into excessive detail…
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