Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
One of the biggest complaints about the popular FT-8/FT-4 digital modes is that the exchange is short and fixed, and there’s no way to add to the QSO. What if I told you that there was a mode that used…
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Please join RWK on Monday September 8th for our General Meeting. This month we will be talking all about APRS (the Automatic Packet Reporting System). Andy Smolenski KI5YLX from over at Metrocrest (MARS) will be here to tell (remind?) us…
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The August 23rd High Altitude Balloon Launch (#7!) is in the books, and it was a good one. The balloon was launched shortly after 9am on a bright and somewhat hot Saturday morning from Old Celina Park in Celina TX,…
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UPDATE – 8/21We are GO for launch this Saturday! The launch site will be at the Old Celina Park in Celina TX. Setup will begin at 8:00AM, and launch will be at 9:00AM. Submit your reports for a QSL card:…
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During tomorrow night’s QRV session, we will learn about NOAA’s GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite system and how you can decode its transmissions for yourself. We will talk about what GOES is, how the data is channelized and transmitted,…
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Please join RWK on Monday August 11th for our General Meeting. You had to be living under a rock for the past month not to know what the biggest story in Texas has been: The Guadelupe River Flood Event on…
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John Sharpe’s call went silent on July 30, 2025. He was 90. John was born in Tulsa OK. He was in the Navy as an electronics technician during the Korean War, and after discharge, spent some time doing seismographic oil…
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By Chip Coker KD4C Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces an SSTV event scheduled to begin on Monday, July 14 at 09:15 UTC and to end Sunday, July 20 at 18:00 UTC. Downlink transmissions will be at…
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Please join RWK on Monday July 14th for our General Meeting. June was a busy month for RWK. Between balloon launches and Field Day, we have a lot to cover. And due to a last-minute reschedule, we will be pulling…
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The Richardson Area Balloonatics (Richardson Wireless Klub) will be launching a high-altitude weather balloon from Celina TX on Sunday July 6th. This is a “flight of leftovers” launch with the goal of using ~125ft^3 (down from 300ft^3) of helium leftover from a…
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