Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
Bob Coelln’s call went silent on November 24, 2025. He was 81. Bob was born in Davenport Iowa. He was in the Army during the Vietnam War, specializing in signals, communications, and electronic intelligence. After his military service, Bob moved…
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This year marks the 53rd Annual Christmas Parade for the City of Richardson. RWK will again be assisting in parade communications and we’re looking for volunteers. This year’s parade is Saturday morning Dec 6th at 9am and is on the…
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Solar weather events—such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and geomagnetic storms—significantly influence HF radio propagation by altering Earth’s ionosphere, often affecting signal reach and reliability for amateur radio operators. Recent activity allowed the northern lights to become visible as…
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Please join RWK on Monday November 10th for our General Meeting. Traditionally, our November General Meeting is “Show & Tell”, where members have a chance to show off their projects. But this year, we’re going to do things a bit…
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By Chip Coker KD4C The RAB-8 Launch was one like no other! We got off to a shaky start and thought we were going to have an early end, only to have a second life like a literal phoenix rising…
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We are GO for launch this Saturday! The launch site will be at the Denton RC Airfield. Setup will begin at 8:00AM, and launch will be at 9:00AM. The Richardson Area Balloonatics / Richardson Wireless Klub will be launching a…
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This month’s QRV presentation will be hosted by Joe Jaison from the University of Ottawa’s Rocketry team. Joe will explain how they use radio in rocketry for telemetry using a mix of commercial and designed technologies. He will additionally talk…
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Please join RWK on Monday October 13th for our General Meeting. This month we’re going to talk about (and show) Mobile Radio Installation. There’s a wide variety of vehicles and radio mounting styles, and there’s no “right or wrong” way to…
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Here’s The Chawed Rag for Sept 2025. We’ve got a chance for you to voice your opinion on HOA restrictions, obsession about Balloons!, an upcoming SSTV event, Foxhunts are Alive and Well at RWK, belated Field Day 2025 results, our RWK Meeting Video Archive is back, call for 2026 Officers, the usual upcoming events and news and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
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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