Welcome To The Richardson Wireless Klub

We promote Amateur (Ham) Radio to the public in Richardson TX and the surrounding North Texas area as a useful, life-long hobby. We also serve the Richardson TX community by providing self-supporting special event, severe weather and emergency communication networks and capabilities.

Our club is comprised of over 350 amateur radio operators in Richardson, North Dallas, the surrounding communities, around Texas and even out of state, with a wide range of radio and technology skills and interests. We provide our members with many opportunities to increase knowledge and enjoyment of amateur radio through fun, fellowship and unique learning experiences. Our members include hams ranging from teenagers to radio pioneers in their 80s! The Richardson Wireless Klub has been an ARRL affiliated club since 1957 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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  RWK Parks-On-The-Air Outing Coming Oct 19th
  by Chip Coker KD4C
  October 15, 2024
  After a long summer, plans are coming together for another RWK Parks-On-The-Air (POTA) outing to the Spring Creek Forest State Preserve in Garland. Spring Creek Forest Preserve US-4423 is the closest POTA-eligible location to Richardson (and only about 10 minutes east of here). Our RWK POTA events have been fairly popular, and we’re planning another one for Saturday Oct 19th. Weather-permitting, of course! The current plan is to go eat breakfast at Southern Recipes (yes, it’s that weekend!) and then assemble at the park around 9:30am and operate until 2pm. So if you’re a Technician, remember that you have voice…
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Latest RWK General Meeting Announcement & Recording

• General Meeting – October 2024 – Simple Ways The Internet Can Assist Your Ham Radio Experience

  Please join RWK on Monday Oct 14th for our General Meeting. 

  Have you heard about the internet? There are lots of services on the internet that can assist your ham radio experience. From finding out who you are talking to, seeing the current state of propagation, to knowing if your signal is getting out, there are internet-based resources that can help. Come discover a few that you might not know about…

  

  Session Resources:

  Here are the slides from the presentation (pdf)

  Links from the presentation:

  Amateur Radio online directory – qrz.com

  Amateur Radio registry for DMR IDs – radioID.net

  RF Path Profiler – heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html

  HF – Propagation Model(s) VOACAP – https://www.voacap.com/hf

  HamClock Software

  VHF – Find Tropo openings – vhf.dxview.org

  DX Summit – www.dxsummit.fi

  DX Watch – www.dxwatch.com

  ClubLog – clublog.org/personal_spots.php

  HamSpots – hamspots.net

  PSKreporter.info

  Listen to Web SDRs – websdr.org

  Reverse Beacon Network – reversebeacon.net

  WSPR – wsprnet.org

  For DMR-MARC repeaters – http://cbridge.hamradio2.com:42420/CallWatch

  How to identify local Repeaters – repeaterbook.com

  What Frequency Do I Put My Hotspot On? – http://www.txvhffm.org/coordination/bandplan.php

  Honorable Mention:
  APRS tracking – aprs.fi
  Listen to Repeaters and Pub Service – broadcastify.com
  Callsign Search – ae7q.com
  Radio Buy/Sell – swap.qth.com
  Local Public Service Radio – radioreference.com
  Space Weather – spaceweather.com
  Ham License Map – haminfo.tetranz.com/map

• General Meeting – September 2024 – High Altitude Balloon Launch

  Please join RWK on Monday Sept 9th for our General Meeting. 

  Have you heard that RWK is doing a High-Altitude Balloon Launch on Sept 21^st?  Our September RWK Meeting will cover everything you need to know to participate in the Balloon Launch – either in person or from the comfort of your shack.  There will be multiple payloads on the balloon (which we hope will reach 100,000 feet) and you can either listen or communicate through them.  We will have several at the meeting so you can see for yourself.  You can read more about the launch, as well as read more about the launch that we did in 2021, here:  https://www.k5rwk.org/balloons/

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  Meeting Recording

  

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For all previous RWK Meetings, see the General Meetings page.

Check out the Presentation Archives. There are tons of presentations from Klub meetings over the years. Scan through them and you will be sure to find something interesting.

RWK Newsletter – The Chawed Rag

The RWK publishes a monthly on-line newsletter, “The Chawed Rag“, for members and others interested in the Klub’s activities.

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  The Chawed Rag – April 2024
  by Chip Coker KD4C
  April 30, 2024
  Here’s The Chawed Rag for April 2024. We’ve got a huge solar storm, what’s to become of MFJ, more on the hackable Quansheng UV-K5(8) HT, RWK Newest Hangout, Tracking the Skies Overhead, an update from W5RLP, the usual upcoming events and news and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C
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  The Chawed Rag – March 2024
  by Chip Coker KD4C
  March 28, 2024
  Here’s The Chawed Rag for March 2024. We’ve got a potential Baofeng killer, FCC changes, upcoming hamfests, rebuilding the K5UTD antennas, spring antenna maintenance, the usual upcoming events and news and so much more. Hope you enjoy! – KD4C

Previous Chawed Rags can always be found here.