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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  Volunteer For The 2024 Christmas Parade
  by Chip Coker KD4C
  November 3, 2024
  This year marks the 52nd 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 7th at 9am and is on the East side this year (Plano Road – see map below). The parade will begin at 9am near Lowe’s, move north on Plano Rd past Huffines Park and finish on Apollo Rd at Fire Station #4. Communicators will be operating from 0800 to 1200. We usually meet an hour or so beforehand (7am) at the Whataburger located at 505 S Plano…
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Latest RWK General Meeting Announcement & Recording

• General Meeting – November 2024 – Annual Show & Tell Night

  Please join RWK on Monday Nov 11th for our General Meeting. 

  If it’s November, then that means it’s time for our annual Show & Tell Night, where RWK Members show off small projects or radio-related items that they have worked on. We want to have 5-6 projects to show (5-10 minutes each). You may come away with ideas for your shack or general radio enjoyment. New projects, products or things you’ve built or assembled that you use for ham radio or related activities. These are not necessarily electronics builds or things that involve soldering, rather just unique solutions that make radio easier or more fun.

  If you want to show off something you’ve done, please fill out this form and let us know! We will contact you with more details and questions about how you will be presenting.

  In-person VE Testing begins at 5:30 and the RWK Social Hour begins at 6pm.  Please enjoy coffee and cookies and chat with other members!  If you have radio questions, please be sure and stop by our Radio Operating position – we’ll try to show you some new things and help you get answers.  At 7pm we will begin our main program. 

  As usual, the meeting will be In-Person and the main program will be simulcast on Zoom for those that do not want to attend in-person.  We will also have a recording available on the K5RWK.org website after the meeting is over.

  Please wear your RWK Nametag!  We have lots of members and everyone needs a little help in matching callsigns to smiling faces.  If you can’t find (or don’t have) your RWK nametag, we will have blank paper nametags and you can order a replacement for a nominal charge.  I’d like everyone to introduce themselves to at least two members that they haven’t previously met face-to-face!

  Meeting Location: St. Barnabas Church, 1220 West Belt Line Road, Richardson TX 75080.  Park in the rear parking lot and enter from the rear.  Click this for the map.

  We look forward to seeing you on Monday!

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  If you can’t come in person and want to attend on Zoom, you can use the following link:

  Topic: RWK Social Hour/General Meeting Zoom invitation

  Time: RWK Main Program starts at 7:00 PM

  Join Zoom Meeting

  https://zoom.us/j/94737740567?pwd=QllKd1Ava0lma3FtbDVwdDZKVGlMUT09

  Meeting ID: 947 3774 0567
  Passcode: 081381

• 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

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.