Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
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,…
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Update: The Balloon Launch is a wrap! We had a great crew of at least 46 people at the Aubrey Middle School launch site. The balloon was launched at 9:38am and reached a peak altitude of 111,315 feet (!) Josh…
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Our September 2024 QRV Tech program will be a discussion and demonstration of the various ways that you can participate in this weekend’s RWK High-Altitude Balloon Launch. Here’s a preview: How To Participate In The RWK Balloon Launch From Your…
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By Chip Coker KD4C There are several ways that you can participate in the September 2024 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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By Chip Coker KD4C There are several ways that you can participate in the September RWK Balloon Launch. If you want to participate as a mobile receiver and chaser (monitoring and chasing the balloon after it has launched), here’s what…
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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 21st? Our September RWK Meeting will cover everything you need to know to participate in the…
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By Andrew Koenig KE5GDB The Richardson Wireless Klub (RWK) and Denton County ARA (DCARA) will be launching a high-altitude weather balloon on Saturday, September 21st. The launch site is to be determined and will be picked based on winds aloft…
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By Andrew Koenig KE5GDB In this article we will discuss how to receive transmissions from a radiosonde running the RS41ng firmware and transmitting the Horus Binary v2 protocol. Twice a day NOAA launches radiosondes into the upper atmosphere to make…
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By Chip Coker KD4C For just a few $, you can build your own RadioSonde Tracking Receiver setup and participate in tracking the twice-daily (0000 and 1200 UTC) launches of radiosondes by NOAA. These radiosondes transmit at around 403 MHz…
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RWK and the Plano Amateur Radio Klub (PARK) conducted a joint balloon launch in July 2021. Details about the balloon: Max Height was over 90,000 feet. Here’s an image taken by the payload camera at 86,000 feet. Max altitude reached…
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