Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
By Bob Hill KG5WRY After watching the video, “Lowest Cost Antenna Ground Spike You Will Find”, (featured in the January 2023 Chawed Rag), I decided to try this antenna build. I purchased a MFJ-1979 17 foot telescoping antenna from DX…
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by Mike Jahrig KG5P This month I will combine code described in previous issues and create a usable weather station application that will run on a Pico W. My intention is to use this weather station during RACES activation. Thus,…
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by Mike Jahrig KG5P Last month in the Chawed Rag, I demonstrated how to use a Raspberry Pi Pico-W as a HTML web server. I demonstrated how to setup a basic web framework that receives the temperature from the builtin…
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By Chris White WX7V The “Cootie” key or “Sideswiper” is a double-sided straight key known for being difficult to master, but with some practice I’ve found it easier and more natural to use than paddles and an IAMBIC keyer. There…
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by Mike Jahrig KG5P Have you wondered what a Raspberry Pi Pico W is? It’s a small microcontroller that allows you to do very small repetitive tasks – it’s really nothing like a traditional Raspberry Pi, but it is suited…
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By Chris White WX7V I love my Elecraft KX3 but as I learned on a mini-DXpedition to St. Martin this summer, sometimes 10 or even 15 watts is not enough power to make a decent QSO rate, even with a…
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By Don Weeks N5SKT Recently the guys at Coffee and Ham Radios (CaHR) put together a little challenge to come up with a ham shack for less than $1000 and create a video around it. I had an idea to…
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By Bob Hill KG5WRY With all the excitement around learning Morse code via the Long Island CW club, it was time to collect the tools needed to learn CW. One of the tools needed for this adventure is the code…
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By Rob Forson K5WFR My family and I suffered through several days with no power during the winter storm of February 2021. Long before the inside temperature dropped into the lower 40’s, I swore that we would not be left…
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By Joe Hodgkins KI5O With wonderful consideration from Doug KD5OUG and direction from Grant W5XJ, I was fortunate to take intopossession an incomplete Knight T-60 Transmitter. Upon receipt of the contents in an original Knight box, I foundthe following correspondence…
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