Richardson Texas – Club Call K5RWK
By Chip Coker KD4C It was great to see all the interest and activity around the Year-End ARISS SSTV event from Dec 26-31. These events are typically done 2-3 times a year and are fairly well advertised in advance. In…
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News, On Air, Satellites, SSTV
By Michael WT9V As 2021 comes to a close, it’s appropriate that we look back and see the impact that the RWK Volunteer Examiner (VE) Team has had on the community, the club, and ham radio in general. Overall I…
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RWK fielded a team of 25 volunteers on December 9 to provide communications support for the COR Parks Department’s 49th Annual Richardson Christmas Parade. I wanted to say “thank you” for to all the volunteers that assisted with the parade. …
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This month our own Don Weeks N5SKT will get us up to speed on Parks on the Air (POTA). POTA has taken the HF bands by storm and as of 2021, more than 8,000 hams have registered on the POTA…
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by Tim Bratton K5RA What exactly is the American Radio Relay League Field Day?? Is it a radio communications and emergency preparedness exercise? Is it a radio operating contest? Is it a vehicle to experiment with new technology? Is it…
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As promised (and on schedule!), here’s The Chawed Rag for November 2021. Thanks to all of you that sent me notes on the September relaunch – I appreciate the thanks and the feedback. I’m still interested in what everyone thinks…
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By Chip Coker KD4C (source AMSAT) One of the easiest ways to get started with amateur satellites is to start with maybe the most known and prominent one – the International Space Station (ISS). It orbits around 250 miles overhead…
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As promised (and on schedule!), here’s The Chawed Rag for October 2021. Thanks to all of you that sent me notes on the September relaunch – I appreciate the thanks and the feedback. I’m still interested in what everyone thinks…
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By Chip Coker KD4C By now, you may have seen or heard that the FCC published a change to their regulations in December 2019 that changes the Rules on RF Exposure evaluations. In short, in the past the Amateur Service…
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By Jon Suehiro NN5T You see this image on RWK home page – https://www.k5rwk.org/ . But what does it mean? You also hear about Solar Cycle 25. What do you need to know about the current propagation and solar conditions?…
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