Radio In The Park Day – Sep 17 2017

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Save the date!  On Sunday afternoon 1pm Sep 17, 2017 KF5ZBL and KG5EIU will be out at Dreyfus Point at White Rock Lake Park in Dallas TX for Radio In The Park Day.  This is a “Shine ONLY” event, if it raining we will not be there.  We plan on meeting at 1pm at Dreyfus Point Park  (32.836591, -96.714532) on the east side of White Rock Lake in Dallas.   This is an open invite and anybody that wants to enjoy an afternoon in the park is welcome licensed or not.   Will be working out some kinks in go-boxes, AREDN nodes, home-built batteries, solar setups, antennas – including the home-built buddy pole and of course radios and rigs, D-Star, Fusion, Wires-X.   This is the same location that the DARC was at for Winter Field Day 2017.  See the map below for details or look for KF5ZBL or KG5EIU-i on APRS.  Important – this is a SHINE only event, if there is weather or rain this event will be postponed.

Dreyfus Point At White Rock Lake Park – Dallas TX

Radio In The Park Day – May 21 2017

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Save the date!  On Sunday afternoon May 21, 2017 KF5ZBL and KG5EIU will be out at Dreyfus Point at White Rock Lake Park in Dallas TX for Radio In The Park Day.  We plan on meeting at 1pm at Dreyfus Point Park  (32.836591, -96.714532) .   This is an open invite and anybody that wants to enjoy an afternoon in the park is welcome licensed or not.   Will be working out some kinks in go-boxes, AREDN nodes, home-built batteries, solar setups, antennas and of course radios and rigs – all in preparation for Field Day 2017.   This is the same location that the DARC was at for Winter Field Day 2017.  See the map below or look for KF5ZBL or KG5EIU on APRS.  Important – this is a SHINE only event, if there is weather or rain this event will be postponed.

Dreyfus Point At White Rock Lake Park – Dallas TX

Dallas CERT Radio Day in the Park

cert-logoDallas CERT will be having its first-ever Radio Day in the Park this coming Sunday, December 4th, 2016, from 1-4 PM.

The location of a simulated CERT Command Post (CP) to support this event will be at Dreyfuss Point in White Rock Lake Park. The address is 564 East Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX. There is plenty of parking and it is easy to locate (very visible — look for the CERT signs).
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Operating From White Rock Lake Park

It was a incredible fall day here in Texas Oct 2, 2016 – Here are a few videos of Bill (KF5ZBL) and David (KG5EIU) operating from the east side of White Rock Lake park in Dallas TX.  Bill was testing out one of his go-boxes in preparation for upcoming events like Tech-Net on the Hill and more.   Find out details about go-boxes and more Oct 22, 2016 and join the W5FC club for Tech-Net on the Hill – Go-Boxes will be one of the topics.

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Tuning Up For Field Day 2016


June 19, 2016, White Rock Lake Park Dallas Texas – Club President Tony – NT5TM and Vice President Bill – KF5ZBL  working on the portable HexBeam from foldingantennas.com fine tuning the elements – should be all set for 6M-20M work for Field Day 2016 all bands 2.0 SWR or better.  Bill talked to NPOTA activators and then DX from Italy,  Belgium and more.