Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/2/2026

The audio archive of this and other SBARC nets have been indefinitely discontinued. Hopefully the audio recordings will be resumed before too long by another local ham enthusiast with the technical ability and resources necessary to do so. We had another interesting net tonight with 4 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included: Baofeng, bad harmonics? Baofeng UV-5R Mini 5W Dual Bad Radio (2 pack for $46.99 at UV-5R Mini 5W Dual Band Radio – Baofeng). Explorer QRZ radio. Radio programming software. Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/26/2026

The audio archive of this and other SBARC nets have been indefinitely discontinued. Hopefully the audio recordings will be resumed before too long by another local ham enthusiast with the technical ability and resources necessary to do so. We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included: MeshCore. DX To Bangladesh, etc. CW. AI Model that takes fewer resources on an older PC/Server? Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/19/2026

The audio archive of this and other SBARC nets have been indefinitely discontinued. Hopefully the audio recordings will be resumed before too long by another local ham enthusiast with the technical ability and resources necessary to do so. We had another interesting net tonight with 5 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included: ChatGPT. Python. K6TZ repeater issues. OTA television. Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/12/2026

The audio archive of this and other SBARC nets have been indefinitely discontinued. Hopefully the audio recordings will be resumed before too long by another local ham enthusiast with the technical ability and resources necessary to do so. We had another interesting net tonight with 5 check-ins plus net control Warren, KN6ZZI. Tonight’s topics included: Antenna radiation patterns given retailing wall, slope, etc. CW Testing SWR in a random water pipe or other metal object? (KG6WXC). Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/5/2026

The audio archive of this and other SBARC nets have been indefinitely discontinued. Hopefully the audio recordings will be resumed before too long by another local ham enthusiast with the technical ability and resources necessary to do so. We had another interesting net tonight with 4 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included: Ender 3 has a warped housing (modified) around the hot end, where to get the STL in order to print a new one? HF waterfall seeing a spike on one side then wave that shoots across to the other side. Lightening protection. MeshCore/Meshtastic. Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 2/26/2026

The audio archive of this and other SBARC nets have been indefinitely discontinued. Hopefully the audio recordings will be resumed before too long by another local ham enthusiast with the technical ability and resources necessary to do so. We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included: Mayday calls? Linux origins. MeshCore node at UCSB? Scanner batteries. Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 2/19/2026

The audio archive of this and other SBARC nets have been indefinitely discontinued. Hopefully the audio recordings will be resumed before too long by another local ham enthusiast with the technical ability and resources necessary to do so. We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included: Flipper. LifePo Batteries. MeshCore. Memory & SSD prices. Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.