Category Archives: Tech Mentoring Net

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: General discussion including HVAC, A/C refrigerants, etc. Ham callsign prefixes. 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.

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 Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included: Verizon’s Cell Phone Booster, is it a repeater or does it just connect to wireless network? Cell phone coverage. HamVoip/AllStar. 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.

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 6 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included: Looking for folks that might be interested in attending Defcon August ’27 for free (Save $600) by helping at the Ham Radio Village antenna building contest. Contact Eric, KG6WXC. Levi, K6LCM was able to have Claude AI pair his pc Bluetooth with his new LED strip lights controller and then pick up the METAR of any airport and display colors according to the current weather at that airport. When taking a call, cell phone offered the phone itself, it’s speaker and another unidentified device which was not paired with the phones Bluetooth. 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.

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 Warren, KN6ZZI. Tonight’s topics included: Converting a PostScript file to .pdf (for making a circular slide rule). Follow up on discussion about SteppIR UrbanBeam 2 element Yagi antenna diagnostics. Discussion on whether or not “Mattermost” chat platform would be useful to SBARC nets. (Eric, KG6WXC offered to set up a trial for SBARC to evaluate). 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.

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 7 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included: Modulation differences between SBARC repeaters. Field Day 2026. SSB and CW HF frequencies using volume versus gain for readability. AllStar. MeshCore repeaters. 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.

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 6 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included: MeshCore Channels, numbered versus non-numbered? 6 Meter band. 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.

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: Raspberry Pi + SDR Dongle and OpenWebRX. DEFCON first week of August. 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.