What’s happening at SBARC? Here you will find the latest club news, events, projects, net activities, and news from our special interest groups (SIGS).
Be sure to check in frequently so you don’t miss out on any of the interesting things going on with the club and its members!
We have moved content for the Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net here, and content for the Digital Modes Net here.
K6TZ will provide educational outreach to the community as part of the permanent gallery space at the Chrisman California Islands Center.
The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club and the Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation have been invited to build an Amateur Radio Station at the new Chrisman California Islands Center (CCIC) in Downtown Carpinteria.
The CCIC, opening in Q4 2021, will be home to the Santa Cruz Island Foundation and its museum-quality collection of artifacts from the California Islands. Radio Station K6TZ at the CCIC, a fully-functional HF-VHF-UHF and microwave amateur radio station, will be prominently featured on the gallery floor as both a working display to bring the wonders of radio technology to the visiting public through an interactive display and a functional station for club members to operate.
SBARC presently operates a club station at the American Red Cross building in Santa Barbara. The CCIC Station will expand SBARC’s footprint by offering an additional physical station location serving members in Carpinteria and Ventura County. The Club plans to host Club gatherings at the CCIC Station as well as offer regular open station hours and support radiosport contests from the site. The Carpinteria station will be open to the public during the CCIC’s open hours and part of a living exhibit to promote amateur radio and digital wireless technologies.
The Santa Cruz Island Foundation is providing the 12′ x 7′ gallery space dedicated exclusively to the radio station along with a 55″ TV monitor to display a demonstration of SBARC’s various systems, including the camera and vessel tracking systems on Diablo Peak, Santa Cruz Island.
More details, including opportunities to support fundraising efforts for K6TZ @ CCIC are forthcoming.
AMATEUR RADIO ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
Ed Stanton, the San Diego-born businessman who purchased Santa Cruz Island in 1937, operated on HF frequencies from his island ranch.
Over the years, numerous radio operations have taken place on the Channel Islands, including Islands on the Air (IOTA) and UHF Field Day activations.
Today, SBARC/SBWF maintain public safety and amateur radio telecommunications facilities at 2,429 feet above sea level atop Diablo Peak on Santa Cruz Island. Diablo is the tallest mountain on an ocean island in the contiguous 48 states.
The audio archive of this net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.
We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:
Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) 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 net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.
We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included:
Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) 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.
This month long time SBARC member Rod Fritz WB9KMO will be showing a video and leading a Q&A panel discussion about the current state of the art in Amateur Radio Television. It has been several years since SBARC has been involved in this and Rod and crew will tell us about everything that has changed.
The four co-presenters and Q&A panel members are…
* Rod Fritz WB9KMO, Mesa AZ
* Mike Collis WA6SVT, Crestline CA
* Roland Hoffman KC6JPG, Rancho Cucamonga CA
* Jim Andrews KH6HTV, Boulder CO
We hope you will join us on Zoom or YouTube for Rod’s presentation. As usual, the “doors” will open at 7:00pm and the meeting will start at 7:30pm.
YouTube feed is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfrkJ7zO58g
Here are the Zoom details:
SBARC K6TZ is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: General Club Meeting for March 19, 2021 – ATV Today
Time: Mar 19, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83359800828
We’ll post the YouTube link just before the meeting starts.
Post expires at 11:00pm on Friday March 19th, 2021 but will still be available in the archives.
The audio archive of this net can best be followed by downloading the .mp3 file for the appropriate date here and listening with the media player of your choice. You can move the progress slider forward or backward to the subject of interest to you.
We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:
Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) 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.
With the introduction of links to the 2m and 220 FM repeaters on Santa Cruz Island in December 2020, SBARC now maintains a network of six full-time-linked repeaters throughout Santa Barbara County including the K6TZ flagship repeater on 146.790 MHz at the Talanian Communications Facility (TCF) on the Santa Barbara Mesa. The table below details the frequencies and tones required for access to the SBARC Hub which now covers Santa Barbara County and parts of San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.
Club nets held on the SBARC Hub include: Cuckoo Net (M-F 8-8:30am), Digital Communications Net (Tues. 8pm), Club Net (Wed. 7:30pm) and Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net (Thurs. 8pm).
| Call | Location / Name | Output Freq | Input Freq | PL |
| K6TZ | Talanian COMFAC S.B. Mesa “TZ” Main Club 2m Repeater Usually linked to SBARC Hub AllStar Link Node: 43763 incoming VoIP connections only Live audio & archives |
146.790 | 146.190 | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | Santa Ynez Peak “5.18” Usually linked to SBARC Hub |
145.180 | 144.580 | in: 131.8 out: 146.2 |
| W6XC | Diablo Peak/Santa Cruz Island 2m Usually linked to SBARC Hub GRONK/SBARC co-sponsored; open; FM & P25 supported Use limited to stations west of Malibu. |
146.655 | 146.055 | 131.8 NAC293 |
| K6TZ | Diablo Peak/Santa Cruz Island 220 Usually linked to SBARC Hub Live Camera |
223.920 | 222.320 | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | La Cumbre Peak East 220 May be linked to SBARC Hub |
224.080 | 222.480 | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | Santa Ynez Peak 220 Usually linked to SBARC Hub |
224.120 | 222.520 | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | Talanian COMFAC S.B. Mesa “TZ 6m” May be linked to SBARC Hub |
51.820 | 51.320 | 82.5 |
If you are a regular participant or lurker to the Digital Communications Net on Tuesday evenings, you have probably heard us talk regularly about using micro-computers and micro-controllers like the Raspberry Pi and Arduino and other similar development boards. These capable little devices can do all kinds of interesting things that you can use in amateur radio, home automation, environmental monitoring, or just for general learning.
This month we’re going to look at how to get started experimenting with Arduino and compatible Microcontroller boards, from getting the things you need, to writing your first program.
Of course, it is a Zoom meeting again and here are the details. We will use a waiting room again this time. Check-ins start at 7pm and the meeting will start at 7;30pm.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1meW9pR74Y
Topic: February 2021 SBARC General Meeting
Time: Feb 19, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89983037848
Meeting ID: 899 8303 7848
Post expires at 1:00am on Saturday February 20th, 2021 but will still be available in the archives.
