SBARC Club Meeting – August 18, 2023

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General Club Meeting – August, 18 2023

This month we are going to have a presentation from board member Dave AI6VX.

Printed Circuit Board Layout and Fabrication

Dave Schmidt AI6VX will talk about printed circuit board design including creating the schematic, circuit layout using Kicad, and fabrication and how to order online. It’s not as hard as you think!

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, August 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7pm)
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

Zoom Details:

Topic: SBARC General Club Meeting
Time: August 18, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/10/2023

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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 Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • TCAD for pcb design, building and pcb stuffing.
  • UHF dummy load and testing VHF SWR level around 440 MHz.
  • Santa Barbara Electronics Supply status re. opening its doors to the public.

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.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/03/2023

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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 Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Annual SBARC BBQ August 20th at Stowe Grove Park.
  • Cox vs. other mail servers (Apple, Gmail, etc.) My Cox e-mail isn’t receiving Mail Chimp e-mails from the SBARC list server.
  • Brave internet Browser.
  • Freespoke search engine.
  • NextDNS.IO
  • Where can I purchase vintage vacuum tubes for ham radios/amplifiers?

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.

Rig Expert AA-170 Antenna Analyzer

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Rig Expert AA-170 Antenna Analyzer

Good condition. Covers all HF bands+2 meters. Comes w/software manual and CD plus owner’s manual. $200

  • Frequency range: 0.1 to 170 MHz
  • Frequency entry: 1 kHz resolution
  • SWR measurement range: 1 to 10
  • SWR measurement for 50 and 75-Ohm systems
  • SWR display: numerical or easily-readable bar
  • R and X range: 0-1000, -1000-1000 in numerical mode, 0-200, -200-200 in graph mode.

 

 

 

 

SBARC Fundraising Item

All SBARC fundraising items are available for viewing at the Club Station on Saturday mornings between 9 am and noon.

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 7/27/2023

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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 12 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Discone antennas and frequency scanners.
  • Uniden SDS200 scanner.

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.