SBARC General Club Meeting – Feb 16, 2024

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Our February meeting notice is a little late, but not to worry! There is a lot going on, but the meeting will be held as scheduled. At this months meeting we’ll be bringing everyone up-to-date on the La Vigia/Vic Trace saga and what we’re doing to make sure we stay up on the air – somewhere. We’ve been working on finding alternate sites for our repeater assets as well as the various other services we maintain.

We’re also going to be talking about home weather stations. Several club members have them, and more and more are installing them. Come learn how they work and how they can make rainy days (and the Cuckoo Net) more fun!

We’re also going to be talking about little about this years Field Day and getting started with planning.

 

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7pm)
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

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Topic: SBARC General Club Meeting – February 16, 2024
Time: Feb 16, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 2/8/2024

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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 Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Asiatic Russia contact is coming in clear and strong even though he’s not located in my beam heading or long path heading. Any explanations?
  • What is an isotropic antenna and how do we use it in theory?
  • 10 meter activity booming as we near the peak of the current solar cycle.

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 – 2/1/2024

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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.

We had another interesting net tonight with 11 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • DMR talk groups, master servers, etc.
  • How to check if DMR talk groups are working.
  • Japanese moon probe transmitting on FM and PSK31.
  • Satellite ops.

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 – 1/25/2024

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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.

We had another interesting net tonight with 13 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • How is antenna performance affected by nearby mountains?
  • What is intermodulation interference and how does it come about?
  • What is heterodyning?

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 – 1/18/2024

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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.

We had another interesting net tonight with 6 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • During QSO with a DX station (Australia or New Zealand, can’t remember) with a strong signal there was a mechanical “clunk” sound when he keyed down. Anyone know what that might emanate from?
  • General discussions.

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.

General Club Meeting January 19, 2024

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Our first meeting of 2024 will feature a presentation by Warren KN6ZZI. Warren is a relatively new ham and our newest board member. Warrens main interest in amateur radio was HF operation. A scientist by profession, Warren leveraged his analytical skills to research and build a new station from the ground up. With no experience in amateur radio, he identified his goals and utilized the experience of other club members and online resources to build a very capable station capable of working the world.

It is not often that we are able to hear about station building from someone with Warrens unique perspective. Stations often take years to come together, but Warren did it in a couple of short months.

Please join us this month to hear about Warrens journey from a non-ham to a capable DX’er

 

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, January 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7pm)
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

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