SBARC General Meeting – March 17, 2023

By | |
Leave a comment

We’re back! In person meetings are back to stay for awhile. Once again, we had a presenter lined up for this month but we had to reschedule until next month because of a conflict with other plans. But we’re on for April and I think you will enjoy the presentation.

This month we’re going to talk about Artificial Intelligence, specifically ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot that can communicate with users in natural language and provide information or assistance on a variety of topics. It is designed to simulate human conversation and provide helpful responses to users’ queries in real-time. The chatbot uses machine learning algorithms to understand user inputs and generate appropriate responses. It can be used for customer support, personal assistance, or general information seeking purposes.

Like it or not, this IS the next big thing and it WILL affect you in all kinds of ways. We’ll have a presentation and some demonstrations that are sure to be interesting!

 

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, March 17 at 7:30 PM
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

Doors Open at 7:00pm and the meeting will start at 7:30pm

SBARC K6TZ is also inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting if you can’t make it in person.

Topic: SBARC General Meeting – March 17, 2023
Time: “Doors” open at 7:00pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82745882888?pwd=TGMzVzNrTmp6eiswcU9jK0I3OEI3dz09
Passcode: 514505

Post expires at 11:00pm on Friday March 17th, 2023 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/9/2023

By | |
Leave a comment

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 10 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • ARRL DX SSB contest last Saturday/Sunday.
  • ARRL DX CW contest last Saturday/Sunday (Paul, W1PR).

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 – 3/2/2023

By | |
Leave a comment

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 13 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • ARRL DX SSB contest this Saturday.
  • 6 meter repeaters, SBARC 6 meter net.
  • Santa Barbara Scanner frequencies mendosa.com/scan0794.html
  • PowerSDR features.
  • Squelch tails/courtesy tones.
  • Baofeng radios.

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 – 2/23/2023

By | |
Leave a comment

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.

SBARC General Meeting – February 17, 2023

By | |
Leave a comment

We had a presenter lined up for this month but we had to reschedule until next month because of a conflict with other plans. So, we needed to come up with something else this month. Last year I tried to do a presentation over zoom about using a software defined radio (SDR) to operate the popular digital mode FT8. Unfortunately it was a failure because I needed to run Windows on a Mac to run the SDR software. Running 2 operating systems, the SDR software and Zoom was too much for my laptop so I was unable to get things working. This year, things have changed. The software I use is now available in a native Mac version so I’m going to try again. Levi K6LCM helped me do a test last night and everything worked great. So we’re on!

We are going to be using Zoom again this month but it looks like we may be able to return to the old location for future meetings. That’s good news. we have a few things we need to do, but hopefully we’ll be able to get back to regular in-person meetings next month.

SBARC K6TZ is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SBARC General Meeting – Feb 17, 2123
Time: “Doors” open at 7:00pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84625496314?pwd=TFlndlR3UU5rNnBDdVA1V1h3cnkyZz09

Meeting ID: 846 2549 6314
Passcode: 172026

Post expires at 11:00pm on Friday February 17th, 2023 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 2/16/2023

By | |
Leave a comment

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 Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Where to place the “trap” in a 160 meter dipole cut for 1/2 wave to make it a full wave antenna?
  • What’s the benefit of going from 1/2 wave to full wave antenna?
  • Why does FM vs. SSB improve local 10 meter comm signals?

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 – 2/9/2023

By | |
Leave a comment

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 Dave, AI6VX (subbing for Frank, K6FLD). Tonight’s topics included:

  • Leigh, KM6JE asked for a 10 Meter radio check on 28.310 MHz, only Callie in Santa Barbara heard him.
  • What might be the best antenna for 10 meter communications within a 25-mile radius?
  • All Electronics is closing.
  • Slot cars.

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.