Double Fractional Loop Antenna

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Hand built by Richard K8NDS (sk). These rare antennas offer incredible performance in limited space.

This model provides coverage from 15m to 40m and will take full legal limit power. Super high Q and works well in areas close to, or even underneath power lines. Only needs 6 feet of elevation between the bottom loop and the ground and needs no ground plane. There were only a limited number of these made. Asking $2000 and includes rotator and tuner.

Information on these antennas can be found here: https://www.qrz.com/db/K8NDS

Contact Bruce KG6NRW – 805-683-2743

Post expires at 6:40am on Friday September 8th, 2023 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/6/2023

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We had another interesting net tonight with 5 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Light attendance, general discussion not necessarily Ham radio related.

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 – 3/30/2023

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We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • AREDN Mesh Mail (Ventura County).
  • 10 meter net.
  • System Fusion.
  • Meatballs or Sausage?

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 – 3/23/2023

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We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included:

  • What’s the difference between a balun and unun?
  • How to choose the balun step-up ratio (4:1, 9:1, etc.) for my antenna system?
  • 10 meter FM and SSB this last weekend?

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 – 3/16/2023

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We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Operating 10 meter FM and repeater DX.
  • Isotron 160 meter antenna.
  • WPX SSB contest March 25th from 0000 hrs to March 26th 2359 hrs.
  • Favorite pizza sauce.

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 – March 17, 2023

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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.