General Club Meeting – January 16 2026

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Scammers are looking for you! As artificial intelligence becomes more and more intelligent, scammers and crooks are using it to perfectly imitate legitimate services to trick you into divulging private financial or other information that will allow them to steel your identity and your money.

There are a lot of things you can do to identify and significantly reduce your vulnerability. We’ll be showing examples of some well crafted scam emails and how to determine whether they are legitimate or not.

This is a rapidly changing area and it is difficult to keep up. It is easy to fall victim to these scams and we’ll do our best to explain the things you need to know to protect yourself.

Please join us this Friday!

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7pm)
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

Zoom Details:

Topic: May Club Meeting
Time: January 16, 2026 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86090194088?pwd=PnjAkvYWXL44rnV1PDaiLunod9m0ov.1

Meeting ID: 860 9019 4088
Passcode: 308220

Post expires at 1:01am on Saturday January 17th, 2026 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 1/8/2026

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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 6 check-ins plus net control Warren, KN6ZZI. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Radio in vehicle malfunctions (goes dark when transmitting) and the fix.
  • RFI Noise.
  • 40 meter transmissions triggering fire alarms and Sonos audio system.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local 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 – 12/18/2025

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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:

  • Molex connector wire crimping.
  • Phantom power microphone for Ham radio usage.
  • TV antenna reception.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local 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 – 12/4/2025

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

  • Eric, KG6WXC heading to desert this weekend and will act as radio communications control for the race going on out there.
  • Annual SBARC Christmas party will be on December 13, 2025, check the website for details. (www.sbarc.org)
  • Cricut vinyl cutter.
  • New PCTG 3D printing filament.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local 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.

Home Brew Night Tonight!

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November meetings have traditionally also been Home-brew Night! We invite everyone to bring a something you have built, or a project in progress, to show, demonstrate, and tell your ham friends about. Home-brew is what being a ham is all about! Anyone can go buy a radio, antenna or other accessory, but to many hams, building their own gear is much more fun and rewarding. So bring something (or a lot of things) because we’re all interested in seeing what you’re up to!

SBARC General Club Meeting Election Night
Friday, November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM

In-person Meeting
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta
Doors open around 7:00pm

We will also be on Zoom!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86710614357?pwd=NHaQcophTzd7g8eiRToQyPaBMUc7kT.1

We hope to see you all at the meeting!

Post expires at 11:42pm on Friday November 21st, 2025 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 11/20/2025

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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 4 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Car racing.
  • Soft Start installation for home HVAC.
  • Electronic crimping methods, tools and connectors.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local 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.