General Club Meeting – March 20, 2026

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This month we are going to introduce a popular new way to communicate called MeshCore (similar to Mestastic). MeshCore is an off-the-grid text messaging system that enables you to send and receive text messages with other MeshCore users. It uses a small, inexpensive transceiver and your regular iPhone or Android. It operates in the 900 MHz band and does NOT require internet, WiFi, or cellular. MeshCore shows great promise as an additional tool for emergency communications and the Santa Barbara/Ventura area already has a growing network of users.

This meeting, we will be playing a video that explains what MeshCore is all about and how to get started. It is surprisingly simple, and you can started for less than $50 with no ongoing fees. We will also be demonstrating a working system, and answering questions.

There WILL NOT be a Zoom simulcast of this meeting. It is too difficult to stream a video, project it to the main screen and share it on Zoom all at the same time, and it is not a good experience for anyone. We will return to Zoom simulcasts next month.

 

Please join us this Friday!

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, March 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7pm)
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/12/2026

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

  • Antenna radiation patterns given retailing wall, slope, etc.
  • CW
  • Testing SWR in a random water pipe or other metal object? (KG6WXC).

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 – 3/5/2026

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

  • Ender 3 has a warped housing (modified) around the hot end, where to get the STL in order to print a new one?
  • HF waterfall seeing a spike on one side then wave that shoots across to the other side.
  • Lightening protection.
  • MeshCore/Meshtastic.

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 – 2/26/2026

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

  • Mayday calls?
  • Linux origins.
  • MeshCore node at UCSB?
  • Scanner batteries.

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 – 2/19/2026

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

  • Flipper.
  • LifePo Batteries.
  • MeshCore.
  • Memory & SSD prices.

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.

General Club Meeting – February 20, 2026

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Following up on the last meeting, we are going to go deeper into how Artificial Intelligence is being used to take advantage of regular people. AI is moving so fast, that things change almost every day. Did you know that your voice can be cloned by simply saying “Hello – sorry you have the wrong number”.  We’ll explain how this works and how it can affect you, as well as a lot of new things that everyone should know.

On the fun side of things, we are going to show you how you can use AI to do all kinds of fun and productive things. And, do it all for free – and HAMs like FREE.. So be sure to bring something to take notes with!

Download AI Safety Hand-out from Meeting

Please join us this Friday!

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, February 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7pm)
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

Zoom Details:

Topic: February Club Meeting
Time: February 20, 2026 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Post expires at 1:01am on Saturday February 21st, 2026 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 2/12/2026

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

  • ClearNode/AllStar.
  • AllStar node numbers being reassigned?
  • Baofengs getting better?

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.