Late Summer Rover Activation

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L to R: Abhilekh, W6WV; Levi, K6LCM; Rovermaster Bob, K6CTX

The Rover team set up the mast and HF station at the Red Cross Club Station on Saturday 9/18/2021 making CW and SSB contacts with Alberta and New Jersey. The team will try and do this once a quarter. They are also planning to activate La Cumbre Peak with the Rover in the next month!

 

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 9/16/2021

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

  • How to use Chirp programming software to disable transmit on unauthorized frequencies while using Baofeng radios for GMRS.
  • How far in advance can you renew your ham license? (Hint: 90 days).
  • DMR repeater still down as Brandmeister hasn’t been able to get up there to change the callsign according to new rules.
  • How can you use Arduino/Raspberry Pi to monitor a vehicle battery voltage remotely?

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.

Raspberry Pi and Amateur Radio – General Club Meeting – September 17, 2021

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We’re sure many of you have heard club members talk about Raspberry Pi’s and how we use them for performing tasks on our network as well as other things we do in our own shacks. Raspberry Pi’s are small but powerful, full featured computers that can be used for a variety of purposes. And, they start at $5 for RPi Zeros and $35 for the more powerful, original sized boards. The newest Raspberry Pi 4 series are even more powerful and start at $45. They are ultra reliable and will run for years.

This month we had a PowerPoint presentation on how you can use Raspberry Pi’s with amateur radio. There are many things you can build with these little machines for use with APRS, DMR, test equipment, digital modes for HF, clocks, weather stations, maps and on and on.

 

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 9/9/2021

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We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • How to volunteer for events when ham radio operators are asked to assist (Rick Whitaker).
  • 224.08 repeater test by participating TM&E net check-ins.

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 – 9/2/2021

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We had another interesting net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • What kind of repeater would be recommended for non-Ham emergency operations when power is out? (Hint: GMRS)
  • What is a good antenna for a Baofeng Tri-band radio to avoid switching antennas between bands? (It comes with 2 rubber duckies, one dual band and one single band).
  • How does the 220 remote base on La Cumbre Peak work?
  • Questions about repairing/re-installing Windows 10 on a PC that doesn’t respond to input (except Ctl+Alt+Del) after boot up.
  • Ham Radio etiquette.

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 – 8/26/2021

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We had another interesting net tonight with 11 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Which functions of a Tenma Model 72-5210 5MHz Function Generator (currently featured on the SBARC Swap Net) are useful to ham radio operators?
  • What kind of HF gear do you currently have and operate regularly? (Hams checked into tonight’s net give a synopsis).

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 – 8/19/2021

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We had another interesting net tonight with 10 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • What’s the difference between calipers and micrometers?
  • Chomping vs. champing at the bit…

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.