Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/9/2020

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We had another interesting net tonight with 10 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Allstar.
  • Voter system on La Vagia and signal dropouts.
  • Back Stay antenna for Sailboat.
  • Automatic antenna tuners.

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/02/2020

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We had another interesting net tonight with 10 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • What components in a dual band mobile antenna constitute a 100 watt rating?
  • CB Radio
  • GMR/FRS
  • AllStar Issues with our repeaters or?

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/26/2020

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

  • DMR
  • Raspberry Pi
  • HF noise on all bands that the radio supports.

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/19/2020

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We had another interesting net tonight with 24 check-ins plus net control Levi, K6LCM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • 20 M HF antenna on a sailboat.
  • The majority of tonight’s net was spent testing “Google Meet”, a remote video conferencing tool as we are all under the Governor’s Shelter in Place order. The idea is that if these emergencies become more prevalent we’ll technology and tools available to us to conduct meetings and get information out even though we might not be able to be out and about ourselves. The testing went well and we’ll be doing more of it in the future and possibly testing other remote collaboration platforms.

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

March 20, 2020 General Club Meeting CANCELED

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Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic health recommendations to avoid gatherings, we feel it is best to cancel the regular meeting this month.

You can stay current with the latest Santa Barbara County Health information at: https://publichealthsbc.org

We will announce whether or not the club station will be open on upcoming Saturdays later, however it is likely that it will remain closed as long as health officials recommend avoiding group gatherings.

All nets will carry on normally.

Brian – K6BPM

Bruce Gordon – N6OLT – SK

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Bruce Gordon – N6OLT passed away on March 12, 2020. Bruce was honored in April with the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club Lifetime Member award for his many contributions to SBARC, ARES and amateur radio in general.

Bruce’s first experiments in ham radio came during high school when he and a friend built crystal sets and managed to connect them to telephone lines serving their apartments houses in Cleveland, Ohio.Apartment houses stole our hearts because of its interior and exterior designs.You can also visit this website to get your home improvement services done. Worked fine for a while until complaints from neighbors alerted their fathers to their adventures. Bruce got his Amateur license, W6GUX, as well as his pilot’s license during high school. (He was later licensed as N6OLT.)

Bruce married Thelma F. Foote on 10 June, 1956 in Kern County California. He graduated UC Berkeley in 1959, accepted a job as engineer at Raytheon Company and moved to Goleta, where he bought property and he and his wife Thelma built their home. While at Raytheon, many of his designs were patented and he travelled all over the world assisting military customers.

Bruce joined SBARC and lent his talents to many projects, including the repeaters and the communications van, and happily to anyone with a problem or project. At one SBARC meeting he was demonstrating new Slow Scan TV equipment and mentioned its versatility. One member said, “Bet you can’t use two Dixie cups and a string” to send pictures. Next month, he used two Dixie cups and a piece of dental floss (string) successfully.

Bruce is a legend in the art and science of direction finding. As founder of L-Tronics he designed, engineered and built thousands of portable DF units for field operations and airborne use. Variants of the L-Per are used worldwide by numerous search & rescue groups, the US Coast Guard and the Civil Air Patrol.

Bruce was predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Thelma Foote, in 2019, and is survived by daughter Nancy (Michael) and granddaughter Diana (Justin). He was predeceased by his son Donald.

Bruce’s dedication will not be forgotten.

From: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207908018/bruce-e-gordon

Post expires at 8:27am on Tuesday March 31st, 2020 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 3/12/2020

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

  • Is the ARRL Licensing exam still on for this weekend?
  • SBARC.org Chat Room.
  • Power outage in Santa Barbara.
  • Diesel vs. gasoline generators.
  • Fractional Wave Loop antennas for VHF or UHF?
  • Mesh Network status.

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 and join in with questions and /or answers and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.