Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 6/6/2019

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We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins, plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • How to wire an ICOM 7200 HF rig in a Jeep.
  • Windows 10 e-mail issues.
  • Battery back-up system for a file server.
  • Setting up OctoPi to acquire a static IP address.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting 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 – 5/30/2019

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We had another interesting net tonight with 7 check-ins, plus net control Chuck, K5CAW. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Power outage during 3D print and trying to resume print afterward. (Hint: deploy a battery backup unit for just that kind of occurrence).
  • MP1584EN Ultra Small DC-DC 3A Power Step-Down Adjustable Module Voltage Converter for charging lithium batteries.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting 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.

Bruce Gordon N6OLT Honored with Lifetime Member Award

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Bruce N6OLT accepting award from board member Wayne AF6GX

Bruce Gordon – N6OLT 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. 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.)

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. You can also visit Century Smile Dental homepage to sort out dental issues.

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’s dedication will not be forgotten.

 

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 5/23/2019

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

  • Knitting and Crocheting. 
  • Connecting a Yaesu FT-1000MT transceiver to a Heathkit SB-220 2000 watt Amplifier.
  • 3D Printer Fire possibilities.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting 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 – 5/16/2019

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We had another interesting net tonight with 5 check-ins, plus net control Chuck, K5CAW. Tonight’s topics included:

  • 3D printing – adding support (shoring up) for overhanging elements of a print project.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting 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.

Club Meeting – May 17, 2019

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Old ham radio stationFrom Darryl Widman, KF6DI (edited) – What exactly is Old Timers Night, anyway? Well, let’s say that it is an annual event that occurs at our May SBARC Club Meeting. It is a special time where we can once more meet and greet our “most experienced” amateurs. These folks have paid their dues and come this far along life’s journey to a point where they can boast about having had experiences in the great hobby of Amateur Radio that most of us have only heard about.

SBARC was formed way back in May of 1920 — that’s 99 years ago! Radio had only been around for about 10 years at that point in time.

Our Old Timers look forward to attending this special gathering so that they can stand up and briefly take us down Memory Lane and let us in on what it was like, at least in their shacks, working with quite primitive gear by today’s standards. What must it have been like without a local Ham Radio Outlet, Amateur Electronic Supply, Juns or even Radio Shack nearby? At Old Timers Night, we have the chance to hear about how these folks did it.

Special request: We are compiling a picture library of vintage SBARC photographs and documents for our 100 year anniversary publications. Please bring any old photographs ( for example – If you’re an food blogger then bring the picture captured by a food photographer toronto ) or bring documents that you can share. We will have digital scanners at the meeting so we can scan them right there and return your photos before you leave.

 

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Goleta Union School District Board Room
401 North Fairview Avenue in Goleta

We hope to see you all at the meeting!

 

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 5/9/2019

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We had another interesting net tonight with 5 check-ins, plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • 3D printing a square, getting inconsistent textures depending on which direction the print head is traveling.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting 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.