General Club Meeting August 17, 2018. – DMR Revisited

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unknownSBARC now has numerous members with DMR radios, but many have not yet quite gotten the hang of how DMR works and have not yet been able to enjoy the full capabilities of the DMR network. I have been asked several times recently about the possibility of having DMR be the topic of a club meeting, so I thought this month might be a good time to have one. Now that a lot of members have radios and have had at least some exposure to DMR, I think another meeting to go over the numerous capabilities of DMR might help clear things up for a lot of people, and get a few more people interested in jumping on board.

We’ll also demonstrate and explain some different kinds of “hotspots” that you can set up at home and basically operate your own tiny, low powered DMR repeater. So bring your radios, and bring your questions!

Post expires at 8:00pm on Friday August 17th, 2018 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/9/2018

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We had another informative net tonight with 11 check-ins plus net control, Ken – KA6KEN and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • HDSDR with Yaesu FT-950 as a Panadapter and tuning issues.
  • What HF activity have you had recently?
  • Pixie QRP CW Radio.
  • Holy Fire from Santiago Peak North of Orange County.

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/2/2018

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We had another informative net tonight with 11 check-ins plus net control, Brian – K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • openSPOT having issues connecting to the internet or something else is going on.
  • 3D Printing.

Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting questions will 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 – 7/26/2018

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We had another informative net tonight with 6 check-ins plus net control, Frank – K6FLD and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • Follow up from last weeks computer interference – Solved.
  • How to learn CW.
  • Tinkering with Electronics.
  • Elvis has left the building.

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

For Sale/Free – Yaesu FT-690R2 and Rooftop Tower

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Free to a good home is an aluminum, roof mounted tower. It is 12-15ft tall and is in good condition. The tower is out at the SBARC container and you will have to act soon, otherwise, it will be picked up for recycling. Contact Bill W1UUQ to coordinate pickup.

For Sale is a Yaesu FT-690R2 6M multimode radio. Comes with the Radio, Manual, Battery Case, 10W Amplifier, and a good condition 6M beam. $100

Contact – Jim W6JFE – 805.259.9948

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 7/19/2018

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We had another informative net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control, Chuck – K5CAW and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • Computer interference on HF rig and how to address it. (Hint: New computer almost the same as the old computer and old one didn’t present interference)
  •  Converting square wave (555 Timer for example) to sine wave.
  • AREDN Mesh network update.
  • HDMI cables and noise issues.
  • Yaesu FT-950 erratic VFO output issues – to be continued.

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