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

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.

SBARC Annual Bazaar – This Coming Saturday, July 21, 2018

The annual SBARC Bazaar will be held this year on Saturday July 21, 2018. Setup will begin at 06:00 to 07:30 with selling to begin at 08:00 and continue to 11:30. Donated equipment that has been collected throughout the year will be sold to raise funds for the club. There will also be a consignment area where you can bring items you want to sell if you like and the club will accept a 10% “commission” from those sales.

stnmapThe Bazaar this year will be held in the parking lot at the Club Station in the Red Cross parking lot. It will be fun to have it “at home” again this year, and the Club Station will be open during the entire time. The Red Cross building is located on the corner of State Street and Alamar. The parking lot behind the main building, and the entrance is on Alamar.

We will need help and people with pick-up trucks and/or hand trucks to move the equipment and set things up and clean up afterwards. Sales people are also needed. Please contact Brian K6BPM at k6bpm@sbarc.org if you can spare an hour or two. Your time will be greatly appreciated and it is for a good cause!

Post expires at 12:35pm on Saturday July 21st, 2018 but will still be available in the archives.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 7/12/2018

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We had another informative net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control, Frank – K6FLD and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • G5RV antenna receives well on 20, 30 and 40 meters but pretty much deff above that, any ideas?
  • DMR, JumboSpot, etc.
  • SCE planned outages and advice if it’s going to happen to you especially in regards to electronics and especially certain smart home devices.

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.