Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 5/10/2018

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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 informative net tonight with 14 check-ins plus net control, Ken – KA6KEN and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • How do you unlock the keypad on an AnyTone D868UV after loading the current “ham” firmware and whatever custom code plug you’ve loaded?
  • After loading custom firmware and code plugs to DMR radios, what reference materials are there available to operate the radio? The factory manual is pretty much obsolete at that point.
  • Are there plans to conduct classes / training on DMR at the SBARC Club station in the near future?
  • What’s the best way to locate RFI interference in the 2 meter range with just an HT (or some signal detector)?
  • How do you test coax with high swr to pinpoint the problem?

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 to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 5/03/18

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We had another informative net tonight with 12 check-ins plus net control, Brian – K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • Guidance on receiving a new AnyTone DMR radio and getting it set up.
  • When you build an antenna, how can you test it and know you built it properly? (Amount of gain, etc.)
  • Chuck, K5CAW’s new ZUMspot display.
  • What do you do if you’re ever involved in answering a distress call on ham radio.

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 to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/26/2018

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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 informative net tonight with 14 check-ins plus net control, Frank – K6FLD and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • Will an unpowered or possibly unconnected antenna have an adverse affect on other antennas in use in its proximity?
  • When testing an antenna with an analyzer before hanging it, is height above ground important?
  • Recommendations for a good, reasonably priced antenna analyzer.
  • DMR band plan and changing to our new recommended frequency.
  • Difference between static and dynamic talk groups on DMR.

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 to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

For Sale – Radio Equipment

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1. Ten Tec Eagle 599a with 715 Speech processor and 941 PS. Also noise blanket, 1.8 kHz SSB filter, 6 kHz AM roofing filter factory installed. Also included is the Autek WM-1 Power meter. Including manuals. In original box. $1600 plus shipping.

2. Icom IC-756 ProII with original hand mike and Heil HM-10 mic duel cartridge/foot switch and desk stand also includes Astron 35M PS. Display excellent. Includes manuals owners and service manual. $900 plus shipping.

3. Icom IC-208H VHF/UHF in original box with RT programming disk. Complete EXCEPT missing separation cable. $200 plus shipping.

4. Yeasu VX-7R handheld 2 meter with quick charger and car charger in original box. RT programming disk. $150 plus shipping.

5. HealthKit Cantina Dummy load with oil. PICK UP ONLY. $25

6. DX-UT-KIT Crimp tool for coaxial power pole connectors. $75 plus shipping

Contact – Don WA6YRL (From Sacramento) – wa6yrl@gmail.com

For Sale – Arrow Corner Reflector Antenna

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For sale is an Arrow CR 146/440 Corner Reflector antenna. The antenna is new [purchased two weeks ago], is fully assembled, and is Gamma matched at 146.5 MHz with an SWR of 1.6 to 1.

The antenna is approximately 4 feet by 3 feet and weighs 10 pounds. All necessary stainless steel mounting hardware is included.

Asking price is greatly reduced because of time and cost to disassemble the antenna, package it, and ship it back to Arrow in Wyoming.

$150 OBO (Purchased for $230)

Specifications:
Frequency: 144-148 / 420-450 MHz.
Foward Gain: 10 db over a dipole
Half-power Beamwidth: 60 Degrees

The Arrow CR 146/440 is a dual-band, corner reflector directional antenna covering 144-148 and 420-450 MHz with an SWR of less than 1.6 to 1. The Corner Reflector design typically gives better performance for packet and high speed data links than long boom Yagis even though the Yagi has a higher S-reading than the Corner Reflector. The Corner Reflector has less phase distortion causing less errors and fewer re-tries.

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Contact – Skip K2LXC – 805.456.5107

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 4/19/2018

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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 informative net tonight with 7 check-ins plus net control, Chuck – K5CAW and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • Chuck, K5CAW asked about the Tuesday night digital modes net and how it went, we split the net between our standard VHF repeater and DMR. Hint, it went very well.
  • Question about the new Baofeng DMR radio and how good is it? Hint, not so good so far.
  • Announcement – Brian, K6BPM announced a DMR class at the club station this Saturday from 10-11:30 AM for anyone interested. The class will be held upstairs in the Red Cross building.
  • Mark, KM6SBL is getting back into ham radio after about 10 years and is looking for suggestions for an HF rig, he’s considering a Kenwood TS-450S.
  • ESR – Equivalent Series Resistance in reference to electrolytic capacitors.

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 to and contribute the knowledge of new and seasoned amateur radio operators alike.

Club Meeting April 20: Test Bench in a Backpack

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Wayne Beckman AF6GX will be the speaker this month, presenting a “Test Bench in a Backpack” program. He will give us a talk and demonstration of very portable and powerful test equipment that is much smaller and less expensive than earlier instruments because these new devices rely on being connected to a computer to utilize the processing and display capability of the computer. When used with a laptop computer this also makes the instruments battery powered very portable.

Wayne works along with Bill, W1UUQ keeping our infrastructure maintained and frequently works in remote places where it is difficult if not impossible to run back to the shop for a tool or piece of equipment. See how he makes the best use of sometimes limited space and weight so that they can get the job done.

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, April 20th, 2018 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!

Post expires at 1:00am on Saturday April 21st, 2018 but will still be available in the archives.