Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 5/24/2018

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We had another informative net tonight with 10 check-ins plus net control, Ken – KA6KEN and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • How might someone troubleshoot commercial FM analog radios – HTs cannot talk to mobile units or to each other, mobile units working as usual.
  • Who invented the Internet?
  • Is it better to use a 2 meter or HF band radio to use EchoLink?

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 – Radios

1. Icom 290A – 2m All mode transceiver and external PL board – $150 for both, $100 for just the radio

2. Yaesu FT-847 – All mode HF/VHF/UHF transceiver, perfect for satellite operation – $775

3. Yaesu FT-857 – All mode HF/VHF/UHF transceiver and matching LDG AT100 tuner – $650 for both, $550 for just the radio

Contact – Dave K9KBX – 805-896-8823

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 5/17/2018

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We had another informative net tonight with 10 check-ins plus net control, Chuck – K5CAW and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:

  • What does the little orange button at the top of the AnyTone AT-D868UV do? (Hint, it’s user programmable within the code plug, mine toggles transmit power levels).
  • AnyTone DMR radio – Getting off promiscuous mode and knowing which talk group was being received.
  • How do you know if a piece of coax is good or not?
  • What are the 4 power level settings in the AnyTone DMR 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.

General Club Meeting – May 18th, 2018

2018-05-15_10-21-13Our general club meeting this month will feature a presentation from Gene Nelson Ph.D KE5HXX on converting gas generators to propane. Many of us have generators that don’t get a lot of use but want them to be ready to go when the need arrises. We have all found that storing gas is a pain, you need to add stabilizer and remember to replace gasoline every year or two. Generators also don’t like sitting around with gasoline in them for a long time and we often find that we can’t get them started when we need them. Well, Gene has a solution and will tell us about it step by step. He will also give us an outdoor demonstration.

This month’s meeting is also Old-Timers night. Come pay your respects to our old-timers and bring your old radios to show off. We’ll introduce our old-timers at the beginning of the meeting, then we’ll give everyone plenty of time after the presentation to check out members gear from yesteryear.

SBARC General Club Meeting
Friday, May 18th, 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!

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Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 5/10/2018

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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.