Technical Mentoring & Elmering Net
Technical Topics and Advice for New Hams
Thursdays from 8:00 to 9:00 PM on the SBARC Hub linked repeaters.
The Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net is dedicated to teaching. We discuss technical topics related to ham radio at ALL levels of expertise, with very special emphasis on helping any new ham any way we can. Remember you are an expert in your field of endeavor, so its no shame if you are just a beginner in ham radio. In fact, a great question for the net is “ WHAT are you guys talking about?”
There is no “lecture topic”, meaning that we are completely question-based, so its great if you have a list of questions ready. We take check-ins at the beginning, and throughout the net, so you can join (and leave) anytime you want to. Usually we discuss some technical topic for awhile, then leave breaks for people to jump in with a different question. Often several very expert hams are on, with possibly some listening ready to help with something they know, or to answer up to net control asking “who wants to answer that question?” The net is very informal and friendly, and also helps any new ham with even non-technical ham radio questions, like correct operating procedure, etc.
You’ll find recordings of the net in the SBARC Audio Archives.
Net controllers, see the TM&E Net preamble and script wiki.
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 11 check-ins plus net control, Chuck – K5CAW and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:
- With AnyTone DMR D868UV audio volume and amplitude varies from extremely low to very hot depending on who’s talking. Is there any way to adjust the mic gain?
- New Hytera PDC-760 LTE/3G/Wifi radio & cell-phone device.
- New BTech DMR Radio – Everything AnyTone offers plus some.
- This weekends Field Day operating announcements.
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.
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 13 check-ins plus net control, Brian – K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:
- What type of coax should be used depending on operating situation ie. mobile, at home with a roof antenna, length of run, etc.
- Antenna wire attached to a kite reached Milano Italy.
- Different types of coax connectors.
- Kite flying amateur radio net on 7.212 MHz on Wednesdays at 7:15 PM PDT.
- Isotron antennas.
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.
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 9 check-ins plus net control, Eric – KG6WXC and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included:
- What DMR Hot Spots are recommended by the SBARC group?
- Follow up to Dave, AI6VX’s question from last week regarding HTs and Base Stations not being able to communicate via the same repeater. A solution was found and it was the repeater.
- How to connect to EchoLink with an Alinco DR635T?
- How to find the WORLD talk group in my AnyTone radio.
- Mesh Networking.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
