Category Archives: Club News

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 interesting net tonight with 13 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included: SWR issues from last weeks net resolved (wrong type of meter). Why are DC power supplies external rather than internal in most ham radios? Repeater voter circuitry. Net on Papa system. Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

We are still ZOOMing for club meetings. It seems likely we’ll still be meeting this way for the foreseeable future. On the one hand ZOOM meetings don’t allow the personal interaction we enjoy at “real” meetings, but on the other hand, a lot of members who cannot attend regular meetings ARE able to participate in the ZOOM meetings.  When we return to having in-person meetings again, I think we will also integrate ZOOM into the picture so more members can join in on the fun. This month we have some club business to talk about. There are some changes, new projects, and we have an election coming up in November. We’ll talk about the latest club news, and I’ll explain how we are going to conduct the election. I am also going to do a presentation on using the HF digital mode, FT8. This an extremely popular mode and is packed with users all day and night. It is very similar to JT65 but much faster. You can really rack up contacts quickly. Please check back on this website around 7pm on meeting night. As we have done in the past, we’ll post the ZOOM and YouTube links. See you then and 73! Brian – K6BPM Post expires at 9:30pm on Friday September 18th, 2020 but will still be available in the archives.

 This month we had a presentation by Denny N6HV from Ventura on EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) operation. If you are interested in downloading the PowerPoint presentation, click here.

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 interesting net tonight with 5 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included: Hamvoip and sound card for your own Allstar node. Bob’s, AC6PJ story about his satellite downlink + Space Shuttle experience.  Bob’s, AC6PJ informational about Americium, radioactive atomic element #95 in smoke detectors. Moon bounce operations (also next club meeting presentation). Tune in to the SBARC TM&E Net every Thursday at 8:00 PM local (2000 Hrs) and see what interesting ham radio questions might arise or ask some of your own! All club members and visitors are encouraged to check in to the net each week.

We will be once again meeting via ZOOM this month. We will be having an original presentation on Earthquake Preparation prepared for the Coachella Valley area (relevant for all of Southern California) by Dr. Dennis Mileti and Ken Ekland. It will be presented by Jim Knight – WA6RNV. The presentation topics will include: Tectonic Plates The Quake We Face First Day to 7 Days After Preparedness Actions Other Recommendations     Because of the proprietary nature of the presentation, only SBARC members will be able to view the recorded version of the meeting after the meeting is concluded. We will make this available to members via a special link we will send out by email. We will be posting details here on the meeting date approximately one half hour before the meeting starts at 7:30. So please check back then! Post expires at 9:52pm on Friday July 17th, 2020 but will still be available in the archives.

 SBARC trustee Bill Talanian, W1UUQ gave us a fascinating presentation about the SBARC telecommunications systems at Santa Ynez Peak. He has numerous photographs showed work performed at the site. Few of us have had the opportunity to see what goes on at this major repeater site, but Bill knows all! His vast historical knowledge of our local repeater sites is always interesting and informative!