Category Archives: Tech Mentoring Net

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 good net tonight with 7 check-ins plus net control, Brian, K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included: WiFi following with ZUMspot (DMR Hotspot). Earthquake detection and monitoring with Raspberry Pi. More ZUMspot questions and TAC 310 talk group. Given our Multi-Mode repeater, who takes priority? DMR, System Fusion, Dstar? Some other related subjects. 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 good net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control, Eric, KG6WXC and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included: Is there a reason that the signal quality on our local repeater frequency 446.40 is better than 146.79? How do you know which band is going to have the better signal/audio quality on a given day? DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) and Winlink (RMS Express) see http://www.winlink.org 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 good net tonight with 12 check-ins plus net control, Frank, K6FLD and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included: DMR range and what happens when you’re out of range. Other ways to get on the air with DMR if you’re not in range of a DMR repeater or Hot Spot. How does an antenna pick up a specific signal and allow you to hear and understand it? What is the status of local ham test classes and where else can one go to take a test? Why are we required to maintain a log of what antenna we use when on 60 meters? 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 good net tonight with 10 check-ins plus net control, Brian, K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included: K5CAW asks K6FLD if he’s received his Raspberry Pi Zero W yet and the cost savings between it paired with the ZUMspot and the Shark RF openSPOT. Why do so many manufacturers use silver to coat contacts and won’t it tarnish? What should we use to coat radomes? Why do we use PL tones in the US and Europe uses Tone Bursts? 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 good net tonight with 9 check-ins plus net control, Brian, K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included: Why are germanium diodes so common in ham radio when reviewing schematic diagrams? What is the significance or talk group #9 on our DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) network? DMR talk groups for monitoring hurricane Irma – #3199 ad hoc and another to be e-mailed to the digital modes group tomorrow by Brian, K6BPM. What’s going on with the WB6OBB repeater? Zello, a walky-talky type app for Android and iPhone. Pi-hole, an open-source application that will block all ads on your computers and smart phones on your home network – it runs on a Raspberry pie. 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 good net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control, Brian, K6BPM and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included: Home electrical switch wiring, RF house switches, Echo DOT, etc. Artificial Intelligence (AI), the progress we’ve made and the future of AI. Market share of the most popular smart devices throughout the entire ecosystem. 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 good net tonight with 7 check-ins plus net control, Garrett, AG6RQ and some chat room visitors! Tonight’s subjects included: What are the optimal conditions for operating on the 10 and 6 meter bands? What is sporadic E? What is the best way to get into the K6TZ repeater from the other side of the mountain (say if driving away from the local area)?. How do you read and interpret a solar report / forecast for ham bands?  Hint, lots of info here: www.hamqsl.com/solar.html Why do most radios have a microphone ground in addition to an rf or regular ground? 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.