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.

 



Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/26/2021

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 11 check-ins plus net control Ken, KA6KEN. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Which functions of a Tenma Model 72-5210 5MHz Function Generator (currently featured on the SBARC Swap Net) are useful to ham radio operators?
  • What kind of HF gear do you currently have and operate regularly? (Hams checked into tonight’s net give a synopsis).

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.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/19/2021

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 10 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • What’s the difference between calipers and micrometers?
  • Chomping vs. champing at the bit…

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.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/12/2021

 

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 6 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • OTA TV DXing.
  • Calipers – Walmart deal (now expired).
  • Cleaning battery terminals.

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.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 8/5/2021

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 8 check-ins plus net control Brian, K6BPM. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Electric Vehicles, EV1, Tesla, etc.
  • Raspberry Pi.
  • Can an HF dipole antenna transmitting at up to 600 watts in close proximity to other antennas (TV, VHF, etc.) cause interference or even damage other radios front end receivers?

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.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 7/29/2021

We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • What is the likelihood of someone on a handheld in Santa Ynez reaching someone in Santa Barbara proper on simplex?
  • New equipment acquired for Santa Ynez Peak and should be deployed soon that will hopefully address the drop out issues when someone comes onto K6TZ via 145.180.
  • Headset AllStar node (Radio-less).

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.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 7/22/21

We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control Frank, K6FLD. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Stray RF in shack seems to have been solved with MFJ-915 RF Isolator + other shack issues.
  • Amazon MMDVM Hotspot.
  • ClearNode, ZumSpot, Shari.

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.

Technical Mentoring and Elmering Net – 7-15-2021

We had another interesting net tonight with 8 check-ins plus net control Dave, AI6VX. Tonight’s topics included:

  • Issues Programming Yaesu FTM-400 with RT Systems software – manual entry of repeaters into RT Systems software not working. Solved (Reversed the input and output frequencies).
  • How to stop hearing the Santa Clarita 146.79 repeater on SBARC 146.76 repeater frequency. CTCSS?

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.