Category: New Ham Net

Announcements about the net and topics/notes from previous nets are posted here regularly.

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New Ham Net 6/27/19

Topics Discussed Evenings In The Park Cancelled tonight due to weather Next gathering will be on 7/11 Possible fox hunt activities during next gathering. If you have a Handi-Finder bring it to test and maybe show someone else how to use it Field Day Discussed what field day activities people participated in over Field Day...

New Ham Net 5/30/19

Topics Discussed Net control for the net If you’d like an opportunity to be net control operator for the net, please contact me via email (newhamnet@snovarc.org) or in person at the meetings or evenings in the park gatherings Evenings in the park Net was informed of the evenings in the park event section on the...

New Ham Net 5/23/19

Topics Discussed Recent and Upcoming Events Dayton Hamvention – May 17-19 DMR Gathering at Valley Camp – May 18-19 SEA-PAC – May 31 – June 2 Evenings in the park gathering Announced the start of the gatherings Polled the net for interest in attending. All participants said they would be interested in attending First gathering...

New Ham Net 5/16/19

Topics Discussed Power Supply Noise Issues One net participant had noise interference while listening on HF frequencies only when the power supply was on. The issue seemed to be specific to this power supply as it was possibly emitting lots of RFI due to insufficient shielding. Power Supplies (Linear vs Switching) No participants indicated that...

New Ham Net 5/9/19

Topics Discussed New hams from the April Snovarc classes Congratulations to the 14 new hams that passed their tests in April and received their call signs this week 3 new hams joined us on the net tonight for the first time tonight Evenings in the park Coming up, we will start gathering at the Big...

New Ham Net 4/25/19

Topics discussed on the net Snovarc ham classes on Saturday 4/27 Looking for stations to help students make first contacts during class (around noon) Snovarc May Meeting to focus on new hams Help with new radio programming Other ways the club can help Use of the reverse feature on your radio Used to listen to...