Thursday evening at 8:00 PM local time starting November 2000 using the Elyria Repeaters in Elyria, Ohio 146.700 linked together with 444.80 and 53.13 technical discussion revolving around radio station equipment and computer hardware takes place and is an insight to many listeners and participants who have questions regarding troubleshooting techniques. This net has been growing since the 1980's, the primary net controller Sandy W8KYS has shared experiences with his years of exposure to many compound radio frequency devices. With help from Dave K8WRS and Tony KB8WOW the discussions on the net include topics of electrical safety, tower design, antenna building, troubleshooting high SWR, noise filtering, station grounding, mobile mounting complications, battery and fuse safety, vacuum tube principles, complicated antenna regulations, tuning coils, output tank circuits, and other stations join in to share ideas with the group.
Since the beginning of the personal computer tying into amatuer radio station hardware questions of this nature have always come up, this has prompted computer friendly operators to join in and share their knowledge solving what for many was unknown "black-box" technology and previously mis-understood. These nets begin as a check-in period with a second round for questions and then opens up as open forum to relieve the net controller so he can make notes.
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