Dan (N7XDL) briefed us on the new Elmer Program at MARC.
I will update to include the slide
Category Archives: Training
Posts related to training classes given by the club. We do at least two trainings per month.
Modes – Back to Basics – Beginner’s Topics – 5 JUN 2025
Dan (N7XDL) talks about radio modes, what they are, how they work, and why we care.
Slides available soon.
AREDN Applications – AREDN Deep Dive – Advanced Topics – 12 JUN 2025
Jan (KD7ZWV) talks about various applications that we can run on an AREDN (or really, any) network.
Slides, download: AREDN Applications or inline:
AREDN Network Planning – Advanced Topics – 8 MAY 2025
Jan (KD7ZWV) talks about network design issues specific to AREDN, reviews some coverage maps for the Murray area, and demos accessing services via the mesh using his travel node.
Slides: AREDN Network Design
Repeaters – Basic Topics – 1 MAY 2025
Dan (N7XDL) talks about repeaters at the beginner's level. Slides will be available here eventually.
When Disaster Strikes – General Topics – 10 APR 2025
Dan (N7XDL) talks about what to do when disaster strikes. I'll add the slides when I get them from Dan, but I wanted to get this on the site.
MARC Standard Operating Guidelines – General Meeting – 20 MAR 2025
Dan (N7XDL) briefs us on the standard operating guidelines document, available on the club web site here: https://www.murrayarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MARC_SoG_March2024.pdf, which can also be found on the Radio and Other Resources page.
(I'll publish the slides when I get them from Dan.)
Also mentioned in this presentation: Monthly Meeting - 16 March 2022 - Tactical Call Signs
Advanced Node Configuration – AREDN Deep Dive 3, part 1 – Advanced Topics – 13 MAR 2025
Jan (KD7ZWV) brings up his node's console and walks through the UI, digging into various areas and exploring advanced options as well as typical configuration choices. Unfortunately, we didn't get as far through the UI as planned and we will continue this next month. There are no slides for this presentation as it was a "live demo" (gasp). As usual, some things failed to work as expected in the live demo, particularly opening a tunnel from Jan's laptop to the node itself so we could look at some other configurations and follow links in the UI. Since this didn't work, we were confined to operations directly on Jan's node. Hopefully by next month he will have his tunnel working and will be able to demo more effectively what can be done with the UI.
Back to Basics 3: Language, Jargon, and How to Talk on the Radio – Basic Topics – 6 MAR 2025
Jan (KD7ZWV) covers things you're likely to hear on the radio, Q-codes and Prosigns, and how to talk to other people. Find the video and slides below, and a list of links from the presentation for ease of clicking.