TEK NET

The Henderson Amateur Radio Club is pleased to present our Tek Net every Sunday evening, starting at 8pm local time (0300 UTC).

The audio portion of the Tek Net will be found on the Henderson Amateur Radio Club Repeater Network (RF).  The audio may also be accessed via Echolink (W7HEN-R node 740644) and Allstar (node 44045).

The audio will refer to this page, so that the listener can more fully understand the concepts as they are presented.

All are welcome!

Past Tek Nets Available Here

May 21, 2023

‘ASK the PROS’

This is our open-forum type of discussions about ham radio, communications, IT and just about anything electronics related.

Your questions about a build you may be involved in or comments that you may have are most welcome. Jump in and tell us what’s going on, this is definitely an area where the MORE the MERRIER.

I have been asked to do a Tek Net on soldering again.

I have been holding off until I could find a quality choice for an inexpensive temperature controlled soldering iron as well as an appropriate electronic kit that would be a good choice to any ham’s station layout, was not complicated or too large and time consuming and was easy on the wallet.

Well, that criteria has been met and next week we will put this device together and use the proper soldering steps and tips to get it done.

That’s next week May 28, 2023.

The kit is the MIOYOOW TJ-56-428 4Bit Digital Electronic Clock Kit.

The finished clock has several mode settings and displays hours and minutes, temperature, date and has a built-in battery back-up to maintain the correct time when power to the device has failed.

Includes a clear plexi-glass pre-machined enclosure with hardware screws/nuts, and USB power cord.

This kit was delivered in 3 days and is a good value at $15.00.

The DGMQKJ Soldering Iron 60 Watt, Temperature controlled Iron will be a excellent addition to your station tools at less then $10.00.

Different styles of tips are available and easily changed.

This iron arrived in 3 days also.

I was looking for a good sized digital display to enter my contacts into the station log book, this is it.

THANK YOU to all the participants on tonight’s TEK NET.

73 until next week.

DE WB6AMT Earl