Congratulations! Tulsa Tech Net

Yesterday, December 5 marked the beginning of something good. The Tulsa Tech Net started with a large group of amateurs from 4 or 5 of the local clubs. Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club hosted the event on the 146.910 repeater. Don Roberts(KE5OMV), Dan Lairmore(W5YDL) and Ray Truitt(KC5WSI) were the Net Control operators and set the direction of the event. All of the stations were encouraged to ID, give their first name, and start discussion on any topic that would be helpful to them and the group.The topics that come to mind were:Baluns - When do you use them? What is their purpose? Are the needed at all? What about the type to use (4:1 - 1:1).APRS - Where can you find a site on the WWW (Internet) that shows the location and map of APRS equipped mobile riggs.Other Radio Specific Questions - How do you use a DTMF mic on a Kenwood TS-2000 Radio.What could cause a radio to stop scanning when the vehicle cruise control is activated.Many things that will be recorded on the Tulsa Tech Net Blog were discussed.If you have any unresolved attemts to communicate feel free to Email me at stanpennington@valornet.com I will forward messages to Don, Dan and Ray.