TBARC Learn
Your Elmer, in writing.
An Elmer is the ham who takes the time to show you how. This is ours, in writing.
TBARC Learn is where the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club keeps its long-form guides — the kind that stay useful long after the meeting that inspired them. Antennas, digital modes, propagation, software, the gear on our own repeater. Written properly, and tested end to end before they go up.
Free to read. No account, no sign-up. Send them to anyone.
Guides
Every guide is filed under a topic, newest first. The latest in each topic are in the menu above, and a new guide shows up there the moment it is published.
Coming
Getting started on digital modes without buying anything
Reading a propagation forecast like you mean it
Elsewhere
A companion guide from one of our own, worth your time:
Olivia Mode Guide — everything you need to work Olivia, the weak-signal MFSK mode that decodes up to 14 dB below the noise floor. Setup, gear, operating tips and audio samples.
Want something written up? Ask a board member, or catch us on the repeater.
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