Getting Started
The White Tanks Repeater Console
wt.w7tbc.org is the club's live window into the White Tanks repeater. How to sign in with your callsign, arrange and hide tiles, read every tile, use the camera, and link the repeater to other AllStar nodes — and what that puts on the air.
Discord for TBARC
The club's Discord server is where the between-meetings conversation happens. How to join it, keep your callsign off the open internet, find your way around, use the voice rooms, and quiet the notifications so you actually stay.
Back to Basics #1: A Mobile Radio as Your Home Station
A mobile radio is not just for the car. With a household power supply and an outdoor antenna it makes an excellent home station for local 2 metre and 70 centimetre work — and it is the least expensive honest way to get on the air properly. Real part numbers, real prices, and the antenna option that fits an HOA.