Yard Dogs Net Subject List
Below is a list of subjects we have covered during our ‘tech nets’.
# Version# SUBJECT
1 1.02 Reflectors
2 1.01 Digital Voice Modes
3 1.01 Digital Devices
4 1.01 Mobile Digital Communications
5 1.00 Counterpoises
6 1.02 Squelch Coding Systems
7 1.02 Yaesu System Fusion
8 1.00 Modulation Techniques
9 1.01 Bandwidth
10 1.00 Trivia Questions
12 1.00 APRS
13 1.00 WiRES-X Node vs. Room, What’s The Diff?
14 1.00 Vocoders
15 1.02 Amateur Radio Digital Standards (Yaesu Musen Co., LTD.)
19 1.00 RoIP
20 1.00 How WiRES-X Entries Are Displayed
21 1.00 Transcoding
22 1.00 Nomenclature
23 1.00 What’s Really Open Source and What’s Proprietary? (aired 10- 16-2019)
24 1.00 Advanced C4FM
25 1.00 More About PDN’s
26 1.00 Even MORE About PDN’s
27 1.00 WiRES-X and C4FM TIPS AND TRICKS
28 1.01 Hamcation 2019 Notes
30 1.00 Yaesu Programming Notes
31 1.01 Radiation Resistance
33 1.00 March 2019 Tips and Tricks (aired 3-6-2019)
34 1.00 WiRES-X Net of 3-13-19 (aired 3-13-2019)
35 1.00 Bandwidth Part 2
36 1.00 Return Loss
37 1.00 WiFi Changes
38 1.00 Can you transmit a digital RF signal?
39 1.00 Yaesu FT-3DR
40 1.00 Hamular
41 1.00 The ‘Q’ of a resonant circuit
42A 1.00 Yaesu Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch
42B 1.00 Yaesu Group Monitor Function
43 1.00 Yaesu DG-ID Function
45 1.00 Threats to amateur frequencies (aired 7-3-2019)
46 1.00 How Does Our Digital Coding Work? (aired 7-10-2019)
47 1.00 Latency and buffering in WiRES-X (aired 7-17-2019)
48 1.00 What if? (aired 7-24-2019)
49 1.00 Cellphone vs. HT (aired 7-31-2019)
50 1.00 Can You Hear Me? (aired 8-7-2019)
51 1.00 Duplex Operation (Part I aired 8-14-2019 / Part II aired 8-21-2019)
53 1.00 How Does WiRES-X Work? (aired 8-28-2019)
54 1.00 Reactance, Impedance and Resistance (aired 9-4-2019)
55 1.00 Standing Waves (Part 1 of 2 aired 9-11-2019)
56 1.00 The ’S’ Meter (aired 10-9-2019)
57. 1.00 What’s analog & digital in WiRES-X? (aired 10-23-2019)
58. 1.00 Yaesu’s WiRES-X Terminology (aired 10-30-2019)
59. 1.00 Other WiRES-X Functions (aired 11-06-2019)
60. 1.00 Where The Fusion Is Your Japanese Radio Made? (aired 11-13-2019)
61. 1.01 Why does the manual say Variable Reactance Modulation when I know good and well it’s Frequency Modulation in analog? (aired 11-20-2019)
65. 1.00 Repeater Basics Part 1 (coordination) (aired 12-4-2019)
66. 1.00 Repeater Basics Part 2 (aired 12-11-2019)
68. 1.00 Using your SWR meter (aired 12-18-2019)
69. 1.00 The Radio Horizon (aired 12-25-2019)
71. 1.00 The History of Amateur Callsigns and Frequency Allocations (Ch. 1 aired 1-8-2020), (Ch. 2 aired 1-15-2020), (Ch. 3 aired 1-22-2020), (Ch. 4 aired 1-29-2020) (Ch. 5 aired 2-12-2020)
72. 1.00 Bluetooth (aired 2-19-2020)
73. 1.00 Tuners and Autotuners (aired 3-4-2020)
75. 1.00 Who Needs The Old Guy Anyway? (aired 3-11-2020)
76. 1.00 Let’s Throw Windows Out The Window (aired 3-18-2020)
77. 1.00 If I Could Wish For Something (aired 3-25-2020)
78. 1.00 Where Are We Going From Here? (aired 4-1-2020)
79. 1.00 What To Do When A Ham Passes On (aired 4-8-2020)
80. 1.02 The Watobe County Courthouse (aired 4-15-2020)
81. 1.00 Digital Resolution – A Balancing Act (aired 4-22-2020)
82. 1.00 A Quarter-Wave Is A Quarter-Wave Is A Quarter-Wave (aired 4-29-2020)
83. 1.00 Spend Your Money On An Antenna And Feedline (aired 5-20-2020)
84. 1.00 Do You Know DOCSIS? (aired 5-6-2020)
85. 1.00 Can You Range Me Now? (aired 5-13-2020)
86. 1.00 You Can Radio But You Can’t Hide (aired 5-27-2020)
87. 1.01 Hey Yaesu! Want To Be King Of The Hill? (aired 6-3-2020)
90. 1.00 Takeoff Angle (aired 6-10-2020)
91. 1.00 Near Vertical Incidence Skywave Propagation (aired 6-17-2020)
92. 1.00 Baluns (aired 6-24-2020)
93. 1.00 How To Handle A Band Opening With C4FM (aired 7-1-2020)
95. 1.00 An Incomplete Discussion Of Lightning Protection (aired 7-22-2020)
97. 1.00 Sidebands And Guardbands (aired 8-26-2020)
99. 1.00 Grounding, Earthing And Bonding (aired 7-29-2020)
100. 1.00 Galvanic Reaction (aired 8-5-2020)
101. 1.00 Velocity Of Propagation Through A Cable (aired 8-12-2020)
102. 1.00 The Capacitance Hat (aired 8-19-2020)
103. 1.00 Amplifier Classes (aired 9-2-2020)
104. 1.00 Latency And Buffering In WiRES-X Again (aired 9-9-2020)
105. 1.00 What’s The Difference Between Yaesu C4FM, APCO P25 Phase I And NXDN? (aired 9-16-2020)
106. 1.00 What Features Of System Fusion And WiRES-X Do We NOT Use? (aired 9-23-2020)
107. 1.00 Barriers? What Barriers? (aired 9-30-2020)
108. 1.00 Why Does Yaesu Use Windows Software For WiRES-X? (aired 10-7-2020)
109. 1.00 WiRES-X Packets Explained (aired 10-14-2020)
110. 1.00 The Yagi Antenna (aired 10-21-2020)
111. 1.00 Socket Timeout Errors (aired 10-28-2020)
112. 1.00 The Unsung Hams..Are They Heroes? (aired 12-23-2020)
114. 1.00 The New Technologies…A Critical Look (aired 11-04-2020)
115. 1.02 What Happens When You Press Your Fusion Radio Keypad And, What Layer Are You In? (aired 11-11-2020)
116. 1.01 What’s The REAL Difference Between ‘DN’ And ‘VW’? (aired 11-18-2020)
119. 1.00 Building Our Own Backup Network…Is There Any Point In It? (aired 11-25-2020)
120. 1.00 Is Your Transmitter Happy? (aired 12-2-2020)
121. 1.01 You Can’t Do It Right With The System You Love (aired 12-9-2020)
XXX. 1.XX What Is C4FM And How Does It Compare To D-Star?
125. 1.00 Where Did I Lose My Signal Eddy? It Must Be Around Here Somewhere. (aired 12-30-2020)
126. 1.00 WiRES-XL (aired 1-6-2021)
128. 1.00 666 – WiFi 6, WiFi 6E And 6GHz (aired 1-13-2021)
129. 1.02 Is FM Allowed On The HF Bands? (aired 1-20-2021)
131. 1.00 When Did The Last Analog TV Station (In The USA) Go Off The Air? (aired 1-27-2021)
133. 1.00 Ufer Grounds And Conductive Concrete (aired 2-3-2021)
135. 1.02 Receiver Specs Chapter 1 – Dynamic Range, IP3 And Receiver Passband (aired 2-10-2021)
136. 1.00 Receiver Specs Chapter 2 – Sensitivity (aired 2-17-2021)
137. 1.00 Receiver Specs Chapter 3, Part A – Selectivity (aired 2-24-2021), Part B – Selectivity (aired 3-3-2021)
The goal is to air something related to WiRES-X or System Fusion, but this is not always possible. When that’s the case, we will air some subject that is otherwise amateur radio related.