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)

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.