Billerica Amateur Radio Society
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Our Guest Speaker for the May 2023 Club Meeting will be Dennis Boye, AH2O from Syosset, NY. Dennis will be sharing a presentation on P.O.T.A. (Parks On The Air), which is fast becoming very popular, especially now that Spring has finally come after a long cold winter. Here is a …
May 3, 2023 BARS Meeting – Dennis Boye, AH2O, on Parks on the Air Read More
Our guest speaker for the Club Meeting on April 5, 2023 will be Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT, and he will give a presentation entitled “Antennas – The Third Dimension”. Gary was Licensed as WN9FRG in 1970. Other calls he has held: WB9FRG, WB9FRG/6W8, W0XT. He also has an FCC General Radiotelephone …
April 5, 2023 BARS Meeting – Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT, on Antennas – the Third Dimension Read More
I am pleased to announce that we will have Tom Carrubba, KA2D, who will give us a dual presentation on DX’ing on the H bands, as well as a tutorial on using logging programs. Tom was first licensed in 1978 as KA2DFO. He is an active DXer, DXCC CW, RTTY …
March 1, 2023 BARS Meeting – Tom Carrubba, KA2D, on HF DXing and Logging Read More
We will be having Bruce Blain, K1BG as our Guest Speaker for the February 1, 2023 Club Meeting. Bruce will give an informative talk about the basics of CW for us. Bruce was first introduced to amateur radio by his neighbor Jim Payne, W1GPN, when he was 4 years old. …
February 1, 2023 BARS Meeting: Bruce Blain, K1BG, on “CW Basics” Read More
Larry Krainson, W1AST, forwarded this post from QRZ about a program they’re offering to set new hams up with a free dual band HT radio. If you’re a new ham or know someone who is, be sure to check it out! More info on QRZ’s website here.
Free Radio for New Hams Read More
Special thanks to Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ, for a great talk on Linux in Your Ham Shack at this month’s meeting. Andy has graciously shared his slides from the talk with us. You can find them here: Andy_Ham_Radio_Linux
Linux in Your Ham Shack Slides Read More
The ARRL Board of Director’s meeting is coming up in mid- January. BARS’s own Mike (who is First VP of the ARRL in addition to serving as VP for BARS) will give us an overview of what’s on the agenda and other news from Headquarters. We will announce the link …
January 5 BARS Meeting: Mike Raisebeck, K1TWF Read More
Just a reminder that ballots went out for ARRL New England Division Director elections. Take a moment to fill out your ballot and send it back. The candidates for Director are the incumbent, Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, of Lincoln, Massachusetts; Tom Frenaye, K1KI, of West Suffield, Connecticut, and Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, …
Elections for ARRL New England Division Director Underway Read MoreFrom Gary Frascarelli W1GFF: September 12, 2019 – We had 18 Candidates show up, including 12 Army Recruits from Ft Devens on an exercise. Only 1 of the 12 achieved a passing grade (upgrade to Gen) since they only had 1 hour to study after being told they were taking …
September 12, 2019 VE Session Report Read More
If you didn’t receive the email that recently went out, or if you’re not on Facebook, the BARS Field Day photos and recap video are now available. Click here to check out the photos. If you’re not on Facebook, a window might pop up when you click the link to …
BARS Field Day Photos & Video Read More