Welcome to the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) community!
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 MoreBillerica ARS club members will be turning out for the 2022 ARRL Field Day on Saturday Jun 25 through Sunday afternoon June 26. The club callsign W1HH will be used on the air during this event. The location is the same as our last field day, namely the Billerica EMA …
Billerica ARS Field Day – Saturday June 25 through Sunday June 26 Read MoreNext BARS Meeting: April 6, 7PM on Zoom Speaker: Rob Leiden, K1UI Assistant NE Division Director Topic: What can we do about Noise interference? Help is coming. One of the biggest problems faced by amateur radio in this era of new technologies is the growth of noise that interferes with …
April 6 BARS Meeting: “What can we do about Noise interference?” Read MoreNext BARS Meeting: Wed. March 2, 7PM on Zoom Speaker: Mindy Hull, KM1NDY Topic: Parks on the Air (POTA) The next BARS Zoom meeting on Wednesday, March 2 will feature Mindy Hull, KM1NDY, presenting on Parks On The Air (POTA). Mindy has organized many local club POTA operations in the …
Next BARS Meeting: Wed. March 2, 7PM on Zoom Read MoreNext BARS Meeting: Wed Feb. 2, 7PM on Zoom Speaker: Dennis Egan, W1UE Topic: HF Propagation – A Different Look Dennis Egan, W1UE, has been licensed for 53 years. He is an avid contester, and his main interest in propagation is to improve his contest scores. He is Past President …
Next BARS Zoom Meeting: Wed Feb. 2, 7PM 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 MoreNext BARS Zoom Meeting is December 1, 2021, 7 PM (Wednesday) Topic: Amateur Radio Software Demonstration (RufzXP / Morse Runner) Speaker: Bruce Blain, K1BG Abstract: Bruce, K1BG, will join us with another one of his great presentations. This time Bruce will focus on a couple of software programs (i.e., RufzXP …
BARS Zoom Meeting – December 1, 2021, 7 PM Topic: Amateur Radio Software Demonstration Read More