Welcome to the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) community!
All, I am extremely excited to announce our next Zoom meeting will be a tour of the W1AW station at ARRL HQ in Newington CT! Some of you have been lucky enough to work W1AW on the bands – some even in the A.M. mode. Even QSLed it. Even luckier …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 11/4/20 7PM – ARRL HQ W1AW STATION TOUR with Joe Carcia, NJ1Q Read More
Everyone, I am very happy to announce that we now have our first candidate for President of BARS for the Wednesday, 11/4 election. Doug Bruce (“from the cookie sheet in Reading”) has stepped up to the plate. I met Doug last year at my Boston Area DXers shortwave listening …
Doug Bruce, KC1MJK has offered his candidacy for President of BARS! Read More I have been browbeating all of you about the fact that I intend to take a break from being President of BARS for the past three years. Election day for us is Wednesday, 11/4/20. That day is coming up quickly and I would like to share some thoughts about this …
URGENT – PLEASE READ – BARS NEEDS A NEW PRESIDENT – AND IT MUST BE ONE OF YOU Read More
Everyone, you may find it interesting to read our Constitution as it was last written. Changes can, of course, be discussed with membership and BOD and implemented. Andy KA1GTT President, Billerica Amateur Radio Society =============== Billerica Amateur Radio Society Constitution Original: September 1990 Amended: March 2011 Name and Objectives 1.1 …
Billerica Amateur Radio Society Constitution (“by-laws”) Read More
Folks, I am very happy to announce we will have a distant guest speaker for our October Zoom meeting! A few weeks ago, I was thinking about trying to promote CW in our club and introduce it to members who have never tried it. Google gave me a path to …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 7PM: David O’Farrell WBOIXV: Morse Code 101 and 201 Read More
I am pleased to announce that Dom Mallozzi, N1DM, will give a presentation introducing the FT4 and FT8 digital modes in September! This will cover basic install and operation of the software, and Dom hopes that this will help new users avoid pitfalls. Dom will show actual QSOs as well …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7PM: Dom Mallozzi N1DM – FT4/FT8 Intro Read More
I am pleased to announce that our own BARS Secretary, Scott Ginsburg, K1OA, will be our speaker for the August meeting. Scott sent me a sneak preview of his PPT slide deck for Ham Radio Awards and wow, there are some awards available to us that I had no knowledge …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 8/5/20 7PM: Scott Ginsburg K1OA – HAM RADIO AWARDS! Read More
I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will again be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop – this time, Part 2, the sequel! David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 7/1/20 – David Kruh WB2HTO – STORIES FROM THE SHOP PT 2 Read More
I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop. David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they function and also about why they were designed …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 6/3/20 – David Kruh WB2HTO – STORIES FROM THE SHOP Read More
Everyone, last night’s dry-run with Zoom and nearly a dozen members went well and we are going to hold our official BARS Zoom meeting tonight. Kudos to Phil Temples, K9HI, ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Assistant Section Manager, for hosting and facilitating this meeting for us. Please do your part and try …
BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, 5/6/2020 7PM: K1BG – Field Day, Single Operator Read More