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March 6, 2024 BARS Meeting – Bruce Blain, K1BG – ARRL Club Coordinator Role and Suggestions For Our Club

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It is with great pleasure that I announce Bruce Blain, K1BG, as our Guest Speaker for our hybrid Club Meeting on Wednesday March 6 at the Chelmsford Bible Church. Bruce is the ARRL Eastern Mass Club Coordinator. He was first introduced to amateur radio by his neighbor Jim Payne, W1GPN, …

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December 6 , 2023 BARS Meeting – Frank Garofalo, WA2NDV, on Basic Satellite Tracking

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Frank was originally licensed in 1970 in Corona Queens, New York by way of the Electchester Amateur Radio Club and his cousin Hugo (sk). He was in 8th grade at the time and it gave my life a direction. Amateur Radio has allowed him to work in many diverse places …

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November 1, 2023 BARS Meeting – Rick Roderick, K5UR, on What’s New at the ARRL

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I am pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker for the November 1, 2023, Club Meeting via Zoom will be none other than Rick Roderick, K5UR, the current President of the ARRL! Rick will give a talk on what’s new at the ARRL and will share valuable insights on our …

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August 2, 2023 BARS Meeting – Rob Sherwood, NC0B, on Transceiver Testing

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I am excited to inform the Club that I have secured Rob Sherwood, of Sherwood Engineering to be our Guest Speaker for the August 2, 2023 Club Meeting via Zoom. Here is Bob’s bio, which is quite impressive. Bob is the Gold Standard with regard to review and testing of …

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July 5, 2023 BARS Meeting – Ria Jairam, N2RJ, on Software-Defined Ham Radio

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Our Guest Speaker at our meeting on Wednesday, July 5, will be Ria Jairam, N2RJ. Ria is from Sussex, New Jersey and is well known and respected around the ham radio community. Among her many credentials are: Life member, ARRL Past Director, Hudson Division, ARRL (2019-2023) Member of : Amsat, …

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April 5, 2023 BARS Meeting – Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT, on Antennas – the Third Dimension

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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 …

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March 1, 2023 BARS Meeting – Tom Carrubba, KA2D, on HF DXing and Logging

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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 …

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February 1, 2023 BARS Meeting: Bruce Blain, K1BG, on “CW Basics”

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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. …

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