Field Day Volunteers Needed
One of BARC’s biggest yearly events is the June Field Day. During June Field Day, we set up a number of antennas and radio stations at Sackett-Wright Park in Bellbrook, OH, and try to make as many contacts as possible over a single weekend. We have dinner at the park and enjoy the company of […]
Read more →BARC Open House Saturday, April 12
Discover the World of Amateur Radio with the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club The Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club (BARC) will host an in person, “Learn about AmateurRadio” at 1 PM on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at their facility located at 51 South East Street,Bellbrook, OH 45305. Please enter from the top of the steps at the […]
Read more →POTA Meeting Tonight April 1
POTA Meeting tonight April 1, 2025, at 6:30 pm at the clubhouse. Topics: BARC POTA Email reflector for anyone interested in POTA: * The email reflector is for any BARC member to announce POTA activation open to others to join.* anything POTA related.* Email bobf@omegaiq.com bobf@omegaiq.com if you like to join the email reflector BobAC8ZU
Read more →March Membership Meeting at Fuji Grill
All, Many of you will remember that before COVID we use to have a dinner meeting for the Membership meeting every March. For many years we ate at a restaurant in Waynesville. They closed and then we ate at the Golden Corral in Beavercreek. COVID hit and they closed. The year they reopened under new ownership/management […]
Read more →BARC Wires-X Presentation
Please join us at the February Membership meeting where I will discuss Yaesu System Fusion digital modes, Wires-X, and using them on the BARC repeater to talk around the world. If you have a Yaesu radio capable of System Fusion (digital voice), be sure to attend. The February Membership meeting is Thursday, February 20, at […]
Read more →BARC Family and Friends Chili Dinner
On Thursday October 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM (note the early start time) at the BARC General Meeting, we will have our Annual BARC Family & Friends Chili Dinner followed by a short meeting. BARC members, family and friends are invited to join in our Annual BARC Chili Dinner. You can make your favorite chili […]
Read more →October Full Quieting Now Available!
The October edition of the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club’s newsletter, Full Quieting, is now available. Editor Ray Hitt, N8VMX has included some interesting articles on QSL cards and a military antenna recently restored to working order. There are also the usual articles from the Coordinators, Lunch Bunch, and Dessert and a Movie. Ray has also […]
Read more →Order Your BARC Apparel On-Line!
You can now order your BARC apparel on-line! Go to the Order BARC Apparel page under the Membership tab above or click here.
Read more →Full Quieting Award Presentation
Stu Holzer, K8ST, and Paul Sharp, WS8R, presented the award for First Prize in the Ohio Section Newsletter Contest to the BARC President and editor of Full Quieting, Ray Hitt, N8VMX. We presented it to Ray at our General meeting on Thursday, 15 August, 2024. Thanks to the Ohio Section for finding us at the […]
Read more →Full Quieting Wins First Place!
Congratulations to Ray Hitt, N8VMX, and all the contributors to Full Quieting, the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club’s Newsletter, on winning First Place in the 2024 Ohio Section Newsletter Contest! Well done and well-deserved! See the link below for the announcement. Full Quieting Announcement
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