Using the BARC Website

Finding Your Way Around

A few things about the site's navigation that are worth knowing:

  • The top menu has dropdowns. Hover over (or tap, on mobile) "Home," "Events & Programs," or "Resources" to see a list of sub-pages open underneath.
  • "Events & Programs" has a wider menu with two columns — "On the Air" activities (Repeaters, POTA, Digital Radio, Contesting, etc.) on one side, "Club Programs" (Field Day, Tech Night, Presentations, etc.) on the other.
  • Most content pages have their own left-hand sidebar with related pages grouped together. If you're looking for something related to the page you're on, check the sidebar first.
  • Breadcrumbs (the small "Home › Section › Page" trail at the top of most pages) show you where you are and let you jump back up a level.
  • On mobile, the top menu collapses into a hamburger icon (☰) in the upper right — tap it to open the full navigation.

Downloading Documents

Club Presentations

The Presentations & Documents page (under Events & Programs → Club Programs) has a searchable library of past club presentations, organized into categories like Field Day, Antennas, Digital Modes, and more.

  • Use the search box at the top to find something by title or presenter name.
  • Click any category heading to expand or collapse that group.
  • Each document has a PDF button — click it to open the file in a new tab.
Newsletter (Full Quieting)

The Newsletter page always shows the current issue front and center, plus the 5 most recent issues below it. Each issue has two options:

  • Read Online — opens the PDF in a new browser tab
  • Download — saves the PDF directly to your device

There's also a highlighted Article Index link in the sidebar — a spreadsheet listing every article that's ever run in Full Quieting.

Club Documents

Bylaws, officer info, and other official club documents live under Home → About BARC in the top menu, with their own sidebar to move between them.

Submitting a Presentation

Have an idea for a Tech Night topic or a monthly meeting presentation? On the Presentations & Documents page, look for "Submit a Topic" in the sidebar. Clicking it opens a short form right on the page — fill in your name, callsign, presentation title, and a bit about what you'd like to cover, and it goes straight to the Programs Coordinator.

Logging In & Passwords

🔧 Coming soon. A full member login area — with password management, an online member directory, and profile settings — is planned as the next phase of the website project. It isn't live yet. We'll announce it once it's ready.

For Officers: Creating a Post

If you've been given an account with posting access, here's how to publish something to the site:

  1. Go to bellbrookarc.org/wp/wp-admin and log in with your username and password.
  2. In the left-hand menu, click Posts → Add New.
  3. Give your post a title, then write your content in the main box below it.
  4. To add a photo, click the + button in the content area and choose Image.
  5. On the right-hand side, assign a Category and set a Featured Image.
  6. Click Publish when ready — or Preview first to check how it looks.
  7. To edit later, go to Posts → All Posts and click Edit.

Not sure if you have posting access, or need an account set up? Contact the webmaster below.

Something not working? Let us know — no detail is too small.
Doug Hayward, K8DRH — dhayward@systemspoint.com

Category: Newsletter

December Newsletter Now Available!

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Be sure to check out the December edition of Full Quieting, the BARC Newsletter. Editor Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has filled it with information on the BARC Special Event Station, an article about our new president, Geoff Kline, and a tutorial on installing Hamclock on your DMR Hotspot. You will also find the usual articles on […]

November Full Quieting Now Available!

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The November issue of the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club Newsletter, Full Quieting, is now available. Editor Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has put together another great set of article including information on running Hamclock in a browser, a review of the KM3KM Mercury IIIs HF and 6 Meter Power Amplifier, pictures of several BARC events, as well […]

October Full Quieting Now Available!

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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 […]

September Full Quieting Now Available!

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The September 2024 issue of the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club’s Newsletter, Full Quieting, is now available for your enjoyment! Besides the regular features including Coordinator reports, Lunch Bunch and Dessert and a Movie updates, and the BARC Calendar, Ray Hitt, N8VMX, the newsletter editor has put together a very interesting article about an old military […]

Full Quieting Award Presentation

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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 […]

Full Quieting Wins First Place!

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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

August Full Quieting Now Available!

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The August issue of the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club’s Newsletter, Full Quieting, is now available. Be sure to catch up on our 50th Anniversary Bash, Lunch Bunch, and Dessert and a Movie Nights as well as the usual Club Coordinator updates. You can read the issue under Newsletter above or by clicking here.

July Full Quieting Now Available!

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Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has published the July issue of Full Quieting, the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club Newsletter. This edition has articles on Field Day and the Little Miami River Cleanup along with lots of photos of the events. There is also an article with references to get you ready for the upcoming Hotspot Build in […]

May Newsletter Now Available!

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May is Hamvention month and it won’t be long until Field Day is here, too. Check out the May issue of Full Quieting, The BARC newsletter, where Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has put together several articles with information on Hamvention and Field Day. Be sure to volunteer for the Hamvention Flea Market Booth and help BARC […]