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

April Newsletter Now Available!

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The April 2024 edition of the BARC newsletter, Full Quieting, is now available. Ray Hitt, N8VMX, the newsletter editor has filled another issue with some great articles on building a hotspot, building an ADS-B decoder for airplane traffic, getting started on EchoLink, and an article about a farm boy and his adventures in amateur radio. […]

March Full Quieting Now Available!

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The Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club newsletter, Full Quieting, is now available. Ray Hitt, N8VMX, the newsletter editor, has filled this issue with some great tutorials on connecting the Xiegu G90 to a Raspberry Pi and using Node-Red for shack control. There is also an article on the upcoming April Total Eclipse and how to prepare, […]

February Full Quieting Is Here!

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Ray Hitt, N8VMX, the Full Quieting editor has done an outstanding job with the February BARC newsletter. This issue has articles on the North American QSO Party, Winter Field Day, and a great tutorial on the new Raspberry Pi 5. Check out the article on the hex beam, too! It also has the usual articles […]

Happy New Year With Full Quieting!

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Start off the New Year right and read through the January 2024 issue of Full Quieting, the BARC Newsletter. Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has put together a great new issue with lots of information on DMR radio, building a portable hotspot, Winter Field Day plans, and Education plans for the New Year. Plus the usual information […]

December Full Quieting Now Available!

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Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has released the December issue of Full Quieting, The BARC newsletter. This issue is again filled with lots of great information about setting up a Pi-Star hotspot, a couple of useful antenna designs, and a cautionary tale for all hams so be sure to check it out. Of course, the newsletter also […]

November Full Quieting Now Available!

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The November edition of the BARC Newsletter is now available! Full Quieting is full of great article about club happenings, DMR radio programming, POTA operation, building a battery box, and the usual Lunch Bunch and event information. You can read this month’s issue by clicking on the Newsletter tab on the menu above or by […]

October Full Quieting Now Available!

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The October 2023 edition of the BARC Newsletter Full Quieting is now available. Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has put together another great issue with tons of information including understanding DMR, Fall Field Day and AF Marathon photos, experiences with the Wolf River Coil antenna, and tape measure radials, as well as the usual Coordinator updates, Lunch […]

September Full Quieting Now Available!

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The September issue of Full Quieting, the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club newsletter, is now available. Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has put together a great collection of article and club information including a new series on DMR radio, the history of the Brown Brothers Keys, 9:1 unun design for a random wire antenna, several articles on POTA, […]

Full Quieting Wins Award!

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Congratulations to Ray Hitt, N8VMX, and all those who contribute to Full Quieting, the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club newsletter. The newsletter recently won 3rd Place in the 2023 Ohio Section Newsletter Contest! The award was presented to Ray at the Columbus Hamfest this past weekend. Congratulations on a well-deserved honor!

August Full Quieting Now Available

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NOTE: There was an error in the BARC Event Calendar in the original newsletter. You may need to reload your browser page to see the updated newsletter with the correction. Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has published the August issue of Full Quieting, the BARC Newsletter. This issue has the usual coordinator reports, Lunch Bunch update, and […]