April Newsletter Now Available!
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. […]
Read more →LMWN River Festival June 29
The weekend after Field Day the Little Miami Watershed Network is planning their annual River Festival on Saturday, June 29th. In the morning, they clean up the Little Miami River. In the afternoon they have festivities. I’ve attached the notice of this event below. BARC has handled communications for the morning event. In the past, I […]
Read more →March Dessert and Movie Cancelled
The March 2024 Dessert and Movie event has been cancelled due to the Holy Week and Easter Holidays.
Read more →March Meeting at Golden Corral
BARC is bringing back our annual family membership meeting at Golden Corral! During Covid, we were unable to meet in public, but for this March’s Membership Meeting, we will be meeting at the Golden Corral Restaurant near the Fairfield Mall in Beavercreek. The address is 2490 Commons Blvd, Beavercreek, OH 45431. Families are invited for […]
Read more →April 2024 Eclipse
A total eclipse of the sun will pass through the Miami Valley on Monday, April 8, 2024. There will be many impacts to travel and communications. All BARC members are requested to stand-by to report any issues during the day. Please review the Incident Action Plan (IAP) at the Greene County ARES website and make […]
Read more →Repeater Tone Reminder
This is a reminder to add the 118.8 Hz tone to BOTH the 2m and 440 BARC repeaters. If the 2m repeater is not working, we will move the Sunday BARC net to the 440 repeater and you don’t want to miss out! 147.045 (+) (118.8 Hz tone) Analog FM only repeater supports AllStar and […]
Read more →March Full Quieting Now Available!
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, […]
Read more →Tech Night February 28 at 7:00 PM
The next Tech Night is Wednesday, February 28, at 7:00 pm at the clubhouse. Tim Procuniar, N8NQH, will present in-depth info on the spurious nature of some Chinese radios, along with a live demonstration. After the presentation, free testing of any handheld radio to determine if it has spurious output or not. The actual presentation […]
Read more →February Full Quieting Is Here!
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 […]
Read more →Winter Field Day Fun
What’s the difference between Field Day in June and Winter Field Day? Well, besides not having Dots’ Chicken, there was about a 50-degree deficit. But the chili supplied by the Westerkamps and the Macons, plus all the donuts, cookies, cornbread, sandwiches, chips, and coffee certainly made up for the missing chicken, but we cannot be as […]
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