Tech Night: Build-A-Repeater Project
The BARC Build-A-Repeater or BAR project (where club members will build an amateur radio repeater and then place it on the air) will start in September. These are in-depth classes covering all aspects of the process of assembling a repeater, requirements by the FCC and OARC for proper operation, and site/antenna specifics. At the end of […]
Read more →Ohio QSO Party
This Saturday, August 26, is the Ohio QSO Party. We will be opening the BARC clubhouse to work this contest beginning at 12 noon. If you would like to learn more about the clubhouse antennas and radio stations as well as working a contest, come on out. New hams and those who have never worked […]
Read more →Lions Club Parade Needs Volunteers
Saturday August 19, 2023, 4 P.M. will be the Bellbrook Lions Club parade. The BARC club supports this event as a public service event and is typically the end of our public service events for the summer. I need at least 12 club members to assist with emergency communications and staging of line up of […]
Read more →Full Quieting Wins Award!
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!
Read more →Upcoming BARC Special Events
Over the next month, we have several BARC events coming up and all are welcome to participate. Watch the website for more details as we get nearer to each date. Saturday, August 19 is the Lions Club Parade in Bellbrook. We need lots of BARC members to work radios and support this event. More info […]
Read more →August Full Quieting Now Available
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 […]
Read more →July Membership Meeting Presentations
The July Membership Meeting presentations are now available! Many thanks to Frank Beafore, WS8B, for a very interesting and informative presentation on the origins of radio. His engineering support staff helped out with several demonstrations including a simulation of the first Marconi radio. Thanks also go out to Ray Hitt, N8VMX, for summarizing the results […]
Read more →July Membership Meeting
The Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club will hold its July Membership Meeting this Thursday, July 20, at 7:00 pm at the clubhouse. As usual, there will be a social beginning at 7:00 pm followed by the business meeting at 7:30 pm. If you have any Covid-like symptoms, please join us via Zoom. This month’s presentation will […]
Read more →Tone Operation Notes
The Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club now has a 118.8 Hz tone on both the 2m and 440 repeaters. After the BARC Net last Sunday, we put together some pointers for operating on the repeater with a tone. The BARC repeater did not use a tone until recently. Without a tone, a repeater responds as soon […]
Read more →July Full Quieting
The July edition of the BARC newsletter, Full Quieting, is now available! This issue is packed with tons of information including POTA, Public Service Events, Lunch Bunch, Dessert and Movie, building a battery box, DX’ing, and using a nano VNA along with the usual event calendar and coordinator updates. You can read the newsletter by […]
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