Operating Afternoon at Ohio State Parks on the Air
The September Operating Afternoon will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2022, to coincide with the Ohio State Parks on the Air Event. We will operate from John Bryan State Park near the Mountain Bike Trail parking area just before the road that continues to the observatory. We will begin setting up anytime after 8 […]
Read more →Operating Afternoon: Logging Presentation
John Westerkamp, W8LRJ, presented a special tutorial on logging at the August Operating Afternoon last Sunday, August 7, 2022, at 2:00 pm at the clubhouse. Despite the on-going construction on the new station setup, one station was made operational up front. John provided a detailed description of applying for a Log of the World account […]
Read more →Special Logging Tutorial
The August Operating Afternoon will feature a special tutorial on Logging presented by John Westerkamp, W8LRJ. As usual, Operating Afternoon is always the first Sunday of each month at 2:00 pm at the clubhouse (Sunday, August 7, 2022, at 2:00 pm). The tutorial will focus on logging phone (voice) contacts. John will discuss the overall […]
Read more →August Full Quieting Now Available!
The August 2022 edition of Full Quieting, the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club newsletter, is now available. You can view it by clicking on the Newsletter tab at the top of the page or by clicking here. Ray Hitt, N8VMX, the newsletter editor, asks that if you have anything for the September issue, please get it […]
Read more →July Membership Meeting
Jim Dean, W8UD, the BARC Education Coordinator gave an excellent presentation on design wire antennas and the effects of height and orientation as well as how to trim the antenna to meet your needs. The talk focused on the simple dipole and the off-center fed dipole in both horizontal and inverted-V configurations. You can view […]
Read more →June Membership Meeting
Ray Hitt, N8VMX, gave an overview of the Field Day 2022 plans and invited everybody to volunteer for setup and tear down or to just come join the fun! You can view the presentation by clicking on the Programs…Membership Meetings tab, or by clicking here.
Read more →July Full Quieting Now Available!
You can view the July edition of Full Quieting by clicking on the Newsletter tab above or by clicking here. Didn’t publish any technical articles or Member bios this month, but I kinda expect things to slow down in the summer. If you are doing any ham-related projects in July and want to share them […]
Read more →Little Miami River Cleanup
One of the fun Public Service Events that the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club participates in is the yearly Little Miami River Cleanup. BARC provides radio support, collects volunteer information, and alerts emergency teams, if necessary. Despite the absolutely beautiful day, the Little Miami River was high and moving quickly so it was deemed too dangerous […]
Read more →Full Quieting Special Field Day Edition
Greetings, I’ve prepared the 2022 “highly packed with information” newsletter covering our 2022 BARC Field Day. You can view the newsletter by clicking on the Newsletter tab above or by clicking here. If you read all this, you won’t need to listen to my presentation at the Membership Meeting tomorrow night, but I hope you will […]
Read more →June Full Quieting Now Available!
The June 2022 issue of the BARC Full Quieting newsletter is now available! Be sure to check out the highly entertaining bio from John Sellers, W8QEO! You can read it by clicking on the Newsletter tab above or by clicking here.
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