BARC Open House Saturday, April 12
Discover the World of Amateur Radio with the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club The Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club (BARC) will host an in person, “Learn about AmateurRadio” at 1 PM on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at their facility located at 51 South East Street,Bellbrook, OH 45305. Please enter from the top of the steps at the […]
Read more →POTA Meeting Tonight April 1
POTA Meeting tonight April 1, 2025, at 6:30 pm at the clubhouse. Topics: BARC POTA Email reflector for anyone interested in POTA: * The email reflector is for any BARC member to announce POTA activation open to others to join.* anything POTA related.* Email bobf@omegaiq.com bobf@omegaiq.com if you like to join the email reflector BobAC8ZU
Read more →AuxComm Class In Dayton
AUXCOMM Class in Dayton Area to be held immediately prior to Hamvention. There will be an AUXCOMM class in Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio at a location just 9 miles from the Hamvention site. The class will be held on Tuesday, May 13 through Thursday, May 15, 2025. Requirements:Valid Amateur Radio LicenseSuccessful Completion of IS-100, IS-200, […]
Read more →AuxComm Class In Dayton
AUXCOMM Class in Dayton Area to be held immediately prior to Hamvention. There will be an AUXCOMM class in Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio at a location just 9 miles from the Hamvention site. The class will be held on Tuesday, May 13 through Thursday, May 15, 2025. Requirements:Valid Amateur Radio LicenseSuccessful Completion of IS-100, IS-200, […]
Read more →March Membership Meeting at Fuji Grill
All, Many of you will remember that before COVID we use to have a dinner meeting for the Membership meeting every March. For many years we ate at a restaurant in Waynesville. They closed and then we ate at the Golden Corral in Beavercreek. COVID hit and they closed. The year they reopened under new ownership/management […]
Read more →EFHW Presentation Available
Geoff Kline, KI5VNB, led a very successful EFHW antenna build session at the BARC Clubhouse last Sunday, March 9. A packed clubhouse worked the soldering station and built many antennas. You can download the presentation and the 3D printing models at the Tech Night page under Programs or by clicking here.
Read more →Upcoming Tech Night Sessions
NanoVNA Hands on Lab – February 26th at 7:00 PM Hands on Lab utilizing personal NanoVNA for Antenna testing and improvements. Please bring your NanoVNA along. If you do not have a NanoVNA it will still be worth attending. Mike Suhar, W8RKO will be the lead for the event. We will need a few additional […]
Read more →Update! DMR Troubleshooting Night
Greetings, Looking at the weather tonight, the freezing rain is starting in Bellbrook right before my meeting tonight. While we’re not expecting much rain at all, any freezing rain is too much for us to be out and about when we could just as easily push it back a week. So, I am cancelling the […]
Read more →BARC Wires-X Presentation
Please join us at the February Membership meeting where I will discuss Yaesu System Fusion digital modes, Wires-X, and using them on the BARC repeater to talk around the world. If you have a Yaesu radio capable of System Fusion (digital voice), be sure to attend. The February Membership meeting is Thursday, February 20, at […]
Read more →Winter Field Day Results
It was snowy, but the weather broke and we avoided temperatures in the low teens with a more hospitable sunny day and temperatures in the 30’s. Winter Field Day is meant to challenge our ability to deploy in less than ideal weather conditions, put up antennas, and work the radio contacting other WFD participants. BARC […]
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