50th Anniversary Bash! Updated 7/12/2024
Updated 7/12/2024 In addition to the Mobile Radio Drive-In throughout the afternoon, there will be an in-depth presentation about mobile radio installation at 3:00 pm. Updated 6/24/2024 As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration, BARC will be running a Special Event Station. The plan is to run two stations, one on 20 meters at 14.2740 […]
Read more →Spring Tune-Up Coming Soon!
The annual BARC Spring Tune-Up will be held on Sunday, June 9th, at the clubhouse from 2-4 pm. This is the time to have equipment checked … especially anything purchased at Hamvention. We will be able to professionally test radios for: *Receive sensitivity *CTCSS decode *Transmit frequency accuracy *Transmit power out *Transmit modulation level *Transmit CTCSS encode […]
Read more →June Full Quieting Now Available!
Lots of great Hamvention photos this month! Click on the Newsletter tab on the top menu or click here.
Read more →Hamvention Flea Market Volunteers
Hamvention is only 2 weeks away! BARC has a Flea Market booth and needs volunteers to run the booth during the day on Friday through Sunday, May 17-19. Please consider volunteering! Select as many hours as you like to give the booth owners time to see the sites and get food. Thank you very much […]
Read more →May Tech Night Cancelled/Future Meetings
May 22, 2024 – No meeting since May Is very busy radio months with conflicts. June 26, 2024 – The NanoVNA – more than just an SWR meter – Presenter Mike Suhar, W8RKO This presentation is valid for other Vector Network Analyzers. Not just the Nano. July 25th – TBD Future Tech Night: Budget Code Practice […]
Read more →May Newsletter Now Available!
May is Hamvention month and it won’t be long until Field Day is here, too. Check out the May issue of Full Quieting, The BARC newsletter, where Ray Hitt, N8VMX, has put together several articles with information on Hamvention and Field Day. Be sure to volunteer for the Hamvention Flea Market Booth and help BARC […]
Read more →Little Miami River Cleanup and Festival
The Little Miami River Cleanup is part of the Little Miami River Festival Celebration on June 29, 2024. That is the weekend after Field Day. As part of the celebration, the morning activities include cleanup of debris on the Little Miami River. The Little Miami Network has yet to complete their plans for each section on the river. However, the morning […]
Read more →April Tech Night
The BARC April Tech Night will be held Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 7:00 pm at the clubhouse. This month’s topic will be: “Crimp Coax Connectors and Sealing Workshop” Complete step-by-step instructions; every club member attending can install a connector. The club will furnish the connectors and supplies. If you have your own coax crimp tool, […]
Read more →Sugar Maple Festival Parade
The Bellbrook Sugar Maple Festival Parade will be held next Saturday, April 20, 2024. The parade is one of BARC’s two major Public Service Events. We need lots of operators to be stationed along the parade route and report issues and parade status as requested by net control. This is a great event for new […]
Read more →Rookie Roundup
The ARRL Rookie Roundup Contest is next Sunday, April 21, 2024, from 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm. We will open the clubhouse at 2:00 pm for the contest and would especially like to invite all new hams to try out the HF bands and learn about contesting. This is great preparation for the upcoming Field […]
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