Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club

W8DGN · Bellbrook, Ohio

Using the BARC Website

Finding Your Way Around

A few things about the site's navigation that are worth knowing:

The top menu has dropdowns. Hover over (or tap, on mobile) "Home," "Events & Programs," or "Resources" to see a list of sub-pages open underneath.
"Events & Programs" has a wider menu with two columns — "On the Air" activities (Repeaters, POTA, Digital Radio, Contesting, etc.) on one side, "Club Programs" (Field Day, Tech Night, Presentations, etc.) on the other.
Most content pages have their own left-hand sidebar with related pages grouped together. If you're looking for something related to the page you're on, check the sidebar first.
Breadcrumbs (the small "Home › Section › Page" trail at the top of most pages) show you where you are and let you jump back up a level.
On mobile, the top menu collapses into a hamburger icon (☰) in the upper right — tap it to open the full navigation.

Downloading Documents

Club Presentations

The Presentations & Documents page (under Events & Programs → Club Programs) has a searchable library of past club presentations, organized into categories like Field Day, Antennas, Digital Modes, and more.

Use the search box at the top to find something by title or presenter name.
Click any category heading to expand or collapse that group.
Each document has a PDF button — click it to open the file in a new tab.

Newsletter (Full Quieting)

The Newsletter page always shows the current issue front and center, plus the 5 most recent issues below it. Each issue has two options:

Read Online — opens the PDF in a new browser tab
Download — saves the PDF directly to your device

There's also a highlighted Article Index link in the sidebar — a spreadsheet listing every article that's ever run in Full Quieting.

Club Documents

Bylaws, officer info, and other official club documents live under Home → About BARC in the top menu, with their own sidebar to move between them.

Submitting a Presentation

Have an idea for a Tech Night topic or a monthly meeting presentation? On the Presentations & Documents page, look for "Submit a Topic" in the sidebar. Clicking it opens a short form right on the page — fill in your name, callsign, presentation title, and a bit about what you'd like to cover, and it goes straight to the Programs Coordinator.

Logging In & Passwords

🔧 Coming soon. A full member login area — with password management, an online member directory, and profile settings — is planned as the next phase of the website project. It isn't live yet. We'll announce it once it's ready.

For Officers: Creating a Post

If you've been given an account with posting access, here's how to publish something to the site:

Go to bellbrookarc.org/wp/wp-admin and log in with your username and password.
In the left-hand menu, click Posts → Add New.
Give your post a title, then write your content in the main box below it.
To add a photo, click the + button in the content area and choose Image.
On the right-hand side, assign a Category and set a Featured Image.
Click Publish when ready — or Preview first to check how it looks.
To edit later, go to Posts → All Posts and click Edit.

Not sure if you have posting access, or need an account set up? Contact the webmaster below.

Something not working? Let us know — no detail is too small.
Doug Hayward, K8DRH — dhayward@systemspoint.com

Officers & Coordinators

Elected officers and committee coordinators of Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club — W8DGN

Elected Officers

Elected at the November 2024 membership meeting · Term January–December 2025

President

Geoffrey Kline

KI5VNB

Vice President

Eric Bramini

KC8OPY

Secretary

Jim Gifford

N8KET

TM

Treasurer

Tom McClory

KE8FWZ

Deputy Treasurer

Paul Sharp

WS8R

Senior Director

Don Macon

KE8WVJ

Junior Director

Glenn Rodgers

WI8O

Committees & Coordinators

BARC has several Standing Committees covering clubhouse operations, education, emergency preparedness, and special events. Coordinator roles are appointed annually by the incoming officers. Each committee reports to the Executive Committee and Planning Group.

Clubhouse Committee

Role	Coordinator
Clubhouse Coordinator (Chair)	Jim Lusk, KC8EFD
Communications Center / IT	John Westerkamp, W8LRJ
Greeter	Jim Gifford, N8KET & Glenn Rodgers, WI8O
Hospitality and Librarian	Natinka Siwecki, KD8NUA
Lunch Bunch	Jim Totten, WA8HUB
Membership	Jeff Pursel, KJ6XC
Safety Coordinator	Glenn Rodgers, WI8O
Talk-In Net	Ryan McClure, KE8DKC
Website	Doug Hayward, K8DRH

Education Committee

Role	Coordinator
Education Coordinator (Chair)	Bob French, AC8ZU
Contesting	Ken Gunton, W8ASA
Full Quieting Editor	Ray Hitt, N8VMX
POTA SIG (Special Interest Group)	Jim Gifford, N8KET
Programs	Eric Bramini, KC8OPY
Tech Night / Workbench Coordinator	Bob French, AC8ZU
Youth	Tom McClory, KE8FWZ

Emergency Preparedness Committee

Role	Coordinator
Emergency Coordinator (Chair)	Jim Lusk, KC8EFD
Net Manager	Paul Sharp, WS8R
Public Service	Don Parker, KB8PSL
QSL Cards	Open
Repeaters and Domain Servers	Russ Roysden, N8NPT
Repeater Network & Nodes (AllStar, EchoLink, WiresX)	John Westerkamp, W8LRJ
W8DGN License Trustee	Eric Vinande, KG6NFJ

Field Day Committee

Role	Coordinator
Field Day Coordinator (Chair)	Eric Bramini, KC8OPY