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:

  1. Go to bellbrookarc.org/wp/wp-admin and log in with your username and password.
  2. In the left-hand menu, click Posts → Add New.
  3. Give your post a title, then write your content in the main box below it.
  4. To add a photo, click the + button in the content area and choose Image.
  5. On the right-hand side, assign a Category and set a Featured Image.
  6. Click Publish when ready — or Preview first to check how it looks.
  7. 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

Operating Afternoon This Sunday!

Have you ever wished you could spend an afternoon learning how to build an inexpensive yet highly efficient HF Antenna from a true expert on the subject?  I certainly have…. your own BARC club has searched for just such and expert, and has spared ALL expense and determined that I could somehow muddle through and save some bucks for the club.  

But seriously folks… come to the clubhouse this Sunday, March 12, at 14:00 hours and have some fun with me as we build 3 antenna’s that you might find useful and interesting.  I believe John Westerkamp W8LRJ will be on hand to answer or discuss some of the questions you might have as we go along.  I’m planning to build a:  10 meter Vertical Dipole, a 10 meter Inverted V Dipole, and a multi-band End Fed Random Wire antenna. This is not a “project build day”, so you don’t have to bring anything with which to build your own… however, if you see something you’re interested in and would like to build your own later (possibly with someone looking over your shoulder so you can bounce questions and ideas off them), we can schedule a day and time that works for you (group or individual) and meet at the club to do individual builds.

We will look at various options on how and why we’re using a “choke” or an “Unun”, options to purchase or build your own (yep, we’ll be wrapping some Toroids). We will talk about various uses for these antennas and “helpful hints” for their deployment and where they can best be used (your own Antenna Farm, in an HOA situation, or Portable) as well as how to “tune” your wire antenna and a couple of “Gotcha’s” to be aware of. We’ll be doing some soldering, crimping, cutting, and (probably) laughing… so come on out and have fun with us. I’ll also have a handout of a few references including where you can get the supplies you haven’t been able to find, and some truly Expert information websites you can checkout. 

Last but not least… the BARC Guarantee:  If you get bored with the topic or presentation, you can always move to a radio station and get on the air and enjoy yourself! 

Hope to see you this Sunday!

73

     Glenn

   KE8LZD