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Help — Using the BARC Website

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Finding Your Way Around

  • The top menu has dropdowns. Hover over (or tap, on a phone) Home, Events & Programs, Resources, Ham News! or Members to see the pages underneath.
  • Home holds the club's own information: About BARC, Officers & Coordinators, Bylaws, Past Membership Meetings (with Meeting Minutes under it), the Communication Center, Other Club Documents, and the Privacy Policy.
  • Events & Programs has two columns: On the Air (Field Day, Parks on the Air, Digital Radio, Hamfests, Public Service & EmComm) and Club Programs (Tech Night, Presentations, Educational Programs, Other Area Clubs).
  • Repeaters & Nets and Contesting/QSOs/QSL/DX go straight to their own pages.
  • The amber items — Newsletter, Calendar and Ham News! — change most often.
  • Most pages have a left-hand sidebar with related pages. Breadcrumbs above each title ("Home › Page") show where you are.
  • On phones and tablets the menu folds into the ☰ button in the upper right.

News, Newsletter & Documents

Ham News!
  • Headlines shows the latest stories from ARRL News, Amateur Radio Weekly, DXZone, SDR & Digital Radio, the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Amateur Radio Newsline. Each list updates by itself; click a headline to read the full story on the source's site.
  • DX Section shows live DX cluster spots, updated every minute. Pick a band or mode, or tick Hide US & Canada for real DX. Click a call sign to look it up on QRZ.
Newsletter (Full Quieting)

The Newsletter page shows the current issue at the top and every issue from this year under Recent Issues — new issues appear automatically. Older issues are in the Archive by year. Each issue has Read Online (opens the PDF) and Download. The sidebar's Article Index lists every article that has run in Full Quieting.

Presentations

The Presentations page (Events & Programs › Club Programs) is a searchable library of past club presentations. Search by title or presenter, click a category to open it, and use the PDF button to view a file. Have a topic idea? Use Submit a Topic in its sidebar.

Meetings, Minutes & Club Documents

Home › Past Membership Meetings lists past meeting presentations by year, with Meeting Minutes beneath it. Bylaws and other official documents are under the same Home menu.

Members: Logging In & Out

  • Open Members › Member Login and sign in with your username and password. If your account was set up from the club roster, your username is your first initial + last name, all lowercase (for example jadams).
  • First time, or forgot your password? Use Members › Reset Password and enter the email address the club has on file. A link to set a new password arrives by email — check your spam folder if you don't see it.
  • Once you're logged in, the Members menu shows Member Portal, My Profile, Member Directory and Log out.
  • When you're finished, choose Members › Log out — especially on a shared or public computer.

Members: Portal, Profile & Directory

Member Portal is your members-only home page: a welcome with your membership status, the What's New box, meeting minutes, forms and documents, net-control resources, and the officers.

My Profile is your club record. Keep your contact details, call sign, license class and expiration, ARRL membership and interests up to date, change your password in the Account card (which also shows your username), and click Save profile. The Membership Details section is kept by the Membership Coordinator — contact them if anything there looks wrong.

Member Directory lists current members with call sign, license class, member type, email, phone and city. You can hide your email, phone or city — or leave the directory entirely — in the Member Directory card on My Profile. Only logged-in, current members can see the directory.

The badge next to your name shows your status:

  • Active — paid up for this year
  • Pending approval — a new application waiting for the Membership Coordinator
  • Renewal due — January and February, when last year's membership has ended; renew by March 1
  • Expired — not renewed by March 1; members-only pages are closed until you renew

Joining & Renewing

Join: choose Members › Join BARC. Dues are $15 individual or $18 family (your whole household). Membership runs January through December; join after July and dues are half price. Newly licensed hams can choose a free first year or a low-cost handheld radio.

Renew: dues for the coming year can be paid from November and must be paid by March 1. Pay at a monthly meeting, by PayPal (Friends & Family) to treasurer@bellbrookarc.org, or mail a check made out to BARC to BARC Treasurer, P.O. Box 73, Bellbrook, OH 45305. Your status updates once the Membership Coordinator records the payment.

Officers: Creating a Post

  1. Log in at bellbrookarc.org/wp/wp-admin, then choose Posts → Add New.
  2. Add a title and your text. Use + → Image for photos; select words and press Ctrl+K to add a link.
  3. On the right, pick a Category (tick What's New to show it on the Member Portal), set a Featured Image, and write a short Excerpt — that's the summary shown in post lists.
  4. Preview, then Publish (or Schedule for a later date). Edit later from Posts → All Posts.

Membership Coordinators

You see this section because you manage membership. Members don't.

Members › Membership Dashboard is your workspace:

  • Tiles at the top count members by status (Active, Renewal due, Pending, Expired and so on). Click one to list those members. Search always looks through every member, by name, call sign, email or phone.
  • New applicants arrive as Pending. Use Approve or Reject. Approving opens the members-only pages to them and emails them a welcome.
  • Open any member by clicking their name. You can edit everything, including the Membership Details card: paid-through year, member type, household link, approval status, notes and payment history.
  • Record a payment from the member's record. The rates box shows $15 / $18 and the half-price rule after July. Payments made in November or December count toward the next year. A household payment renews every linked family member.
  • Families: each person has their own record. Anyone with their own email gets their own login; others are linked to the household's primary member.
How status is worked out
  • Active through December 31 of the paid-through year · Renewal due January–February · Expired from March 1 · Life members never expire.
Reports

The Reports tab has nine reports — Current Active Members, Inactive/Expired, New Members, Members by Type, Renewals/Expiration, Contact List, Membership History, Members Missing Information and Membership Counts. Each one can be printed or downloaded as a CSV for Excel. The dashboard's roster CSV exports every member and field — a good monthly backup.

The Contact List shows details members have hidden in the directory. Keep printouts and CSV files private.

Site Administrators

Only administrators see this section. Before any big change, take a WPvivid backup.
Everyday jobs
  • Newsletter: upload each issue to the /newsletter/ folder with File Manager, named Full_Quieting_MonthYear.pdf (e.g. Full_Quieting_November2026.pdf). It appears automatically. In December, add the year's issues to the Archive widget.
  • Ham News feeds: add a feed in Aggregator › Sources, then a Display for it (5 items, no pagination), and paste its shortcode into a new card in the Ham News Shortcode widget.
  • After editing a page: click Update, then LiteSpeed Cache › Purge All, and check it in a private window.
  • Roster import (CSV) is at the bottom of the Membership Dashboard, visible to admins only.
Page-building rules
  • Standard page: Container 1 (title bar + styles), Container 2 row with a 210px sidebar and a content column set to Size: Default — never Grow.
  • Shortcodes go in Shortcode widgets, never HTML widgets. Internal links use /wp/page-slug/ with the trailing slash.
  • Members-only pages: edit the page, set Simple WP Membership Protection to Yes, tick all levels.
Security & settings
  • Wordfence: two-factor login is required for administrators. Locked-out users are unblocked under Wordfence › Tools › Blocking.
  • Email Hold snippet: while active, no email reaches members. Blocked messages are listed under Tools › BARC Email Hold. Deactivate it to send member email.
  • Keep your admin login separate from your member login — never give an admin account a membership level.

Something not working? Let us know — no detail is too small.
Email the webmaster — webmaster@bellbrookarc.org

Home › Events & Programs › Other Area Clubs

Other Area Amateur Radio Clubs

A directory of amateur radio clubs across Ohio and the region — BARC W8DGN
Amateur radio is a community. BARC maintains friendly relationships with clubs throughout the region — whether you're interested in EmComm, contesting, digital modes, or simply finding other hams to operate with, these clubs are a great way to get more involved. For Greene County ARES and Montgomery County ARES specifically, see Public Service & EmComm.

Ohio

Champaign Logan Amateur Radio Club Inc

City: Bellefontaine, OH
Call Sign: W8FTV
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://sites.google.com/site/champaignloganamateurradioclub/

Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club

City: Chillicothe, OH
Call Sign: W8BAP
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, Hamfest, License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Packet Radio BBS, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.qsl.net/w8bap/SVARC.html

Cincinnati FM Club Inc

City: Cincinnati, OH
Call Sign: WB8CRS
Specialties: General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://cfmc.us

OH-KY-IN Amateur Radio Society Inc

City: Cincinnati, OH
Call Sign: K8SCH
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Packet Radio BBS, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
Section: OH
Links: http://www.ohkyin.org

Ohio Valley ARA

City: Cincinnati, OH
Call Sign: W4FU
Specialties: DX, General Interest
Services Offered: Club Newsletter
Section: OH
Links: Not listed

Queen City Emergency Net

City: Cincinnati, OH
Call Sign: W8VVL
Specialties: General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, License Test Sessions, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.qcen.org

CRES-ARC

City: Columbus, OH
Call Sign: W8ZPF
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://w8zpf.com

Capital City Repeater Association

City: Columbus, OH
Call Sign: K8DRE
Specialties: Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters
Services Offered: Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://ccraohio.net

The Amateur Radio Club at The Ohio State University

City: Columbus, OH
Call Sign: W8LT
Specialties: Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group
Services Offered: Entry-Level License Classes, License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://u.osu.edu/w8lt/

Dayton Amateur Radio Association

City: Dayton, OH
Call Sign: W8BI
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, Hamfest, License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Packet Radio BBS, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.w8bi.org

West Central Ohio Amateur Radio Associat

City: Dayton, OH
Call Sign: WC8OH
Specialties: Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Hamfest, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
Section: OH
Links: http://www.wcoara.org

John D Kraus Memorial Amateur Radio Club

City: Delaware, OH
Call Sign: W8JK
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Mentor
Section: OH
Links: Not listed

Preble Amateur Radio Association

City: Eaton, OH
Call Sign: K8YR
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://k8yr.org/

Butler County Amateur Radio Association

City: Fairfield, OH
Call Sign: W8WRK
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.bcara.net

Germantown Amateur Radio Society

City: Germantown, OH
Call Sign: WG8ARS
Specialties: Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://WG8ARS.ORG

Voice Of Aladdin ARC

City: Grove City, OH
Call Sign: W8FEZ
Specialties: General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Entry-Level License Classes, Hamfest, License Test Sessions, Mentor
Section: OH
Links: http://www.aladdinshrine.org

Butler County VHF Assn Inc

City: Hamilton, OH
Call Sign: W8CCI
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://sites.google.com/site/bcvhfaw8cci/

Greater Cincinnati Amateur Radio Assoc

City: Hamilton, OH
Call Sign: W8DZ
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, Hamfest, License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.gcara.org

Hamilton Amateur Radio Club

City: Hamilton, OH
Call Sign: W8AJT
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.hamarc.net

Highland ARA

City: Hillsboro, OH
Call Sign: K8HO
Specialties: General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: mailto:highlandara@gmail.com or Facebook

Bearcat DX Club

City: Liberty Township, OH
Call Sign: —
Specialties: Contest, General Interest, School or Youth Group
Services Offered: Mentor
Section: OH
Links: http://

Madison County Amateur Radio Club

City: London, OH
Call Sign: KE8RV
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
Section: OH
Links: https://www.mcarcoh.org/

Clinton County ARA

City: Martinsville, OH
Call Sign: W8GO
Specialties: Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, License Test Sessions, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://ccara.net

Mound Amateur Radio Assn Inc

City: Miamisburg, OH
Call Sign: W8DYY
Specialties: Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Hamfest, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://www.w8dyy.org

Dial Radio Club

City: Middletown, OH
Call Sign: W8BLV
Specialties: Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, License Test Sessions, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://dialradioclub.org/

Milford Amateur Radio Club

City: Milford, OH
Call Sign: W8MRC
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Hamfest, License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://MilfordHamRadio.org

Southwest Ohio DX Assn

City: Monroe, OH
Call Sign: W8EX
Specialties: DX
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Hamfest
Section: OH
Links: http://www.swodxa.org

Grant Amateur Radio Assoc

City: Mount Orab, OH
Call Sign: W8STZ
Specialties: General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Hamfest, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://grantamateurradioclub.yolasite

Union County Amateur Radio Club

City: Plain City, OH
Call Sign: W8UCO
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, Mentor, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
Section: OH
Links: http://ohiohams.net/

Shelby County Amateur Radio Emergency Serv

City: Sidney, OH
Call Sign: K8ZUK
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://shelbycountyohares.com

Clark County Amateur Radio Assoc

City: Springfield, OH
Call Sign: W8OG
Specialties: Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, License Test Sessions, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: https://w8og.org/

Independent Radio Assn Inc

City: Springfield, OH
Call Sign: K8IRA
Specialties: Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.K8IRA.org

Huber Heights Amateur Radio Club

City: Tipp City, OH
Call Sign: NO8I
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.hharc.org

Miami County Arc

City: Troy, OH
Call Sign: W8FW
Specialties: Digital Modes, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://w8fw.org/

West Chester Amateur Radio Association

City: West Chester, OH
Call Sign: WC8VOA
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater
Section: OH
Links: http://www.wc8voa.org

Kentucky

Amateur Radio Emergency Team Of Northern Kentucky Inc

City: Union, KY
Call Sign: KY6ET
Specialties: Public Service/Emergency
Services Offered: Mentor
Section: KY
Links: http://ky6et.org

Northern Kentucky Amateur Radio Club

City: Union, KY
Call Sign: K4CO
Specialties: Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered: License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
Section: KY
Links: http://www.k4co.org
Know a club we should add, or see something out of date? Let the BARC webmaster know via Contact Us — this list is only as good as the data behind it.