May 7, 2025 BARS Meeting – Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ, “Andy’s Ham Radio Linux”

I am pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker for the May 7, 2025, club meeting will be Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ. Andy (KB1OIQ) is an extra class licensee who has been in the hobby since 2007 and will present on the history of the “Andy’s Ham Radio Linux” software collection, …

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April 2, 2025 BARS Meeting – Arnold Shatz, N6HC, “The DXpedition Doctor”

I am pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker for the April 2, 2025 Club meeting will be Arnold Shatz, N6HC. Arnold has been a team member of fourteen major DXpeditions: K7C-Kure atoll (2005), 3B7C- St. Brandon Island (2007), TX5C- Clipperton Island (2008), K4M-Midway Island (2009), T31A- Kanton atoll, Central …

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March 5, 2025 BARS Meeting – Jay Taft, K1EHZ, Presents an Overview of the Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN)

I am pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker for our March 5th hybrid Club Meeting will be Jay Taft, K1EHZ. Jay is the President of the Merrimack Valley Amateur Radio Association located in Auburn NH. He has been actively promoting the use of AREDN, the “Amateur Radio Emergency Data …

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March 2025 Billerica Amateur Radio Society Newsletter

We’ve got another great newsletter ready for your reading pleasure. Thanks, as always, to our newsletter editor, Marla, for putting this together every month. Also, thanks to those of you who contributed articles. Without articles, there is no newsletter. If you have something you’d like to submit for a future newsletter, be sure to send it to Marla at wa1gsf@comcast.net.

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February 5, 2025 BARS Meeting – Bruce Pigott, KC1US, With an Overview of the Minuteman Repeater Association

I am pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker for our February 5 hybrid Club Meeting will be Bruce Pigott, KC1US, who is the Trustee for the North Reading Repeater on the frequency of 146.715. The presentation is a quick overview of the Minuteman Repeater Association repeaters and network. Will …

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January 15, 2025 BARS Meeting – BARS Holiday Party, 6:30 pm at the Great Wall in Bedford

Just a reminder that we will be having our Annual Holiday Party on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at the Great Wall Restaurant in Bedford, MA. We will be having a buffet. I will check on the pricing and send out an email to members when I confirm that. We will …

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December 4, 2024 BARS Meeting – An Evening with the New England Area Director: Tom Frenaye, K1KI

I am pleased to announce that we will be having Tom Frenaye, K1KI, the newly elected New England Area Director. Here is Tom’s bio: I’ve served as ARRL Director in the past and am currently elected as an ARRL Director Emeritus. I’ve been licensed since I was 14 years old, …

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November 6, 2024 BARS Meeting – Anthony Luscre, K8ZT, on Successful Operating Tools for Assessing Performance

I would like to announce our Guest Speaker for the November 6, 2024, hybrid club meeting. Here is Anthony’s biography: We will announce the link to join the Zoom meeting before the meeting, but it will be posted to the BARS email list and should not be shared outside our …

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October 2, 2024 BARS Meeting – Terry Dennison, K9TAD, on Sunspots and Radio Propagation

We are pleased to announce that Terry Dennison, K9TAD, will be our Guest Speaker via Zoom on Wednesday Night, October 2, 2024. Terry will give a talk on Sunspot and Radio Propagation. Here are some biographical details about Terry: FCC Extra Class Amateur Radio License (2010), First Licensed in 2007 …

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