March 6, 2024 BARS Meeting – Bruce Blain, K1BG – ARRL Club Coordinator Role and Suggestions For Our Club

It is with great pleasure that I announce Bruce Blain, K1BG, as our Guest Speaker for our hybrid Club Meeting on Wednesday March 6 at the Chelmsford Bible Church. Bruce is the ARRL Eastern Mass Club Coordinator. He was first introduced to amateur radio by his neighbor Jim Payne, W1GPN, …

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August 2, 2023 BARS Meeting – Rob Sherwood, NC0B, on Transceiver Testing

I am excited to inform the Club that I have secured Rob Sherwood, of Sherwood Engineering to be our Guest Speaker for the August 2, 2023 Club Meeting via Zoom. Here is Bob’s bio, which is quite impressive. Bob is the Gold Standard with regard to review and testing of …

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July 5, 2023 BARS Meeting – Ria Jairam, N2RJ, on Software-Defined Ham Radio

Our Guest Speaker at our meeting on Wednesday, July 5, will be Ria Jairam, N2RJ. Ria is from Sussex, New Jersey and is well known and respected around the ham radio community. Among her many credentials are: Life member, ARRL Past Director, Hudson Division, ARRL (2019-2023) Member of : Amsat, …

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June 7, 2023 BARS Meeting – Donna Halper on Hams in Broadcasting

Donna Halper will be presenting about the role amateurs played in early commercial radio and sports broadcasting. Donna was born here in Massachusetts and began working in the broadcasting field in 1968 as a DJ and music director. In 1974, while at WMMS in Cleveland she “discovered” the progressive rock …

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May 3, 2023 BARS Meeting – Dennis Boye, AH2O, on Parks on the Air

Our Guest Speaker for the May 2023 Club Meeting will be Dennis Boye, AH2O from Syosset, NY. Dennis will be sharing a presentation on P.O.T.A. (Parks On The Air), which is fast becoming very popular, especially now that Spring has finally come after a long cold winter. Here is a …

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April 5, 2023 BARS Meeting – Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT, on Antennas – the Third Dimension

Our guest speaker for the Club Meeting on April 5, 2023 will be Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT, and he will give a presentation entitled “Antennas – The Third Dimension”. Gary was Licensed as WN9FRG in 1970. Other calls he has held: WB9FRG, WB9FRG/6W8, W0XT. He also has an FCC General Radiotelephone …

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February 1, 2023 BARS Meeting: Bruce Blain, K1BG, on “CW Basics”

We will be having Bruce Blain, K1BG as our Guest Speaker for the February 1, 2023 Club Meeting. Bruce will give an informative talk about the basics of CW for us. Bruce was first introduced to amateur radio by his neighbor Jim Payne, W1GPN, when he was 4 years old. …

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