Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7PM: Dom Mallozzi N1DM – FT4/FT8 Intro

I am pleased to announce that Dom Mallozzi, N1DM, will give a presentation introducing the FT4 and FT8 digital modes in September! This will cover basic install and operation of the software, and Dom hopes that this will help new users avoid pitfalls. Dom will show actual QSOs as well …

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Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 8/5/20 7PM: Scott Ginsburg K1OA – HAM RADIO AWARDS!

I am pleased to announce that our own BARS Secretary, Scott Ginsburg, K1OA, will be our speaker for the August meeting. Scott sent me a sneak preview of his PPT slide deck for Ham Radio Awards and wow, there are some awards available to us that I had no knowledge …

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Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 7/1/20 – David Kruh WB2HTO – STORIES FROM THE SHOP PT 2

I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will again be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop – this time, Part 2, the sequel! David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they …

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Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 6/3/20 – David Kruh WB2HTO – STORIES FROM THE SHOP

I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop. David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they function and also about why they were designed …

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BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, 5/6/2020 7PM: K1BG – Field Day, Single Operator

Everyone, last night’s dry-run with Zoom and nearly a dozen members went well and we are going to hold our official BARS Zoom meeting tonight. Kudos to Phil Temples, K9HI, ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Assistant Section Manager, for hosting and facilitating this meeting for us. Please do your part and try …

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Next BARS meeting: Wednesday 3/4/20 K1BG Bruce Blain as ARRL EMA Affiliated Club Coordinator

Please join me in welcoming back Bruce Blain, K1BG, who is the newly appointed Eastern Massachusetts Affiliated Club Coordinator for the ARRL. Bruce has been a popular speaker at BARS and other events and is well known for his ability to deep-dive into cause and effect – witness his recent …

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Next BARS meeting 2/5/20 — and K1TWF elected First Vice President, ARRL

Everyone, please mark your calendars for the next BARS meeting: Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Our speaker that evening will be Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF,  who was just elected as First Vice President of the American Radio Relay League. Mike attended the ARRL Cabinet meeting in January and will present his thoughts …

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Next BARS meeting: Wednesday, December 4, 7PM: Terry Stader, KA8SCP on Emergency Communications

Everyone, I am very happy to announce that our next meeting will showcase Terry Stader, KA8SCP, who will talk about Emergency Communications in Eastern Massachusetts. Many of you follow this topic and even volunteer for emergency comm drills. Past presentations about EmComm have been great attractions and I hope the …

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