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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December 6 , 2023 BARS Meeting – Frank Garofalo, WA2NDV, on Basic Satellite Tracking

Frank was originally licensed in 1970 in Corona Queens, New York by way of the Electchester Amateur Radio Club and his cousin Hugo (sk). He was in 8th grade at the time and it gave my life a direction. Amateur Radio has allowed him to work in many diverse places …

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November 1, 2023 BARS Meeting – Rick Roderick, K5UR, on What’s New at the ARRL

I am pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker for the November 1, 2023, Club Meeting via Zoom will be none other than Rick Roderick, K5UR, the current President of the ARRL! Rick will give a talk on what’s new at the ARRL and will share valuable insights on our …

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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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