Welcome to the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) community!
Members, the Board has been discussing how to grow the BARS club and get a feel for what our members want to do. I commend our Vice President, Kayla Creamer, W2IRY, for coming up with the idea of using Google Forms for a survey. I am very pleased with the …
BARS Member Survey – we’d like EVERYONE’S response! Read More
Folks, our next meeting subject will prove to be very interesting, because it affects ALL of us. There is no question that in 2018 our radios, especially HF ones, pick up many more S-units of noise than when a lot of us were first licensed. Grow lights, street lamps, power …
Next BARS meeting: Wednesday, November 7: Chuck Counselman, W1HIS – Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Read More
Please join us on Wednesday, October 3, for an interesting talk by Larry Banks, W1DYJ. Tom Walsh, K1TW, recently saw and admired Larry’s presentation on antennas he has used at his two QTHs (Woburn MA and Harpswell ME) and we have enticed him to give this talk to BARS! While …
Next Meeting: Wed 10/3/18 at 7PM – Larry Banks, W1DYJ “One Ham’s Journey with Antennas” Read More
BARS POLICY ON NET OPERATION DURING LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS Approved by the BARS BOARD (20 August 2018) Amateur radio operators are frequently called upon to assist during emergency. It is important to understand that amateur radio operators are not first responders. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) has extensive training …
BARS policy on Net operation during lightning and thunderstorms Read More
Hi, everyone. We hold a weekly 2M net every Wednesday night at 8PM (except for the third Wednesday, which is the meeting night) on the W1DC Billerica repeater. Running the Net is simple and the script is below, somewhat trimmed down from previous versions. BARS would love for you to …
W1HH 2M Net Script – latest revision Read More
Hi, Everyone! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, September 5, 2018. This meeting will feature our yearly QSL Sort with Eric Williams, KV1J of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club/ARRL W1 Incoming QSL Bureau. BARS is glad to help Eric out by sorting incoming cards to speed the distribution process. As …
Next Meeting: Wednesday, 5 September 2018 Read More
Please join us for our next BARS meeting, Wednesday, August 1st. We have no speaker planned, so this will be an informal session. I will present club news, a brief report on my impressions of K1KI’s town hall meeting, and other ham news. For the bulk of the meeting it …
Next BARS meeting: Wednesday 8/1/18 Read MoreFrom Bruce Anderson, W1LUS: 7/12/18: We had seven people show up for testing, Six of them went home having passed the Technician exam and one went home with an Extra having passed the Technician, General, and Extra exams. And a thank you to the VE’s that helped with the exam …
July 12, 2018 VE Session Report Read More
Ham radio is a wonderful hobby. It is all about communication. We are connected as human beings and the connections we make outlast our physical bodies. Nothing cements relationships like regularly chatting on the air or socializing at our BARS meetings or our Saturday breakfast. Recently, the world lost Hector …
Jesse Creamer, W1DEA – a great loss to us Read More
Hi, everyone. BARS member Henry Christle, WA1VAB, has been gaining interest in finding operators for the Massachusetts 13 Colonies operation. Last year, K2H did not have as many operators as other states. If you would like to operate as K2H, please follow the instructions below. Andy KA1GTT Amateur K2H Massachusetts …
13 Colonies operation Read More