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The January 6th Holiday Meeting Location is in Bedford, MA. This month’s meeting is very special as we greet the New Year and hold a New Year’s version of our traditional Yankee Swap Here are the details: Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Great Wall Restaurant, 309 …
January 6, 2016 Holiday Meeting Details Read MoreBillerica Amateur Radio Society Meeting 12/02/15 Meeting called to order by Tom Walsh K1TW at 1907 13 members attended along with 2 guests. Members introduced themselves telling about their operating activities. Gary W1GFF commented on the BARS net with good attendance. It meets on Wednesdays, 8 PM using the Billerica …
Regular Meeting – December 2015 Read MoreThe next meeting of the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) is Wednesday, December 2, 2015. The BARS 8 PM Wednesday night net will not meet because of the club meeting. Members are encouraged to get on Billerica (147.12) on their way to/from the meeting instead. Meeting Time: 7:00-9:30 PM Topic: …
December 2nd Meeting: Fred, AB1OC on Installing and Operating HF Mobile Read MoreBARS Net, Wednesday November 18 This was the first meeting of the net Checkins: KD1VY Mike Arlington Heights KC1ACV Lela North Billerica N1ALO Peter Dracut KB1MGG Steve Lowell N1ECC Erving Lowell N1YLX Rich Methuen W1LKS Lyman Billerica K1TW Tom Bedford KC1ELF Tom Haverhill KB1MGI John Chelmsford KB1WWK Steve Billerica KB1VUU …
BARS Net Check-ins for November 18 Read MoreWe are kicking off the weekly BARS net this week: Wednesday, November 18 Time: 20:00 EST Local (8 PM) Where: Billerica Repeater 147.12 PL 103.5 The net meets every Wednesday at 8 PM on the Billerica Repeater, 147.12 (except the first Wednesday of each month which is the club meeting …
Weekly BARS club net begins Wednesday, Nov 18 Read MoreBillerica Amateur Radio Society Meeting 11/4/15 The meeting was called to order by Jim N1HTS at 1903. 13 members were present. Jim, N1HTS, presided over the meeting in place of both K1TWF and K1TW who were unable to attend. The attending members introduced themselves. It was noted that Jerry, K0TV, …
Regular Meeting – November 2015 Read MoreThe next meeting of the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) is Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Jim, N1HTS has kindly offered to run things this evening. Our Guest speaker and Topic: Bo Budinger, WA1QYM, will talk about “DXing with a Dipole”. Bo presents a talk that fits well with our BARS …
November 4th Meeting: “DXing with a Dipole” and Club Elections Read More
Nice to see Lisa N1ICE, Wally WA1LY and Steve W1ES in the run-up to NEARFest this weekend. We had dinner with them at the Emerald Rose in Billerica.
Welcome Home, Lisa, Wally and Steve! Read MoreBILLERICA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY MEETING 10/7/15 Matthews Memorial Church, Chelmsford MA The meeting was called to order at 1909 presided over by VP Tom Walsh K1TW. There were 17 members present. The meeting opened with members introducing themselves. There were two new members: Charlie, W1CEP and Steve, KB1WWK who were …
Regular Meeting – October 2015 Read MoreWe have Ian MacKenzie, KB3OCF, who will talk all about the balloon launch project the RIT radio club did last year out at RIT. He’ll cover the technology, as well as the FAA rules, and everything else you need to know to do it. Their balloon made it to 100,000 …
October 7 meeting: The Balloon Launch Project Read More