Welcome to the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) community!
Everyone, I am very pleased to announce that Jim Idelson, K1IR, will present to us his tower safety talk. I foolishly made other plans and missed Boxborough (HamXposition) this year so I did not catch his session during the YCCC forum. From Jim: Tower Safety – An Issue of Great …
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I am happy to announce that Ken Caruso, WO1N, our Field Day Chair, will be presenting a recap of our Field Day 2019 experience with our Vice President, Kayla Creamer, W2IRY, showing her still pictures and video! Kevin Fallon, KB1KTR, who did a great job herding the cats at the …
Read MoreFrom Gary Frascarelli W1GFF: September 12, 2019 – We had 18 Candidates show up, including 12 Army Recruits from Ft Devens on an exercise. Only 1 of the 12 achieved a passing grade (upgrade to Gen) since they only had 1 hour to study after being told they were taking …
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Hello, everyone! Our Election is coming up soon and I want to encourage you to participate. The BARS Board is the Election Committee and we are soliciting volunteers and nominations! Paula Crock, KC1EDA, needed to give up her position as Secretary immediately and we need to fill that. (This also …
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Our Net Manager, John Fisher, KC1FTJ in beautiful North Chelmsford, has decided to pass the reins of the job to someone else after doing a fine job since May of 2018. Please thank John when you see him! Chris Lobdell, KC1IUK, of Tewksbury is stepping into the role as of …
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Everyone, I am pleased to announce that yet again we will have our annual QSL sort and pizza party! Eric Williams, KV1J, is a volunteer for the W1 QSL Bureau, sponsored by the Yankee Clipper Contest Club. http://www.w1qsl.org/ http://yccc.org/ The W1 QSL Bureau is a service which accepts incoming QSLs …
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Next BARS meeting – 7PM, August 7, 2019, 7PM: Bruce Blain, K1BG and CW Academy – an easy way to learn CW (Morse Code)! I am very pleased to announce that Bruce is returning to speak again at BARS, this time about CW Academy. Many BARS members use and enjoy …
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If you didn’t receive the email that recently went out, or if you’re not on Facebook, the BARS Field Day photos and recap video are now available. Click here to check out the photos. If you’re not on Facebook, a window might pop up when you click the link to …
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Hi, everybody. Given that our usual first-Wednesday meeting would be July 3, we decided at the last meeting to not hold a July one. Most of you will be either enjoying pre-4th fairs or fireworks anyway, or prepping for your own cookouts. Have fun and we’ll see you for the …
Read More Billerica Amateur Radio Society ARRL Field Day 2019 Announcement BARS will be on the air as W1HH for Field Day 2019 (June 22 and 23) in Billerica! Operation will be class 2F – two 100W HF CW/SSB stations, at an emergency operations center. We will have emergency power available. Bands …
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