Welcome to the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) community!
Hello everyone. As you know, Governor Baker’s response to the COVID-19 crisis has forced us to cancel our April meeting. I have also heard from Gary, W1GFF, that the Chelmsford Bible Church is closed until further notice as well. This means that VE sessions for BARS are also cancelled. I …
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Everyone, Concerns over the COVID-19 emergency and the health of our members forces me to do as many other clubs have done. Our meeting scheduled for April 1 is cancelled. I am hoping that we can resume meeting for May 6 and that Ken Caruso, WO1N, can postpone his April …
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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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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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Important: please RSVP now to ka1gtt (I am good on QRZ or use the contact link at the top of the website) so I can get a headcount for the restaurant. Please join us for the 2020 holiday get together which will take the place of our normal meeting in …
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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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All, I am very pleased to announce that in our November meeting we voted to accept the election slate as published, so we have the following people doing the heavy lifting in BARS: Andy Wallace, KA1GTT: President Kayla Creamer, W2IRY: Vice President Bruce Anderson, W1LUS: Treasurer Scott Ginsburg, K1OA: Secretary …
Read More Everyone, I am happy to announce the following candidates for our Election at the next meeting. Andy Wallace, KA1GTT: President Kayla Creamer, W2IRY: Vice President Bruce Anderson, W1LUS: Treasurer Scott Ginsburg, K1OA: Secretary Henry Christle, WA1VAB: Member of the Board Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF: Member of the Board Tom Walsh, K1TW: …
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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 …
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