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A great evening! The Billerica Amateur Radio Society held its Holiday Dinner at the Great Wall Chinese Restaurant in Bedford on Jan 7, 2015. A good gathering of 27 BARS members attended the festivities which included a Chinese buffet. Following the repast, BARS VP and incoming New England Section manager …
New Year’s Dinner Well-Attended! Read MoreJanuary Meeting Location is in Bedford MA BARS meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM. This month’s meeting is very special as we greet the New Year, hold a New Year’s version of our traditional Yankee Swap, and are honored by the presence of Phil Temples K9HI …
January 7th Meeting At Great Wall Restaurant in Bedford Read MoreThe December meeting of the BILLERICA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY took place at the home of Club President K1TWF ON 3 December 2014 and commenced at 19:00. There were about 19 members present. The meeting was conducted by Club VP Tom Walsh K1TW. Updated Business The BARS Holiday Dinner will take …
Regular Meeting – December 2014 Read MoreBARS meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00PM at the home of Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF Meeting Location: 85 High St., Chelmsford, MA. Park along Somerset Pl. and walk up the driveway on Somerset. Our guest speaker for the evening is Propagation expert, Chuck Counselman W1HIS. Chuck is well …
December 3rd Meeting to Feature Chuck Counselman W1HIS Read MoreRegular Meeting Notes: November 5, 2014 Meeting Convened by K1TWF, K1TW at 7:05PM Attendees: 17 Agenda: Elections Regular Business Presentation by Bill Barber (NE1B) on DMR Elections: Elections where held tonight. A motion to accept the was made, approved and seconded. No other candidates were presented and the slate as …
Regular Meeting – November 2014 Read MoreBARS meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00PM at the home of Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF Meeting Location: 85 High St., Chelmsford, MA. Park along Somerset Pl. and walk up the driveway on Somerset DMR, a new mode for amateur radio, has arrived in BARS territory! The N1IW DMR …
Next Meeting is November 5 at 7 PM: Elections and DMR Talk by NE1B Read MoreThe next regular meeting on Wednesday November 5th will feature Bill Barber NE1B talking on DMR. We will have a full meeting annoucement in the next few days, but for now mark your calendars with the following upcoming BARS member events: Wednesday October 22 at 7 PM: BARS Board meeting …
Upcoming Events including DMR Talk and Elections Read MoreBob Ravenstein W1FDR has kindly offered to keep the special fox set up for Billerica ARS active all this week. This will give all of us more opportunities to try our hand at this following his talk last week. I got part way on Saturday, and may try again this …
Billerica Fox to remain active all this week Read MoreBILLERICA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY MEETING OCTOBER 1 2014 Submitted by Paul Graveline K1YUB, acting for the Club Secretary this evening. The meeting was called to order at 1910 Each of the members attending the meeting introduced themselves and mentioned what there were expecting of the BARS in the future. Topics …
Regular Meeting – October 2014 Read MoreWell, after a wonderful Fox Hunting presentation by Bob W1FDR on Wednesday night, the challenge has been laid down. “Find the BARS FOX this weekend in Chelmsford”. The 2 meter 146.565 Fox is now in the town of Chelmsford. To activate the Fox press DTMF tone 2 for two seconds. …
Find the BARS FOX this weekend Read More