Welcome to the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) community!
I am pleased to announce that our own BARS Secretary, Scott Ginsburg, K1OA, will be our speaker for the August meeting. Scott sent me a sneak preview of his PPT slide deck for Ham Radio Awards and wow, there are some awards available to us that I had no knowledge …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 8/5/20 7PM: Scott Ginsburg K1OA – HAM RADIO AWARDS! Read More
I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will again be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop – this time, Part 2, the sequel! David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 7/1/20 – David Kruh WB2HTO – STORIES FROM THE SHOP PT 2 Read More
I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop. David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they function and also about why they were designed …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday 6/3/20 – David Kruh WB2HTO – STORIES FROM THE SHOP Read More
Everyone, last night’s dry-run with Zoom and nearly a dozen members went well and we are going to hold our official BARS Zoom meeting tonight. Kudos to Phil Temples, K9HI, ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Assistant Section Manager, for hosting and facilitating this meeting for us. Please do your part and try …
BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, 5/6/2020 7PM: K1BG – Field Day, Single Operator Read More
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 …
BARS meeting status; W1DC 147.12 repeater testing Read More
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 …
APRIL BARS MEETING – CANCELLED Read More
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 …
Next BARS meeting: Wednesday 3/4/20 K1BG Bruce Blain as ARRL EMA Affiliated Club Coordinator Read More
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 …
Next BARS meeting 2/5/20 — and K1TWF elected First Vice President, ARRL Read More
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 …
BARS GREAT WALL HOLIDAY PARTY – Wed 1/8/2020, 7PM Read More
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 …
Next BARS meeting: Wednesday, December 4, 7PM: Terry Stader, KA8SCP on Emergency Communications Read More