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Everyone, you may find it interesting to read our Constitution as it was last written. Changes can, of course, be discussed with membership and BOD and implemented. Andy, KA1GTTPresident, Billerica Amateur Radio Society October 2025 Update The By-Laws as published in this post have been moved to a dedicated page. …
BARS Constitution (“by-laws”) Read More
Folks, I am very happy to announce we will have a distant guest speaker for our October Zoom meeting! A few weeks ago, I was thinking about trying to promote CW in our club and introduce it to members who have never tried it. Google gave me a path to …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 7PM: David O’Farrell WBOIXV: Morse Code 101 and 201 Read More
I am pleased to announce that Dom Mallozzi, N1DM, will give a presentation introducing the FT4 and FT8 digital modes in September! This will cover basic install and operation of the software, and Dom hopes that this will help new users avoid pitfalls. Dom will show actual QSOs as well …
Next BARS Zoom meeting: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7PM: Dom Mallozzi N1DM – FT4/FT8 Intro Read More
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