Billerica Amateur Radio Society
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I am excited to inform the Club that I have secured Rob Sherwood, of Sherwood Engineering to be our Guest Speaker for the August 2, 2023 Club Meeting via Zoom. Here is Bob’s bio, which is quite impressive. Bob is the Gold Standard with regard to review and testing of …
August 2, 2023 BARS Meeting – Rob Sherwood, NC0B, on Transceiver Testing Read More
Our Guest Speaker at our meeting on Wednesday, July 5, will be Ria Jairam, N2RJ. Ria is from Sussex, New Jersey and is well known and respected around the ham radio community. Among her many credentials are: Life member, ARRL Past Director, Hudson Division, ARRL (2019-2023) Member of : Amsat, …
July 5, 2023 BARS Meeting – Ria Jairam, N2RJ, on Software-Defined Ham Radio Read More
Donna Halper will be presenting about the role amateurs played in early commercial radio and sports broadcasting. Donna was born here in Massachusetts and began working in the broadcasting field in 1968 as a DJ and music director. In 1974, while at WMMS in Cleveland she “discovered” the progressive rock …
June 7, 2023 BARS Meeting – Donna Halper on Hams in Broadcasting Read More
Our Guest Speaker for the May 2023 Club Meeting will be Dennis Boye, AH2O from Syosset, NY. Dennis will be sharing a presentation on P.O.T.A. (Parks On The Air), which is fast becoming very popular, especially now that Spring has finally come after a long cold winter. Here is a …
May 3, 2023 BARS Meeting – Dennis Boye, AH2O, on Parks on the Air Read More
I am pleased to announce that we will have Tom Carrubba, KA2D, who will give us a dual presentation on DX’ing on the H bands, as well as a tutorial on using logging programs. Tom was first licensed in 1978 as KA2DFO. He is an active DXer, DXCC CW, RTTY …
March 1, 2023 BARS Meeting – Tom Carrubba, KA2D, on HF DXing and Logging Read More
We will be having Bruce Blain, K1BG as our Guest Speaker for the February 1, 2023 Club Meeting. Bruce will give an informative talk about the basics of CW for us. Bruce was first introduced to amateur radio by his neighbor Jim Payne, W1GPN, when he was 4 years old. …
February 1, 2023 BARS Meeting: Bruce Blain, K1BG, on “CW Basics” Read More
The ARRL Board of Director’s meeting is coming up in mid- January. BARS’s own Mike (who is First VP of the ARRL in addition to serving as VP for BARS) will give us an overview of what’s on the agenda and other news from Headquarters. We will announce the link …
January 5 BARS Meeting: Mike Raisebeck, K1TWF Read More
Meeting Time: 7:00-9:30 PM. The next meeting of the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) is Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Guest: Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF. Mike is Vice Director of the ARRL New England Division. Topic: Update on ARRL Happenings. ARRL has been in the amateur news a lot lately and Mike …
Next BARS Meeting: Wednesday April 4, 2018 at 7 PM Read More
Title: Islands on the Air (IOTA) Author: Scott Ginsburg, K1OA Are you active on HF and looking for a new challenge? Consider chasing islands around the world through the Islands on the Air (IOTA) program. Created in 1964 by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), IOTA is a challenging …
Islands on the Air (IOTA) Read MoreMeeting Time: 7:00-9:30 PM. The next meeting of the Billerica Amateur Radio Society (BARS) is Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Guest: Marcia Forde, KW1U. Marcia is the ARRL Section Traffic Manager (STM) for the Eastern Massachusetts (EMA) section. Topic: Message Handling and the National Traffic System (NTS). Marcia, KW1U, is the …
Next BARS Meeting: Wednesday, December 6 at 7 PM Read More