I recently sent an announcement about 2026 dues to the club membership. If you’d like to renew for 2026, the website will be changed to accept renewals on November 1; until then dues payments apply to 2025. A postal mailing will also go out as usual in December. Thank you to all who are eager to renew!
Author: nv1w
BARC General Meeting, Thursday October 16: Ham Radio Basics Speaker Series – DMR with N1QD
The Boston Amateur Radio Club’s Ham Radio Basics speaker series continues in October with Joe Harris, N1QD, giving a presentation on Digital Mobile Radio (DMR). The talk will cover an overview of digital voice for ham radio as well as a discussion on how to program your radio to work with the club’s 449.175 DMR repeater.
The BARC general meeting will be held on Thursday October 16th at 7:30 pm at the Artisans Asylum and on Zoom.
Zoom meeting information:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81690150156?pwd=D36RrjVVIsnkVuUssncwmQvU76eCTJ.1
Meeting ID: 816 9015 0156
Passcode: BARC
BARC General Meeting, Thursday, June 19
The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, June 19, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30. This is the elections meeting and we will discuss Field Day Plans
Zoom Meeting info:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88523558204?pwd=daSxuOkZcyW1YX989ou39KGxHyj1aE.1
Meeting ID: 885 2355 8204
Passcode: BARC
BARC General Meeting, Thursday, May 15
The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, May 15, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30. This month’s speaker is Peter, KC1HHO, presenting Introduction to National Traffic System and the Radiogram. This will be an interactive talk so be sure to attend in person if you can.
Zoom Meeting info:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88289485451?pwd=wHwoCWtZfRqe6PfaGEuhTQHavKYGeC.1
Meeting ID: 882 8948 5451
Passcode: BARC
Field Day is June 28–29!
Once again the Boston Amateur Radio Club will be holding Field Day at Hale Education in Westwood. The event itself will be the weekend of June 28–29, with some setup on Friday the 27th. All are welcome.
Plans are currently being discussed on the bostonARC@groups.io mailing list. If you’re interested in helping to plan the event contact Scott, K1SU, at k1su.scott@gmail.com.
New England QSO Party, May 3–4
[From Tom Frenaye, K1KI.] BARC is planning to participate on Sunday, May 4 from Millennium Park in West Roxbury. For more information, see the bostonARC@groups.io mailing list or contact w1bos@arrl.net.
The New England QSO Party on May 3rd and 4th is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You’ll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations.
Our goal is to get every one of the counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your members to join in the fun! Even if you can only join the fun for a couple of hours, we’d appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org.
The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night. It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10 meters. For each QSO you’ll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with 25 QSOs or more will get a certificate. The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world—and their goal is to work New England stations, so you’ll be very popular!
Last year we had logs from 212 New England stations and 516 more logs from around the country and world.
The full rules are here: www.neqp.org/rules. The 2024 results were posted last weekend: https://neqp.org/2024-new-england-qso-party/.
It’s just under three weeks until the 2025 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!
BARC General Meeting, Thursday, April 17
The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, April 17, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30. There is no speaker this month.
Zoom meeting information:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86014210013?pwd=NGMzciuXw8SkIvEYE1onyU6HalV3m0.1
Meeting ID: 860 1421 0013
Passcode: BARC
BARC General Meeting, Thursday, March 20
The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, March 20, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30. This month’s speaker will be Brendan Baldonado, NW1S, who will be giving a talk on multimeters.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84367813573?pwd=KeVTrRBayxOGu4ngGnfcT4LKaGbGWX.1
Meeting ID: 843 6781 3573
Passcode: BARC
BARC General Meeting, Thursday, February 20
The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, February 20, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30. This month’s speaker will be Joe Chapman, NV1W, who will be giving a talk on getting started with and using Logbook of the World.
Zoom meeting info:
Meeting ID: 878 1598 3319
Passcode: BARC
Meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87815983319?pwd=dHvuoV5bSd7ZWATkdQBIQCraIYHFPx.1
2025 renewal discount ends January 31
BARC offers discounted renewals to current members through the end of January. Regular memberships renew for $20 and Senior, Junior, and Family memberships are $10. To renew and pay via PayPal go here. You may also renew via postal mail, in which case the letter should be postmarked by January 31.