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Welcome to the Baltimore Amateur Radio ClubThe Baltimore Amateur Radio Club is a non-profit public service organization, organized under the laws of the State of Maryland. We are recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization, and are registered with the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland as a non-profit organization. For information on donations please contact us.
* * * Fiscal Year 2018 ended on September 30, 2018; all memberships expired as of that date. Fiscal Year 2019 membership dues are now due to be paid. Please go to the Membership page for details on how to send payment to maintain your membership. Thank you for your support. * * *February's meeting was well attended--we now have 23 people signed up for our Groups.io e-mail facility. Jim WB3DJU and Dave AB3TE shared information of the Fairview United Methodist Church--photos were distributed post-meeting by our e-mail reflector. A hearty welcome to Billy H. who is studying for his Technician license. A lively discussion of license exam topics and getting-on-the air hints followed. Recently licensed, Owen KC3IJN showed that he has been a fast learner by contributing a number of pertinent points to the discussion.The first meeting of the new year (January) featured a continued discussion of the hamfest in June. Bill N3WD and Dave AB3TE have swapped offices. Bill is now our Vice President and Dave is now our Treasurer. A big thank you to both for their great amount of time and service in their prior offices. The Groups.io e-mail facility is now in place to generate monthly meeting reminders..December's meeting featured a lively exchange of ideas for helping Gordon KC3LWO configure an effective antenna system from the back of his townhome. Expounding on features of different wire antenna types and antenna tuners, one particularly comfortable arrangement for his QTH would be a high quality tuner (roller inductor preferred) with an end-fed wire antenna (using a 9:1 matcher). Power in excess of 100 watts was discouraged for now since he already has numerous opportunities for experimentation. First priority is to get on the air! This was preceeded by a short club board meeting.Congratulations to our new slate of officers (see bottom of this page) elected at the November meeting. After a short review of business by Hale N3NYC, elections were held. Neil W3ZQI spoke of our on-going plans to expand the hamfest vendors/attendees to include robotics, drones, and R/C. Jim WB3DJU mentioned a meeting space and storage opportunity. He followed with a discussion of his recent 5,000 mile road trip by RV over much of the country, to include visiting the Collins Radio Company in Grand Rapids and viewing the Mississippi River. He then showed his new Family Radio HTs with a discussion of their design and capabilies. Subsequent discussions included popular choices for starter HF amateur radio stations.Much of the business discussion at the October meeting centered on the upcoming June's BARC Hamfest. A slate of officers for November elections was assembled (see bottom of this web page). Neil W3ZQI will assemble a membership list from various sources and initiate billing for this year's annual dues. New member Joseph AB9YY and returning member Gerald NE3C were welcomed.At the September meeting, Gordon pleasantly surprised us by announcing that he had passed both the Tecnician and General exams since the July meeting--congratulations to Gordon, now KC3LWO. Al W3YRS had not been seen in a good while; welcome back. Stephan KC3ILL discussed his solar power array that supplies most of the electricity to his home in Timonium and showed us his electric scooter (used to ride to a Light Rail stop on his way to the meeting) which does 18 mph. Neil W3ZQI led a discussion on the new weak-signal operating mode FT8.Please join us for the 2019 BARC Father's Day Hamfest and Marketplace in Upperco, MD. This exciting event features a giant flea market for traditional tailgating, miscellaneous items, and food. This is held on Father's Day Sunday June 16, 2019...Hours: 8 am.-2 pm. Location: the Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company grounds, 16020 Carnival Avenue, Upperco, MD 21155. We continue with our value pricing of $5 attendance and $5 per tailgating space.A big thank you to our hamfest volunteers and espically Dave AB3TE (our hamfest chairman) for another successful event in 2018).Returning for 2019... Tasty Treats, manned by Mr. Nick, who provides BBQ sandwiches, baklava, hot dogs, ice cream, coffee, and other goodies at affordable prices.Again, plenty of tailgating spaces and free customer parking. New for 2019: indoor rest room facilities!Remember, our event is the last area hamfest before the annual ARRL Field Day for those last minute shoppers. Please join us on Father's Day 2019 for our next event. Printable hamfest flyer of the 2018 event.
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