Thanks for taking the time to take a look at the Bloomington Amateur Radio Association.

We are a group of amateur radio operators based out of Bloomington, MN. Monthly meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month (except July and August).

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West Bloomington 147.090+ Tone: None Central Bloomington Analog/Fusion 443.175+ DCS: 165

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Become an Operator

Looking for information on how to become an amateur radio operator? Find information on upcoming classes, exams as well as study information for all levels here.

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2024 Club Officers

President: Rolf Krogstad NRØT Vice President: Martha Krogstad KEØTL Secretary: Dan Royer KEØOR Treasurer: Brian Gaffney KNØWN

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B.A.R.A. Oct. 1st – “Fox Hunt”

The October meeting of B.A.R.A is Tuesday, October 1st. We will start the meeting with a hidden transmitter hunt, aka a Fox Hunt. Bring a 2 meter FM radio. While a small directional antenna is preferred, a rubber duck antenna can also be used.

Meetings are normally the first Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the Haeg Conference Room on the 2nd floor of Bloomington Civic Plaza (south end).

The November meeting will be on Tuesday, November 12th.
Note: The November meeting is always on the 2nd Tuesday of the month because election staff takes over the conference room on the first Tuesday.


See you at the meeting!
73, Rolf NR0T

Slides on Wires-X

Slides from the May 7th meeting have been posted. Click on “Membership” > “Monthly Club Meeetings” and then under the section header “Past Meeting Archives” click the link for past meeting archives.

The presentation was by Mike White N9UXC and explored the capabilities of our 443.175 Yaesu repeater and Wires-X.

May 7th meeting & Sunday night net

April 2nd Meeting

BARA meets on Tuesday April 2nd at 7pm. The meeting is on the upper floor of the Bloomington Civic Plaza in the Haeg Conference Room. This month’s presentation will feature Bill Mitchell, AE0EE (Minnesota Section Manager for the ARRL). He will give a presentation on his 2016 trip to HEARD ISLAND as part of of the VK0EK DXpedition.

January to April 2024 – Programs

January 2 – Bouvet, the most remote island on earth (NR0T)
February 6 – VHF Roving 101 (W0ZQ)
March 5 – Antenna Modeling, is it worth it? (K0MPH)

April 2 – My experiences on the Heard Island 2016 DXpedition (AE0EE)

Meetings are at 7pm in the Haeg Conference Room at Bloomington Civic Plaza, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington or on Zoom.

Recent Programs at BARA

Fall 2023 we had the following programs at our meetings:

Sept ’23 – NR0T built a 70cm/2M portable J-Pole from ladder line
Oct ’23 – AE0EE discussed Fox Hunting including an indoor hunt
Nov ’23 – K0AD did a presentation on CW Academy
Dec ’23 – Our annual pizza gathering at Davanni’s