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West Bloomington 147.090+ Tone: None Central Bloomington Analog/Fusion 443.175+ DCS: 165
BARA Meeting on March 3rd
Join us for the upcoming meeting of the Bloomington Amateur Radio Association. We will meet at 7pm on March 3rd.
The program will be a look at the upcoming DXpedition to Sable Island as well as a look at past exhibitions to this sandbar island, including photos of the wild horses and seals which call the island home.
The meeting will be in the Haeg Conference Room at Bloomington Civic Plaza. The room is located on the 2nd floor at the south end of the building.
Next BARA mtg Jan. 27th
PLEASE NOTE: Change of meeting date.Because of precinct caucuses, our normal 1st Tuesday of the month meeting for February has been changed.
BARA’s next meeting is on Tuesday January 27th at 7 pm in the Haeg Conference Room in the Bloomington Civic Plaza. Join us in person or via Zoom. A Zoom link will be made available via the BARA email list on the afternoon of the meeting.
Our discussion topic will be the upcoming Minnesota QSO Party (MnQP) sponsored by the Minnesota Wireless Association (MWA). A number of BARA members are also MWA members.The MnQP takes place annually on the first Saturday of February. This year the MnQP falls on Saturday February 7th and runs from 8AM to 6pm CST. You do not need to be a member of BARA or MWA to participate in this on-the-air event.More information at https://www.w0aa.org/mn-qso-party/
What is the MnQP?
Operators inside Minnesota try to contact as many other amateur radio stations as possible within Minnesota in addition to working as many other US states and Canadian provinces over a 10 hour period.
Operators outside of Minnesota try to work as many Minnesota stations and as many of the 87 counties as they can. State QSO parties are great for earning awards like Worked All States (WAS) or Worked All Counties, and are typically low key, less intense than major contests.
73
Rolf NR0T
BARA President
Meeting on January 6, 2026
The January 2026 meeting of BARA will be at 7pm on Tuesday, January 6th.
The meeting will be in the Haeg Conference Room at the south end of the second floor of the Bloomington Civic Plaza.
The program will be a discussion of operating while using a kite to support an antenna.
For the meetings in 2025-26 there will be a door prize at each of the meetings.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings.
Meeting on January 6, 2026
The January 2026 meeting of BARA will be at 7pm on Tuesday, January 6th.
The meeting will be in the Haeg Conference Room at the south end of the second floor of the Bloomington Civic Plaza.
The program will be a discussion of operating while using a kite to support an antenna.
For the meetings in 2025-26 there will be a door prize at each of the meetings.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings.
Rolf NR0T
Sept. 2, 2025 – BARA meeting info
The September 2025 meeting of BARA will be at 7pm on Tuesday, September 2nd.
The meeting will be in the Haeg Conference Room of the Bloomington Civic Plaza.
The program will be a discussion of dB and dBm.
For the meetings in 2025-26 there will be a door prize at each of the meetings.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings.
B.A.R.A. Oct. 1st, 2024 – “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
September 3rd, 2024 – BARA meeting
Join us on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 at 7pm at the Haeg Conference Room (south end of Civic Plaza). We will catch up on summer activities and have a presentation on four of the available programs which can be used to operate FT8/FT4 and other digital modes.
We hope to see you there!
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.
Slides from May 7th meeting
Mike White N9UXC’s slides about the Yaesu 443.175 repeater and Wires-X are posted here.
May 7th meeting & Sunday night net
The May meeting of B.A.R.A. will be held on May 7th at 7pm in the Haeg Conference Room at the south end of the upper level of the Bloomington Civic Plaza, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road.
Mike White N9UXC will give a presentation on the analog and digital communication capabilities that come with Yaesu repeaters, such as the one that BARA has on 443.175 MHz. Key words for this technology which you may have heard include Wires-X, System Fusion, C4FM.
ALSO…
B.A.R.A. hosts a net every Sunday night at 9pm local time on the club’s 70cm Yaesu repeater. FM mode is used for the net. The frequency of the repeater is 443.175 Mhz and requires a +5 MHz transmit offset and a DCS tone of 165.