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Next meeting Oct. 6, 2026 @ 7pm

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Join us for the upcoming meeting of the Bloomington Amateur Radio Association. We will meet at 7pm on October 6th, 2026.
The program will be a look at Winlink.

Winlink Global Radio Email®️ is a network of amateur radio and authorized government stations that provide worldwide radio email using radio pathways where the internet is not present.

The October 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.

BARA Meeting on May 5th

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with us!!

Join us for the upcoming meeting of the Bloomington Amateur Radio Association. We will meet at 7pm on May 5th.
The program will be a look at techniques to use when participating in a Fox Hunt. The ham radio version of a fox hunt is where a small transmitter is hidden and hams attempt to find it.

Then join us again for the June meeting on June 2nd when we will attempt to apply what we learned in an actual hidden transmitter hunt. We will be using 2 meter frequencies, so bring your handheld and, preferably, a small directional antenna and give it a try. On June 2nd we will meet at the NR0T/KE0TL QTH at 6pm. A picnic supper will be provided.

The May 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.

BARA Meeting on March 3rd

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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

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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

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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.

B.A.R.A. Oct. 1st, 2024 – “Fox Hunt”

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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