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.

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Rolf  NR0T
BARA President