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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

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

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April 6th Meeting

Join us April 6th for the Bloomington AUXCOMM and BARA monthly meeting via ZOOM.

7:00 P.M. CDT Bloomington AUXCOMM
7:30 P.M. CDT Bloomington Amateur Radio Association

ZOOM meeting details have been sent via email to all members.
Guests are welcome to contact k0bbc@arrl.net for login information.

One topic of discussion: Is there interest in an outdoor club meeting this summer?

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March 2nd meeting via Zoom

Please check the e-mail reflector for Zoom login instructions.

Bloomington AUXCOMM will meet at 7 P.M. CST
BARA will meet at 7:30 P.M.

Stephen Post is the BARA gust speaker this month at 7:35 P.M.
He will introduce us to amateur satellites. Some of the topics covered include:
– Compare/contrast satellite and terrestrial repeaters and basic theory
– Minimum gear needed to work a satellite
– Hooking it all up – Software tools

E-mail k0bbc@arrl.net if you need the Zoom login instructions.