Sugar Maple Festival Parade
Subject: Sugar Maple Parade Saturday 26 April, at 10:30 a.m. is the annual Sugar Maple parade. BARC members provide emergency communications and assist with parade line up. The motor vehicles line up on Vemco Dr. and walking units on Little Sugarcreek. I start the vehicles down the hill at 10:15 a.m. to merge with walking […]
BARC Open House Saturday, April 12
Discover the World of Amateur Radio with the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club The Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club (BARC) will host an in person, “Learn about AmateurRadio” at 1 PM on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at their facility located at 51 South East Street,Bellbrook, OH 45305. Please enter from the top of the steps at the […]
BARC Special Event Station W8W
The Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club (BARC) will commemorate the 121st anniversary of powered flight by honoring the pioneers of powered flight, Orville and Wilbur Wright. On December 17, 2024, 9am until 7pm, members of the club will operate a special event station from the BARC clubhouse, and each of you are invited to participate. Come and […]
Little Miami River Cleanup and Festival
The Little Miami River Cleanup is part of the Little Miami River Festival Celebration on June 29, 2024. That is the weekend after Field Day. As part of the celebration, the morning activities include cleanup of debris on the Little Miami River. The Little Miami Network has yet to complete their plans for each section on the river. However, the morning […]
Sugar Maple Festival Parade
The Bellbrook Sugar Maple Festival Parade will be held next Saturday, April 20, 2024. The parade is one of BARC’s two major Public Service Events. We need lots of operators to be stationed along the parade route and report issues and parade status as requested by net control. This is a great event for new […]
LMWN River Festival June 29
The weekend after Field Day the Little Miami Watershed Network is planning their annual River Festival on Saturday, June 29th. In the morning, they clean up the Little Miami River. In the afternoon they have festivities. I’ve attached the notice of this event below. BARC has handled communications for the morning event. In the past, I […]
April 2024 Eclipse
A total eclipse of the sun will pass through the Miami Valley on Monday, April 8, 2024. There will be many impacts to travel and communications. All BARC members are requested to stand-by to report any issues during the day. Please review the Incident Action Plan (IAP) at the Greene County ARES website and make […]
Repeater Tone Reminder
This is a reminder to add the 118.8 Hz tone to BOTH the 2m and 440 BARC repeaters. If the 2m repeater is not working, we will move the Sunday BARC net to the 440 repeater and you don’t want to miss out! 147.045 (+) (118.8 Hz tone) Analog FM only repeater supports AllStar and […]
Lions Club Parade Needs Volunteers
Saturday August 19, 2023, 4 P.M. will be the Bellbrook Lions Club parade. The BARC club supports this event as a public service event and is typically the end of our public service events for the summer. I need at least 12 club members to assist with emergency communications and staging of line up of […]
Upcoming BARC Special Events
Over the next month, we have several BARC events coming up and all are welcome to participate. Watch the website for more details as we get nearer to each date. Saturday, August 19 is the Lions Club Parade in Bellbrook. We need lots of BARC members to work radios and support this event. More info […]