Club Secretary Joe Kasper KD9DFB passed away early Sunday morning as the result of an ATV accident in Polk County. Joe was one of BCARA’s original members and much of the set up and planning for Field Day was taken care of by Joe. If you attended Field Day Joe was always there operating digital…
Amateur radio licensees would pay a $50 fee for each amateur radio license application if the FCC adopts rules it proposed this week. Included in the FCC’s fee proposal are applications for new licenses, renewal and upgrades to existing licenses, and vanity call sign requests. Excluded are applications for administrative updates, such as changes of…
Field Day is June 27th and 28th. We are having our clubs Field Day at our normal location ( KC9JIK’s QTH) and all are welcome to attend. Everyone is welcome to come and operate the radios whether licensed or no. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the hobby. We will be inside…
Field Day is June 22nd and 23rd. The Barron County Amateur Radio Association will be holding Field Day once again this year at KC9JIK’s residence which is located at 944 9th Ave outside of Barron. Directions coming from Barron Hwy 25 south out of town towards Dallas, turn right on county road D going west…
Governor Tony Evers has declared June 22nd and 23rd as Amateur Radio Operator Recognition Days in the State of Wisconsin. Click below to read the proclamation.
SKYWARN “STORM SPOTTER” CLASS The Barron County Sheriff’s Department has partnered with the National Weather Service to host a no-cost SKYWARN “Storm Spotter” Training for the residents and emergency responders of Barron County and surrounding counties. WHENTuesday, April 30th from 2:00PM-4:00PM orTuesday, April 30th from 6:00PM-8:00PM. WHEREBarron County Government Center Auditorium335 E Monroe Ave, Barron WHAT IS SKYWARNSKYWARN is a National…
The 20th Annual Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference & ARRL Convention will be held on October 13th, 2018 at the McMillan Memorial Library located in Wisconsin Rapids. The Itinerary for this years conference can be seen at http://www.wi-aresraces.org/itinerary18.shtml. Visit the Eventbrite page to register or get more information on the conference.
Have you ever thought about becoming a ham? If you have always thought about it and thought it was going to be hard we can assure you that it’s not that hard to study, take and pass your technician exam and become a brand new ham. It’s a very fun and rewarding hobby that also…
American Radio Relay League 225 Main Street Newington, CT, 06111-1494 USA To Whom it May Concern: I am writing you and the Amateur Radio community as a whole regarding the ARRL’s proposal to expand Technician class privileges. While I am not opposed, I do not feel it solves the overarching issue of young people losing…
John Kruk – N9UPC Baldwin, WI March 1st, 2018 Board of Directors Wisconsin Association of Repeaters (WAR) 2071 Glacier Drive – Suite 3 – PMB 3173 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 An open letter to the Board of Directors for WAR – It is with great sadness that I am having to write this letter…
Seven Three Newsletter Amateur Radio Newsletter For January 2018 Welcome to 2018! In this edition of the Seven Three Newsletter we have an interesting article on the sun and it’s ability to dramatically affect things here on earth, a good read for sure. For weekly solar activity follow Space Weater Woman on YouTube. I also…
Seven Three Newsletter Amateur Radio Newsletter For December 2017 December is always a busy month and if you have young kids and tons of things going on I hope you get time to go down in the shack and get some on air time. I know for me it’s been challenging with everything I have…
Seven Three Newsletter Amateur Radio Newsletter For November 2017 Welcome to the November edition of the seven three newsletter! To say we are a bit late getting this edition out is a bit of an understatement. We normally shoot for sending out the newsletter at the beginning of the month but November has been very…
Seven Three Newsletter Amateur Radio Newsletter For October 2017 Welcome again to the Seven Three Amateur Radio Newsletter! We received some very positive feedback from the last newsletter and it’s greatly appreciated. I’d like to start right off with reminding our readers that this newsletter is a community newsletter, if you have something to share…
Seven Three Newsletter Amateur Radio Newsletter For September 2017 Welcome to the first ever Seven Three Newsletter! The intentions of this newsletter is to provide amateur radio news and information to hams in Minnesota and Wisconsin with the possibility of branching out from there. My name is Mike Shelby (K9MLS) and I have been in…
Field Day 2017 All, Field Day is Saturday and I hope to see you all there everything is ready to go the lawn is nice and clean the porta potty is in place, food is ready to go, radios will be over Friday and antennas should be up as well by Friday night ( we…
The Barron County Sheriff’s Department will be hosting 2 Skywarn Classes that will be conducted by the National Weather Service in Chanhassen MN. When: May 2nd from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m Where: EOC at the Barron County Justice Center. 1420 STH 25 N, Barron WI 54812 There is…
On a cold, snowy morning the 444.4500 repeater was moved to a new location east of Rice Lake and placed on the air. The repeater is a Motorola MSF5000 repeater with 80 watts coming out of the duplexer into a DB420B antenna at 1800 feet above sea level. The repeater is analog only and requires…
In the morning hours on July 21st a thunderstorm went through the area south of Rice Lake causing damage to the tower that the antenna for the 443.8250 repeater was installed on. High winds caused the tower to almost fold in half and the building at the base of the tower that contained the repeater…
On Friday, May 13th after several months of testing the 443.6500 BCARA repeater was finally taken to its new home northwest of Dallas. Mike K9MLS and Paul KB9TYC were able to transport and install the equipment into the shelter after morning rain showers. After clearing some brush from the site and a quick run into Barron…
Sawyer County ARES/RACES is holding a Technician License Class. The schedule is as follows: Friday, April 29th: 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30th: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Sunday, May 1st: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. There will be breaks on Saturday and Sunday for lunch and supper. Testing will take place Sunday…
ARAC Hamfest Saturday May 7th 2016 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Admission: $7.00 HEAD OF THE LAKES FAIRGROUNDS – MULTI PURPOSE BUILDING 4700 South Tower Ave. (Wisconsin Hwy 35) Superior, WI For more information see the 2016 ARAC Hamfest Flyer or go to http://thearac.org/.
Barron County Amateur Radio Net Announcements Upcoming Amateur Radio Test Sessions: March 5th 2016 | Saint Paul MN 55109-1577 Sponsor: St Paul Radio Club Location: Ramsey Co Library Maplewood Time: 10:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) March 12th 2016 | Blaine MN 55449-8100 Sponsor: Anoka County Radio Club. Location: www.ci.blaine.mn.us/_docs/directions.pdf Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) St. Croix…
Barron County Amateur Radio Net Announcements Upcoming Amateur Radio Test Sessions: 02/13/2016 | Blaine MN 55449-8100 Sponsor: Anoka County Radio Club. Location: www.ci.blaine.mn.us/_docs/directions.pdf Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) St. Croix Valley ARES/RACES groups will be hosting a ham-cram on March 11th, 12th and 13th. Their classes and VE testing will be held at the St.…
Barron County Amateur Radio Net Announcements Upcoming Amateur Radio Test Sessions: None… Gear For Sale: Ed W9ABA is selling a Kenwood 180s it covers 160-10 meters. It comes with a 30 amp power supply, MFJ-925c versa tuner with manual, and Hand microphone. Asking $250.00 Mario KD9MAR has a very nice Yaesu FT 857D for sale…
Barron County Amateur Radio Net Announcements Upcoming Amateur Radio Test Sessions: 01/16/2016 | Cottage Grove MN 55016 Sponsor: SEMARC Location: Zion Lutheran church Time: 9:00 AM (Walk-ins allowed) 01/21/2016 | Duluth MN 55811 Sponsor: Arrowhead Radio Amt Club Location: Living Stone Fellowship Time: 5:30 PM (Walk-ins allowed) Those generals looking to go for extra now…
Mark Ralph Wien (WM9E) was born January 12, 1956 to James F. Wien and Mary Inman Whipple Wien in Minneapolis, MN. He grew up in South Minneapolis and graduated from West High School. At age 19, he came to know Christ. Shortly after that, he moved into Park House, a discipleship house of Jesus People…
Lets build a vertical antenna for 6 meters today by modifying an old Radio Shack CB antenna. Most mobile CB antennas these days are quite short with a hefty base loading coil. These will also work, but will require playing with the inductor a bit to get the antenna to “tune” on 6 meters, and…
Hello all, Joe KD9DFB and I had a blast working the clubs first field day. I sent out an email to all of you inviting you to come out, hope you all got it, if not I’ll make sure you know for next year. I didn’t really know if I was going to do it or not…
Governor Scott Walker has declared June 22nd – 28th Amateur Radio Week. Click the Proclamation for full size.
VIDEO: Test Feeders and Build Phasing Lines Video of how to test feeders and build phasing lines for phased antenna arrays. 73, Chris – AC9KH
Antennas are always a hot topic on 6 meters because there is more antenna experimenting that goes on on this band than any other. The antenna size is manageable and many things that can be done on 6 meters are impossible (or highly difficult) to do on HF. Today’s topic is stacked dipole arrays. We’ll…
This is an easy antenna to build and the materials cost about $15-20. It exhibits 1.8dB gain over a 1/2-wave dipole. Using an open-wire parallel feedline (commonly called “ladder line”) with an antenna tuner, it tunes up on the 10m band as a 5/8-wave loop as well. The loop is also much quieter than a…