Author: William Chapman

Tuesday 09-03-24 BRARS club meeting to be held at the

American Red Cross

940 Grove Rd, Greenville, SC 29605

Meeting start time will be 7:00 Pm

Fellow amateur Radio operators.

BRARS has been ask to provide communications services for two upcoming events. The first being the Trail Life eventbeginning Friday October 11 and lasting to Sunday October 13. With the need for communications personnel  being on Saturday October 12 Details for when and where we will be needed will be covered by Bob and Josh at the meeting.

The second event will be the Gran Fondo Hincapie bike race being held on Saturday October 19, 2024 details regarding where and how many operators will be needed as well as the event map will be discussed by Joe via zoom at the meeting

There will be 2 cross band repeaters set up on simplex for a table top exercise at the meeting.

The exercise is aimed at practicing the use of cross band, repeating, and traffic handling.

Please bring your walkie-talkies.

All licensed radio operators interested are welcome to participate, club membership is not required.

Zoom meeting information listed below 

(https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83720242675?pwd=a1F0bGIrbk0xY0w0cjlmL0hla2I5QT09)

Fellow amateur Radio operators BRARS has been ask to provide communications services for two upcoming events the first being the trail life event beginning Friday October 11 lasting to Sunday October 13 details for when and where we will be needed will be covered by Bob and Josh at the meeting the second event will be the Gran Fondo Hincapie bike race being held on Saturday October 19, 2024 to be discussed by Joe via zoom at the meeting followed by an in person visit from Joe at the next meeting There will be 2 cross band repeaters set up on simplex for a table top exercise at the meeting The exercise is aimed at practicing the use of cross band, repeating, and traffic handling Please bring your walkie-talkies All licensed radio operators interested are welcome to participate club membership is not required

As discussed at this month’s club meeting we are hoping to start up regularly scheduled fox hunts as a new club activity.

“Fox” (hidden transmitter) hunting is a fun activity and is a great introduction to amateur radio. Since it requires listening only and no transmitting for participants, it is the perfect opportunity to get someone you know that is interested in radio but hasn’t gotten licensed yet some hands on experience.

We are currently working on planning and hopefully can run some fox hunts at our upcoming summer field day activity to get everyone familiar with the process. In the meantime please see below for some information and links to helpful articles and videos that will let you learn more about this fun ham radio activity. Please feel free to comment and reach out if you have any questions or want to express your interest and be informed of planned future activities.

Building a tape measure Yagi antenna from KB9VBR – link to instructions and video

https://www.jpole-antenna.com/2017/02/07/build-it-2-meter-tape-measure-yagi-beam-antenna/

Fox Hunting 101 (Three easy steps)

Fox Hunting 102 (Attenuating the signal)

Full length presentation on fox hunting (58 minutes)

RDF Equipment Ideas for VHF Foxhunting and Radio-Orienteering

http://www.homingin.com/equipment.html

Compass and map orienteering app for apple and android (very helpful when tracking down the fox)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orienteering-compass-map/id1495072316

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calmatics.compassmap&hl=en_US

Please plan to join us at the Upstate Radio rally Spring 2024 for a day of fun for the amateur radio community. Check the new club Radio Rally page periodically for information and updates about the event

https://brars.cc/radiorally/

This month in order to avoid conflicts with the Labor Day holiday activities The Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Society Monthly Club Meeting will be on Tuesday September 5th at 7:00 PM. We host the meeting BOTH
onsite at 940 Grove Road in Greenville SC and via Zoom conference call.

Onsite Meeting:

American Red Cross
940 Grove Road
Greenville, SC 29605

Virtual meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88670224040…
Meeting ID: 886 7022 4040
Passcode: 169706
One tap mobile
+16469313860,,88670224040#,,,,*169706# US
+19292056099,,88670224040#,,,,*169706# US (New York)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thank you.

CQ CQ CQ

The “PFC William Hunter Kilburn American Legion Radio Club Aiken SC – W4RTO” and the “North Augusta Belvedere Radio Club – K4NAB” are co-hosting a Ham Radio Tailgate on October 14, 2023 and all are invited

We would appreciate anything you can do to help pass this information on.

73
Bill
W4WCS
803 624 3426

Due to inclement weather and widespread power outages we are cancelling tonight’s meeting. 

Please check the club webpage news section and the club Facebook group for any further updates.

The club is looking for volunteers who can help split and carry firewood to the field day site the weekend before field day (June 17th and 18th). Help is also needed to carry club equipment to the field day site that same weekend and the weekend of field day.
If you are willing to help, please contact Johnny. Allison (WD4DYH) or email the club at brars.w4nyk@gmail.com

Location – 280 Whitmire Hill Road Liberty SC

Sunday May 21st at 2pm a group of club members will be meeting at the Ingles in Easley and then continuing on to the site for this year’s summer field day to do scouting and evaluation. If you would prefer to go directly to the site please meet the group there at 2:30pm.