Blog – Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club

The First BARC Breakfast

BARC is reviving the breakfast meeting (9am on the second Saturday of the month (same week as the regular meeting). Check https://www.facebook.com/groups/W4AMC for details.

A Special trip to West Virginia

A ski trip to West Virginia has a detour to Green Bank Observatory.

This and That…

Christmas party. The first drone show in eastern NC. Analog Discovery 2.

Seventy Years of Amateur Radio

Seventy years ago on October 7, 1952, the FCC assigned a new call sign to a 17 year old. But it really started before then back about 1948 when he was 13. He was into model airplanes and Lionel electric trains. He got one train for Christmas and later bought another from a friend forContinue reading “Seventy Years of Amateur Radio”

Beth’s Bike MS 2022 Recap

Another Bike MS event has come and gone, not without some adventure, but still a success in my book. The weather may have been damp, but approximately 1100 riders still showed up and local amateur radio operators, including several from BARC, were there to support them. Saturday morning I arrived at the convention center forContinue reading “Beth’s Bike MS 2022 Recap”