Our April meeting is scheduled for April 5, 2018, which is in the middle of spring break and The Masters. Therefore, we will not have a BARC club meeting in April.
General Club News
How our new D-STAR repeater works
The “new” D-STAR repeater in Waynesboro on 444.1 MHz is not so new… it’s actually one of our two year old Yaesu DR-1X repeaters outfitted to perform mixed mode communications for 90% of the CSRA! Here’s how it works: Here’s the short answer: When the Waynesboro 444.100 MHz repeater is idle, it is waiting on […]
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Should you consider a digital radio?
From the mid-1930’s until World War II, amateur radio’s #1 mode of voice operation was AM, a.k.a. double-side band with a carrier. After the war, single-side band voice mode became popular for a number of reasons including 3 kc of bandwidth versus 6 kc of bandwidth in an AM signal and, because of the narrower […]
Always use Anderson Powerpoles
Connecting your radio, etc. to 13.8V DC Our club’s standard power connector is the Anderson Powerpole. Most importantly if we all use Powerpole connectors, we’ll be able to share equipment and batteries at home and in the field. The Powerpole connector is the standard DC power connector for amateur radio for all types of radios […]
