Just a reminder that there will not be a club meeting this month. Our members are divided between setting up/manning our booth at the Carroll County Ag Fair and providing communication services to the Iron Mountain Jubilee endurance horse ride.
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BARC News Update (7.28.23)
Our AUXCOMM group will be providing communication support for the Iron Mountain Jubilee horse ride August 25th - 27th. This year the course has changed to include a 100 mile event which will last for a 24 hour period. If you would like to volunteer to help out, you can reach out to us.
The club will also be setting up a booth at the Carroll County AG Fair August 23rd - 27th. If you would like to help setup or help man the booth send us an email.
The club will not have a meeting in August due to the Fair and Iron Mountain horse ride.
It was decided that we will have our Christmas dinner at the Fiddlers Restaurant in Hillsville on December 9th @ 6:00PM. There will be a 15% gratuity added to the check and Frank Howard, WB1USN will be having a raffle for a 50 watt mobile radio for $1/Ticket.
Keep in mind that our club repeater is still having issues during the night and we will continue to have our weekly net on the N4VL repeater system.
ATGP 2023
Some of our club members participated in the Appalachia Trail Golden Packet event on Saturday the 15th. The Golden Packet event's goal is to transmit a packet across 15 mountain tops along the Appalachian Trial from Georgia to Maine.
For more details of the event see the official website.
To view more photos view the album.
Keep Frank in your thoughts!
It has been brought to our attention that our club president Frank Howard, WB1USN, was in a car wreck on July 12th. The wreck was enough to total his car, however he has stated that he was not seriously injured, but would have to take it easy for a while.
Upcoming Events July 2023
Below are some upcoming events for July.
July 13th - There will be a VE testing session at 7:00PM at the First Christian Church in Galax, VA.
July 15th - The Appalachian Trail Golden Packet event will be held. Some of our club members are activating Comers Rock. For more information see the ATGP website https://atgoldenpacket.net/
July 27th - Our monthly BARC meeting will be held. The AUXCOMM meeting will be at 6:30PM and the club will meet at 7:30PM. We meet at the First Christian Church in Galax, VA.
August 23-27 - We will be operating a booth at the Carroll County Agriculture Fair.
August 25-27 - Our AUXCOMM group will be providing communications support for the Iron Mountain Jubilee horse ride event near Cripple Creek, VA.
Field Day 2023
Next weekend is Field Day! BARC will be hosting our event at the Higher Ground Christian Retreat. There will also be a VE testing session at 1PM, walk-ins will be welcome! See you there or on the air!
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