Beaches Amateur Radio SocietyThe Beaches Amateur Radio Society (BARS) is an association of amateur radio operators living in and around the beaches of Jacksonville, FL. The beaches include Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach. All persons with any interest in learning about amateur radio are welcome to any of our events!
We meet every month on the 4th Thursday evening of the month. Typically we meet at the Pablo Creek branch of the Jacksonville library system. We also have a regular breakfast meeting on the first Saturday of each month. We meet at the Golden Corral on Beach Blvd., just west of San Pablo Road. Our regular meetings include radio oriented discussions and some kind of educational program and are open to the public. If you want to learn more about amateur radio and becoming a “Ham”, please attend one of our meetings! We are good communicators! If you are having a public event where safety and and communications are important, we may be able to help. Hams assist in events such as triathlons, bike races, parades, foot races and air shows. Of course all that practice is just preparing us for the emergencies that we hope will never happen. Let us know if we can help with your event. BARS owns and operates one of the amateur radio repeaters at the Beaches of Jacksonville. Our repeater operates on 145.35 and is open to the all amateur operators. If you would like to help support our efforts to maintain repeater coverage at the Beaches, please join BARS! If you are a new ham and would like to borrow some equipment to get started with please join BARS and take advantage of our equipment loaner program. We announce meetings, gatherings and special events through the following social networking sites. |
Next MeetingOur next meeting will be Thursday, Feb 26th at the Pablo Creek Branch of the Jacksonville Library. (map)
Breakfast Meeting
The next breakfast meeting will be on Saturday, March 7, 2014 at the Bob Evans Restaurant at Beach Blvd and Hodges. (map).
All are welcome! Repeater statusThe BARS VHF repeater is not on the air. Due to mechanical issues and other events. We are hopeful for a quick solution.
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