Benton Amateur Radio Society

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Benton Amateur Radio Society Serving Saline County, Arkansas Since 1993 The Benton Amateur Radio Society (BARS) was incorporated in 1993 as a non-profit domestic corporation.

The focus of the club is HF
operation. The main event each year is ARRL Field Day. The club meets the first Tuesday of every other month (Feb, April, June,
August, October, December) at 7:30 PM at the Bauxite City Hall. Visitors are welcome.

We're past the 12 hour mark, which means we're over halfway through our 24-hour event. As of 2:00 AM, we have made over ...
06/28/2026

We're past the 12 hour mark, which means we're over halfway through our 24-hour event. As of 2:00 AM, we have made over 700 QSOs (contacts) with other amateur radio stations. The majority of our contacts have been in the contiguous 48 states and Canada, but we have even talked to people in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Europe!

Come visit the Benton Amatuer Radio Society at Mills Park in Bryant, AR across the field from Pavilion 1! Look for the b...
06/27/2026

Come visit the Benton Amatuer Radio Society at Mills Park in Bryant, AR across the field from Pavilion 1! Look for the blue and green canopies, or the orange lights if it's dark!

06/05/2026

Our next meeting will be this Sunday, June 7th at 2:30 PM at Bauxite City Hall. We will be discussing Field Day plans, so there will be plenty to talk about! Hope to see you there!

04/05/2026

Reminder: We will NOT have a meeting today. Happy Easter!

04/03/2026

Due to the Easter Holiday, our meeting this weekend has been postponed to NEXT SUNDAY, April 12th at 2:30 PM at Bauxite City Hall. Hope to see you there!

Did you know that you can utilize objects in space to help a radio signal travel farther? Last night, one of our members...
06/29/2025

Did you know that you can utilize objects in space to help a radio signal travel farther? Last night, one of our members made contacts with other stations in Nebraska and Michigan by passing his signal through the RS-44 satellite as it passed overhead!

Earth-Moon-Earth communication, sometimes called moonbounce, and meteor scatter are other popular methods of enhancing propagation with space objects.

If you know about Ham Radio, you might think about talking to someone on the radio, or perhaps even Morse Code. There's ...
06/29/2025

If you know about Ham Radio, you might think about talking to someone on the radio, or perhaps even Morse Code. There's so many different aspects of the hobby that there's something for just about everyone! Here are some of our club members' favorites:

*Antenna-Building
*Parks On The Air
*Creative Problem-Solving
*Phone
*CW (Morse Code)
*Digital
*Weather Balloon-Chasing
*Bouncing Signals Off Objects in Space

We've been battling off and on afternoon thunderstorms, but we are still averaging about 52 contacts per hour on our mai...
06/28/2025

We've been battling off and on afternoon thunderstorms, but we are still averaging about 52 contacts per hour on our main station!

We also have a second station set up this year, called a GOTA station. GOTA stands for Get On The Air and is designed for people to give ham radio a try without any commitments. Come on out and give it a try! You never know, you might talk to someone 30 miles away, 300 miles away, or over 3000 miles away!

We're getting ready! The ARRL Field Day contest kicks off in a little under an hour and we'll be operating live on the a...
06/28/2025

We're getting ready! The ARRL Field Day contest kicks off in a little under an hour and we'll be operating live on the air from 1 PM today until 1 PM tomorrow, but why? Learn more here on the American Radio Relay League's official website:
https://www.arrl.org/field-day

06/01/2025

Our next meeting is this afternoon at 2:30 PM at Bauxite City Hall. We'll largely be discussing Field Day, June 28-29. Hope to see you there!

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1003 Mills Park Road
Bryant, AR
72022

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