BREAKFAST September 4th - 8 am - The Mustard Seed, Glastonbury The BEARS is an amateur radio club with a strong social element in addition to public service and the radio hobby. We meet two Saturdays and the second Wednesday of every month for informal meals at restaurants around the area covered by the W1BRS repeater. The next breakfast will be Sept. 4 at The Mustard Seed, Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury. This is a pay-as-you-go event, so the general public is invited. Come and ask questions about how to get a ham radio license, how to operate, what equipment to get, or just to meet hams in person.
Breakfast Sept 4 8am The Mustard Seed Hebron Avenue Glastonbury CT, USA
No RSVP necessary
Sept 8 Wednesday - Dinner and General Membership meeting The BEARS resume their general membership meetings on the second Wednesday of each month following the summer hiatus. They will meet for an informal dinner at the Hometown Buffet on Slater Street in Manchester, CT at 5 pm and then convene the official membership meeting at 7 pm at the Manchester EOC, 321 Olcott Street, 2nd floor.
The BEARS of Manchester are a group of licensed Amateur Radio Operators who maintain amateur band repeater radios on Box Mountain in Vernon. We also provide radio communications as a free public service to local groups who request our help. The BEARS are an affiliated club of the American Radio Relay League. Our chartered purpose is to provide public service, emergency communications, help educate new operators and encourage the maintenance of a pool of skilled radio operators upon which our community and nation can draw in time of need. To that end, we hold classes and FCC-sanctioned license exam sessions; participate in skill-building contests; participate in emergency drills with many public safety agencies; and practice our art and skill during charitable events such as the Manchester Thanksgiving Day Road Race, the Hockanum River Canoe and Kayak Race, and many other public events throughout the year.
Calendar of BEARS events Please submit calendar items to the webmaster for posting. The following are sanctioned BEARS events:
September 4 - Breakfast at The Mustard Seed, 8 am, Hebron Ave, Glastonbury, CT, USA
September 8 - Dinner at HomeTown Buffet, 5 pm. BEARS general membership meeting, 7 pm at the Manchester EOC on Olcott Street, Manchester, CT.
Calendar of local amateur radio-related events
These events are NOT sanctioned BEARS events, we're just listing them here as a convenient reminder for amateur radio enthusiasts, regardless of what club memberships they hold.
State of Connecticut CERT convention, Sept 8-9. Web registration required. Contact your local CERT team or emergency manager.
Local Nets of interest to BEARS
BEARS Traffic Net - Sun thru Fri, 9:15 PM on the 145.110 - PL77, all checkins welcome, with or without traffic. Net Manager, Rusty Hack NM1K
Manchester Emcomm net, Tues & Thurs at 7pm. 145.330 repeater. Net Manager, Ray Gagnon, KB1JJX
Vernon Emcomm net, Tues. at 7PM, 145.110 - PL77. Net Manager, Richard Phelps, K1SW
ARES Region 3 net, Monday 8pm, 147.345. Net Manager, Richard Claing, W1RGC. For all hams in and of the 41 towns in Region 3. NOTE: net may use EDH or other alternate repeaters.
Skywarn Weather Net, 9pm Thursdays, various repeaters
NARL INFO net, Thursdays at 7:30 pm on 145.450. Net Manager Steve Ewald, WV1X
Nutmeg VHF NTS Traffic net, weeknights 9:30PM, ICRC's 146.880 repeater with PL of 77. Net Manager, K1HEJ
Explanation: All frequencies are in Megaherz. A + or - sign indicates a 600KHz repeater offset for 2 meter repeaters. You should listen on the listed frequency, but shift up or down as indicated when transmitting. PL refers to Motorola's "Private Line," which in other brands of radios are designated as "Tone" or "CTCSS" or "Tone Encode/Decode".
The "BEARS of Manchester, Inc." amateur radio club meets monthly in Manchester, Connecticut, USA.
Breakfast Sept 4 8am