Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society

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To promote interest in amateur radio. The club has a club call sign K7NWS, and maintains a Hamshack-trailer at the Kent Space Center which is located in an area outside the fence south of Bldg. 18-03. (Upper left on Map). The BEARS maintain a repeater on the 2 meter frequency of 145.33 MHz located about 20 miles east of Seattle at 3000 feet elevation on Tiger Mountain. The BEARS also maintains a landline BBS with information of use and interest to their members, and maintains a connection into the Amateur Packet Radio Network (AMPRNET) which is an amateur radio extension of the Internet. Views expressed in these pages do not necessarily represent those of the Boeing Company.

 

Apr 30 - Executive Board 7:00pm, 18-102

May 2 - General Meeting 9:00am Kent Rec Center Rm A & B

May 2 - 7th Call Area QSO Party

May 2 - 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW

May 9 - VOLTA WW RTTY Contest

May 9 - CQ-M International DX Contest

May 9 - Stanwood Camano ARC Hamfest

May 13 - Digital Committee 5:00pm 18-102

May 16 - BEARS 50th Anniversary Special Event Station, K7B, 0900-1700 PDT

May 16-17 - 2009 Washington State SAR Conference

May 17 - Run for the Bacon QRP Contest

May 20 - Hibernating BEARS 11:00am Trailer

May 22 - BEARFAX Envelopes mailed

May 23 - BEARFAX Cutoff

May 25 - Memorial Day

May 27 - BEAR FAX Complete

May 29 - BEAR FAX Mailed

May 30-31 - CQ WW WPX Contest, CW

May 28-29 - BARTG HF RTTY Contest

Jun 4 - Executive Board 7:00pm 18-102

Jun 6 - General Meeting 9:00am Kent Rec Center Rm A & B

Jun 6-7 - Sea-Pac Hamfest

Jun 6 - Wake-Up! QRP Sprint

Jun 10 - Digital Committee 5:00pm 18-102

Membership in the BEARS here in Seattle is open to all Boeing Employees and Boeing Retirees. Associate Membership is available to all Boeing Employee families, Boeing Retirees families, Boeing On-site Vendor Employees, and Retired Boeing On-site Vendor Employees, and their families.