BMHA

Bicycle Mobile Hams of America

BMHA is an Adventure Cycling Association
 affiliated club


http://www.adventurecycling.org

Our Founder
Hartley Alley NA0A
(Silent Key 2001)

About Hartley


ABOUT BMHA

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CONTENT

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Member websites
 
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HINTS

Supporting a Bicycle Event 
Other Bicycle Organizations 

HAM STUFF

Sample Ham Radio license exam 
Other Ham Radio links 

WEBSITE

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What's new on the Website

  • January 26, 2024
    BMHA is now part of the Internet Archive
    Check out another (and easier to access) view of our newsletter back issues at https://archive.org/details/bicycle-hams

    April 29, 2022
    Added additional information about the BMHA Forum at HamVention 2022

    March 27, 2022
    Added information about the BMHA Forum at HamVention 2022

  • March 4, 2020
    Added note about HamCon Wyoming 2020 to our front page announcements

  • March 2, 2020
    Added note that BMHA will be at the Dayton Hamvention 2020, including meeting details

  • December 10, 2019
    Added note that BMHA will be at the Dayton Hamvention 2019

  • October 17, 2019
    Added note that BMHA's online discussion group has moved from Yahoo!groups to Groups.io
    https://groups.io/g/BicycleMobileHams

  • January 10, 2018
    Added note that BMHA will not be at the Dayton Hamvention 2019

  • April 19, 2018
    Added information about the BMHA Bike Ride at Dayton Hamvention 2018

  • March 12, 2018
    Added information about the BMHA Forum at Dayton Hamventin 2018

  • April 28, 2017
    Added links to the Huntsville Bicycle Ham Group


  • March 7, 2017
    Added notes to our Dayton 2017 page.

  • May 27, 2016
    Added notes to our Dayton 2016 page.

  • March 31, 2016
    Chris Charron K0PE Silent key
    We can't list every Silent Key, but some have made exceptional contribution and are worth special mention.

  • March 12, 2016
    Updated Dayton 2016 information to show agenda.

  • January 31, 2016
    Updated Dayton 2016 information.

  • January 22, 2016
    Updated Dayton 2016 information -- forum at 9:00 AM on Sunday, May 22, 2016.
    Plans are forming for the 2016 Dayton Hamention. Stay tuned for details.

  • November 21, 2015
    Plans are forming for the 2016 Dayton Hamention. Stay tuned for details.

  • November 15, 2015
    Replaced the webserver and restored the website.

  • April 18, 2015
    Added information about Dayton 2015 Bike Ride and our home page

  • March 8, 2015
    Updated information about Dayton 2015 and our home page

  • February 2, 2015
    Updated information about Dayton 2015

  • December 14, 2014
    Added information about Dayton 2015 to our home page

  • April 27, 2014
    Updated information about the Bike Ride

  • April 20, 2014
    Updated the Dayton 2014 page

  • March 7, 2014
    Updated front-page information about the BMHA Forum at this year's HamVention

  • November 7, 2013
    A number of small updates

    April 3, 2013
    Added a "memberID" field to the member database.
    (This isan existing database field that had not been previously displayed).

  • March 14, 2013
    Added information about the HamVention and Bike Ride 2013.

  • January 20, 2013
    Added announcement that we will be present at the Dayton HamVention 2013.

  • March 8, 2012
    Added information about the Dayton HamVention 2012
    Added proposed BMHA Operating Awards

  • February 19, 2012
    Updated membership information; added BMHA Forum 2012 information; changed webmaster email to Webmaster@BMHA-Hams.org

  • November 27, 2011
    Updated membership information; added short note about the BMHA Forum at the 2012 HamVention

  • October 11, 2011
    Added some links from Mrs. Suzie's3rd-grade class research effort

  • April 9, 2011
    Added KR0L's fine bicycle-mobile page to our Member Websites page

  • April 2, 2011
    More information about the Dayton 2011 HamVention and the Bike Ride

  • February 6, 2011
    Added information about Dayton 2011 to our main page

  • July 26, 2010
    Miscellaneous small edits

  • June 3, 2010
    Restructured the site links (any saved internal links will need to be added again to your browser's Favorites)

  • May 22, 2010
    Added our Hamvention 2010 Forum Report

  • April 29, 2010
    We have a new newsletter
    The interactive Newsletter Index has been updated

  • April 25, 2010
    More information about Dayton HamVention 2010.

  • March 25, 2010
    Added information about the Dayton HamVention 2010 to the main page.

  • January 22, 2010
    Added information about free memeberships to Adventure Cycling.
    Added information about the Dayton 2010 Bike Ride.

  • December 7, 2010
    Added preliminary information about the Dayton HamVention 2010

  • November 9, 2009
    Added a link on our Ham Radio Links page to study guides at http://www.appliancepartspros.com/radio-study-guides.aspx
    Added new members to the member list.

  • September 3, 2009
    Updated the membership database
    Fixed the QRZ links in the membership database (the QRZ website had changed)

  • July 2, 2009
    Continuing the server recovery, added the Spring 2009 newsletter

  • June 22, 2009
    The BMHA webserver is now back online (recovered from a hard disk drive crash)

  • May 22, 2009
    A quick photo show of the HamVention (more to be added later).
    Added new members to the member list.
    Added a Site of the Month link to Dave Starkie G4AKC. -- http://www.qrz.com/G4AKC

  • March 23, 2009
    More updates on the Dayton HamVention forum and bike ride.
    Follow the links on our main page to learn more.

  • March 6, 2009
    More information about the HamVention forum

  • February 24, 2009
    More information about the HamVention Bike Ride
    Minor updates to the online roster

  • January 26, 2009
    More information about our forum at Dayton
    Added information about three upcoming tours in Wisconsin

  • January 24, 2009
    Added information about the Dayton HamVention 2009 Bike Ride
    Updated a few new members

  • January 15, 2009
    Added new members to the member list.
    Added a site to the Member Websites list.

  • November 16, 2008
    Added many new members to the member list.
    Updated the membership application to allow for e-Mail submission in addition to postal mail.

  • July 21, 2008
    Added a short note about the HamVention and included Mike's slide deck
    Updated the membership roster

  • April 9, 2008
    Updated information about the BMHA Forum at the 2008 Dayton HamVention

  • February 21, 2008
    Updated the online roster
    Added the newest newsletter (Volume 17, Number 1; dated February 2008)

  • February 15, 2008
    Updated the Dayton forum times -- now 9:30 to 11:15.

  • February 4, 2008
    Updated information about our forum at the Dayton HamVention 2008

  • January 28, 2008
    Added information about Dayton 2008 to the front page.  Also RAGBRAI.
    Updated the newsletter index and online roster
    Minor cleanup.  More is needed.

  • November 26, 2007
    Added new members to the online roster

  • March 20, 2007
    NEW DIRECTIONS -- Please see our announcement.

  • February 28, 2007
    More information about the Dayton Hamvention (including our forum room location and time) has been added to our main page.

  • February 7, 2007
    Information about the Dayton Hamvention 2007 BMHA Forum has been added.
    The online roster has been updated.

  • November 24, 2006
    A long time since the last update.  We're working on it.
    The online roster has been updated.
    Some thoughts about regional chapters.  See the main page for the latest information.

  • March 29, 2006
    Details of the Dayton HamVention!

  • March 21, 2006
    Added information about the Bike Northwoods tour coming up in June

  • October 16, 2005
    Updated the online roster, made a few tweaks to the main page.

  • June 7, 2005
    We now have photos on our Dayton 2005 page.

  • May 28, 2005
    Dayton was a success!  Read Mike's notes (from the moderator himself) here.

  • March 25, 2005
    Updated the Forum information on the home page.  Perhaps this is the "ultimate" information before Dayton goes into swing.

  • March 7, 2005
    Updates to the main page with more Daytion details.

  • February 27, 2005
    Very minor updates.

  • January 22, 2005
    Happy New Year!
    Added information about the GOBA this coming June.

  • December 13, 2004
    Happy Holidays to all.
    Added information about the BMHA Forum at the Dayton Hamvention 2005 to the main page.

  • November 29, 2004
    Added information about the Northwoods tour 2005 to the events page.
    Added new membership information (will do this before December 1st).

  • June 3, 2004
    Updated the quality of page images in the Interactive Index of past BMHA newsletters.  They are now readable.

  • May 16, 2004
    We now have an Interactive Index of all BMHA Newsletters
    Created a new BMHA Survey
    Restructured the Newsletters page

  • May 6, 2004
    Changed the front-page to better highlight our forum and highlighted our link to Hartley NA0A, BMHA founder.
    Very minor edits to the current newsletter (formatting only, no content change)

  • May 4, 2004
    Added information about the Dayton Hamvention forums
    The new newsletter is now online
    Miscellaneous other updates to the site

  • April 15, 2004
    Our site has a new, cleaner look.
    Updated the online roster with the latest from the Treasurer.

  • January 16, 2004
    The website moved to a different service provider.  You should see no changes except that the alternate alias of BMHA.LaFetra.com no longer works.  The main address of http://www.LaFetra.com/BMHA continues to work normally.
    A few miscellaneous additions have been made, but nothing major.
  • September 25, 2003
    Updated the online roster with the latest from the Treasurer
    (sorry this has taken a long time -- I was having some database problems) 
  • June 21, 2003
    Added our first newsletter to the Backissues page
    Added information about the Tour-de-France special event station to our homepage
  • May 14, 2003
    Added more newsletter backissues to our backissues page
  • May 10, 2003
    Updated Information about the Dayton Hamvention Bike Ride (updated May 10th)
  • April 5, 2003
    Updated information about the BMHA Forum at the Dayton HamVention
  • February 4, 2003
    Added information about the Dayton Hamvention 2003
  • December 13, 2002
    Added the 3rd survey
  • November 29, 2002
    Added a new "link de jour" highlighting bicycling and GPS 
  • November 11, 2002
    I've been a little (lot) late in updating.
    Updated the online roster with the latest from the Treasurer
    Added new web addresses for the BMHA page:
         http://www.LaFetra.com/BMHA (the existing address)
         http://BMHA.LaFetra.com (a new alias)
         http://BMHA.LaFetra.net (another new alias)
    All take you to the same Web address, and are interchangeable.
  • June 26, 2002
    Updated the online roster with the latest from the Treasurer
  • June 15, 2002
    Added a report on the BMHA Forum at Dayton HamVention 2002
  • March 30, 2002
    The second member survey is now available
  • March 11, 2002
    Updated information about BMHA at the Dayton HamVention
    Added a link to the eleventh annual HamVention Bike Ride
  • March 3, 2002
    Some minor updates.
    Lots of information about HFpack -- check them out!
    Announcing the BMHA Midwest/Dakota Rally
  • February 18, 2002
    Updated the roster.
    Added HamVention 2002 information to the front page.
  • January 27, 2002
    Added link to rig photos on the eGroup site
  • January 7, 2002
    We now have the BMHA Survey online.
  • January 1, 2002
    Some minor updates.
  • December 8, 2001
    Some minor updates.  Many updates to the membership roster.
  • November 4, 2001
    Added the club's donation to Hartley's obituary page.
    The roster is now up-to-date.
    The "recent newsletters" are not yet updated.  Sorry for the delay.
  • June 16, 2001
    The roster is now up-to-date.
  • June 12, 2001
    Made a few changes.
    More roster updates expected soon, but not there yet.
    Check out Bicycle Mobile QRP from WB9GIE on the member websites page.
  • June 3, 2001
    Updated the roster.
    Added silent Key status for Dave Gerbig WB9MZL and Hartley Alley NA0A.
  • May 16, 2001
    Added the 2001 Hotter 'N Hell Hundred to the links page per reader request.  Let me know your links, and they can be added also!
  • April 28, 2001
    Updated the BMHA logo to the new, retouched version.
    Added Front Page and Selected Article for the past two newsletter issues.
  • April 9, 2001
    Updated the membership roster.  This is the version which the newsletter will be sent to.
    As a bonus for those reading the What's New page, the Webmaster's bicycle mobile setup is available at http://www.LaFetra.com/Skip/AA6WK/Articles/CQ-VHF/April-1998.htm.  This link is also available from the WebMembers' page.
  • April 1, 2001
    Updated the membership roster.  This is now current with what the Webmaster has, but there are a few updates which are "in transit" from the Treasurer.
  • March 17, 2001
    Dayton HamVention BMHA news!
    Fixed a few bugs in the member database -- now you can find international members.
    Updated some records in the member database -- it is now up-to-date with the Webmaster's records (there are still some updates in transit from recent renewals and changes)
    Added another member to the Member Websites page.
  • March 14, 2001
    Improved access to the member database -- it is now a dynamic database access.
    We've tried to protect your privacy appropriately while providing needed information.  Please let the WebMaster know if you are happy/unhappy with this balance.
  • December 10, 2000
    Updated the eGroup URL to its new address of http://www.egroups.com/group/BMHA 
    Changed the membership application to ask for preference of electronic newsletter delivery.
  • November 19, 2000
    Updated the membership list.
    Added the lastest newsletter's front page and "selected article" to the newsletters page.
  • October 29, 2000
    Added a short update about Dayton to the home page.
    Added new member sites to the Member Links page.
  • October 7, 2000
    The newsletter is at the printers, and should arrive in your mailbox soon.
    Check out the eGroup at http://www.egroups.com/group/BicycleMobileHams.  As an incentive, I've published my recipe for the ultimate "killer" bicycle antenna mount.
  • September 16, 2000
    Introduced Scott Farrell, KE4WMF as our new newsletter editor.
    (you'll see Scott's first issue in a month or so)
  • August 16, 2000
    Added a new category "Good Press" to the website's main page.
    Added "The Big Ride" from September 2000 WorldRadio.
  • August 14, 2000
    Created this "What's New" page.
    Added Hartley's Christmas Letter.
    Added the Bicycle Mobile topic area on Topica.
    Rearranged some internal pages [If you have bookmarked them, you'll have to re-create the bookmarks.  Sorry.]
  • July 19, 2000
    Updated the membership list.
    Added the Link of the Month for July.
  • July 5, 2000
    Added membership list.
  • July 2, 2000
    Reformatted the website with new left navigation.
    Added links to officers, addresses, etc.

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