Where to go for discussion and help

• Our groups.io forum at https://groups.io/g/BicycleMobileHams is where you can ask questions, get answers, and participate.

• The Forum facility on Yahoo was deprecated. We have moved to groups.io at the link above.

Announcements

• BMHA is now part of the Internet Archive

  Specifically, we are in the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC). Thank you Kay Savetz (at archive.org) for making this possible.

  Check out another (and easier to access) view of our newsletter back issues at https://archive.org/details/bicycle-hams .

• We have moved our forum to groups.io. The new link is https://groups.io/g/BicycleMobileHams .

• Ending a 29-year run, BMHA did not have a forum at the 2019 Dayton HamVention
  Thank you, Mike NF0N and many others for hosting this for so many years.
   
• Notes from earlier BMHA forums at the Dayton HamVention

• Spring 2010 Newsletter (most recent)

  • Volume 19, Number 1 -- April, 2010 (6 MB PDF download)
    (yes, this is still our most recent published newsletter)

  • See earlier issues in our newsletter database

• The Spring 2009 newsletter is available

• Some interesting sites

  • KR0L's fine page of bicycle-mobile tips
    http://wiki.complete.org/BicycleMobileAmateurRadio
     

  • Sarah Wahlberg found a compendium of radio study guides -- check it out
    http://www.appliancepartspros.com/radio-study-guides.aspx
     

  • Dave Starkie (G4AKC from Blackpool, England) has quite a bit of bicycle-ham-mobile information
    http://www.qrz.com/db/G4AKC

• The 2009 Dayton HamVention is (Successful) History

  • Dayton update

    • We will be providing an update in the near future.

      Until then, you can see on of our bikes at
      http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/05/dayton_hamvention_2009.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

      Date: May 17, 2009 Time: 0930-1115 Room: Room 4

      We thank those of you who brought your bikes..
       

    • More information is here.  And the latest update (Microsoft Word) is here.
      Updated information March 23, 2009

  • The 2009 Dayton HamVention Bike Ride was Saturday afternoon with a start time of 3-4 PM.

  (a big Microsoft Word file, but lots of information and photos)
  
   

• Three Tours in Wisconsin

GRABAAWR, Bike Northwoods, SAGBRAW

Follow the link for more information.

• Lucky Winners

BMHA is an affiliated Bicycle Club of Adventure Cycling.  We received two vouchers for a one year membership to Adventure Cycling to be given to two of our members.

A drawing was held on the affiliated BMHA Yahoo!Group and the lucky winners are WD8PVB and KE4LWT/KD5YBF.  Congratulations!

We also received several copies of a special edition of Adventure Cycling.  Congratulations to  Chris Fanning, N7NET, N3VHJ, W8HI and WD8RIF. 

• The 2008 Dayton HamVention was a success

  Mike, NF0N writes:
  Just a quick update on the BMHA forum at Dayton. We had about 50-60 attend which is a good turnout on Sunday morning. Both speakers, Jim, W5AOX and Norm, N9ZKX did a great job and there was lot’s of interest in their bikes with APRS. Both had their bikes on display. I presented a short update on BMHA past and future.

  To me it looked like a smaller turnout this year and there were more empty spaces in the outdoor flea market than prior years. Inside exhibits were down also but all the major dealers and manufactures were there. This was even my year to win one of the hourly door prizes, about 5 ARRL publications.

  View Mike's presentation (PDF format)

• Misellaneous
   

• All 48 past issues of the BMHA newsletter are now indexed and searchable.  Click the "newsletters" link in the "content" section on the left.

• The latest newsletter is now available and free to all hams.  It will be delivered (electronically or via mail) to paid BMHA members, and has been announced on the Yahoo!Group.  As usual, in the future newsletters will be available to paid-up members.

• All past issues of the BMHA Newsletter have been scanned and are available on CD.
  For the latest website update, check out our What's New page.

Resources

• Access the Membership Database!  Check it out!

• Explore the Index of BMHA Newsletter issues.

• BMHA electronic forums:

  • https://groups.io/g/BicycleMobileHams

  • Bicycle Mobile topic area on Topica (not directly BMHA, but relevant!)
    "Cycling and Amateur Radio Operations" (bikeham)

• RIG PHOTOS!  Check out the "files" (not 'photos') area of the Yahoo!Group.

Public Service Announcements

• Invitation from HFpack

BMHA'ers are invited to join HFpack in their "on the air" activities.  Priority is always given to pedestrian, bicycle, portable, and QRP operators, although base stations and mobiles of any power level are also welcome.

Please see the item on our Events page for schedules and frequencies.

• Ian G3ZHI writes:

 I am very interested in making bicycle-mobile contacts using Internet relays.  Please go to http://www.ipass.net/~jimprice/irlp/ to see if there is an IRLP repeater near you that is linked to the UK via the Internet.  If there is, then let's make a sked for a bike/bike QSO!

More information is available by following our EVENTS link on the left of this page. 

• Lifetime Members:

  • Hartley Alley [Silent Key], NA0A (BMHA founder) elected Lifetime Member by the board.

  • Jean Alley (Hartley's wife) also elected Lifetime Member.

  • Hartley and Jean join Mary Duffield (WA6KFA) in this elite status!
     

• No other announcements at this time.  Contact the Webmaster to have yours included!

Club Content

• BMHA electronic forums:

  • BMHA eGroup (this has active traffic)

  • Bicycle Mobile topic area on Topica (not directly BMHA, but relevant!)
    "Cycling and Amateur Radio Operations" (bikeham)

• Our membership -- sorted by ZIP code and State/City so you can find other BMHAers in your neighborhood.
  [In order to protect our member's privacy, street addresses and phone number are not given -- you will need to consult a callbook such as http://www.qrz.com if the member wishes to share this information.]
   

• Interesting  links:

  • Bicycle Navigation by GPS
    [Not affiliated with BMHA]  

  •  The Bay Area Biking and Eating society (BABES)
    [Not affiliated with BMHA -- but they are bicycling hams!]  Thanks to BMHA member Michael Wimble (KM6WP) for the link]
    Yes, this is an old link.  But it is still the best we have!  Check it out.

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