BYRON MIDDLE SCHOOL

AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Eagles Amateur Radio Station

(E.A.R.S.)

The purpose of the Byron Middle School Amateur Radio Club is to promote interest in Amateur Radio.  Through the club, students have the opportunity to earn an Amateur Radio license and use the club radio station to communicate with other amateurs world-wide, including students in other schools and astronauts aboard the International Space Station.  Amateur radio promotes knowledge of technology through its use of electronic communications -- two-way radio, computers, and the internet.  Amateur radio also promotes knowledge of world geography, world cultures, language arts, space, mathematics, physics, communications science, and instills discipline in its participants.  Amateur radio is also just plain fun!

The BMS Amateur Radio Club is sponsored by Mr. Timothy Hardy, an employee of the school who is an FCC licensed Amateur Radio operator holding an Extra-class license.  Mr. Hardy is certified as a Volunteer Examiner through the American Radio Relay League's Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (ARRL-VEC).

The BMS Amateur Radio Club is affiliated with the American Radio Relay League, the national organization for amateur radio. 

Click on the ARRL logo to visit their homepage.

Click here for Club News.

See some of our club members in action in the club station.  

Mr. Hardy had the opportunity to spend six months in Africa and to operate Amateur Radio while there.  Click here to visit pages showing this adventure in international relations and cross-cultural communications.