Capt. Tuuli Messer-Bookman grew up aboard wooden sailboats in picturesque Sausalito, California. Her parents, both teachers, lived aboard for over thirty years. In 1986, Tuuli graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. After several years of working as a ship’s officer aboard commercial cargo ship, she earned her U.S. […]

October 10th's BARC Meeting has been changed and it's location is the Senior Center,187 East "L" St. Benicia. Art Mayoff will do the presentation, "GoKit Number 5". BARC's new GoKit - The IN's and Out's. How it was designed. How it was built. How to use it. HF, VHF, UHF, Three antenna Systems. Our members […]

Robert Hess will give a presentation on "Broadcast Towers". He gave us a fascinating presentation before and he's back again! The pre-meeting meal will be at Roundtable Pizza in the Southampton Shopping Center starting at 5:00pm.  

The January BARC Meeting Presentation by Larry Lauber will be, "The Victorian Internet, a book by Tom Standage. (Or, A Brief History of the Telegraph). We met Larry at Benicia Mini Makers Faire and he had a great Telegraph display and presentation. We look forward to seeing this presentation! The pre-meeting meal will be at […]

At Our February 13th, 2018, meeting we will have an unprecedented, exciting double program! Our 1st BARC presentation of the evening will be: "The Disaster Response to the North Bay Wildfires".  It will be presented by BARC's own John Williams, Larry Whitney and Tom Clausen. They will be speaking to their own various experiences with the Red […]

Kurt was born and raised in Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1979 from Iowa State University with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology. Moving to Sacramento in August of 1980, opportunities for environmental jobs went south. So he answered an ad in the Sacramento Bee in the Spring of 1981 for […]

At our April 10th BARC Meeting we are pleased to announce the return of one of our favorite speakers: our club’s own Michelle Paquette, AA6MP. She will be speaking on the latest in Compact Antennas. She always has a great presentation with lots of visual demonstrations that make theory clear and fun!

"Locating and Killing Receiver Interference", by Gary Johnson, NA6O is our presentation for May. Several members went to see this fascinating presentation in January given at MDARC, and we are super excited that Gary has agreed to give the same dynamic presentation at BARC! The pre-meeting meal is at Pizza Pirate starting at 5:00pm.

Two of BARC's own Tom Ross, KR6TOM, and Bob Fentress, W6RBF, will lead a Free GOTA class with radios to get on-the-air experience. For more experienced hams it's a great refresher class! They will also be available for any questions you have! All that are interested are welcome! Please enter via the 2nd St. side […]

On June the 12th, Art Mayoff will conduct a transmitter hunt or "T Hunt", with a “How-to” session before the hunt starts. Please bring your HT’s and your enthusiasm for this fun event! Bring friends too! Doors will open at 7:00 pm. Promptly a “How-to” session will begin. The Hunt will start around 7:30. After […]