At our November 8th BARC Monthly meeting, we are excited that PG&E Senior Safety Specialist Richard Rodriquez is coming back to Benicia to provide us with information on Gas and Electric Hazards from the perspective of volunteer first responders that are involved in ham radio. We meet at the Benicia Downtown Fire station. Doors open […]

Details coming soon! Times may change.

PG&E’s Richard Rodriguez  is coming back to our January BARC Meeting! In November we had the first half of his presentation on "Hazards: Gas", January's will be the second part; “Hazards: Electricity”.  The BARC Meeting will be at the BENICIA SENIOR CENTER-187 East L Street, Benicia!! Doors open at 7:00. Meeting begins promptly at 7:30 p.m.  

On February the 14th, Bob Hess, W1RH, will give a presentation on what the Official Observer Program is and what they do.

Jerry Inman, AE6I, President of the USS Hornet Amateur Radio Club (HARC) will give a presentation on Tuesday, March 14th. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 PM. We meet at the Benicia Downtown Fire Station, 150 West Military. Please go in the Second street side door.

Klaus Berkner, K6KHB, will be our speaker on FLDIGI at our April 11th BARC Meeting. He has done presentations on FLDIGI that have gotten rave reviews and we have had many requests to get him for this talk and exciting demonstration! The meeting will be at Benicia’s Downtown Fire Station, 150 Military W. Please enter via the […]

Kevin Stow, N6VLF's presentation will be "Repeaters"  at BARC's May 9th Meeting. This is a fun, informative and interactive presentation!  The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m.  The doors will open at 7:00 p.m. We meet at the Benicia Downtown Fire Station, 150 West Military. Please enter via the Second St. side door.

Michelle Paquette, AA6MP, BARC's Past President, will be giving our Presentation in June.  The Topic will be "Compact Antennas".  She gives fascinating and entertaining presentations that appeal to both new hams and experienced hams.  This is an event not to be missed!  Doors open at 7:00. Meeting begins at 7:30. We will have our pre-meeting […]

           The Benicia Amateur Radio Club (BARC) Invites You to it’s ARRL Annual Field Day!! June 24-25 from 11:00 AM Saturday to 11:00 AM Sunday. It meets at the Benicia Fire Museum on 900 East 2nd Street. For 24 hours straight Amateur Radio operators or “Hams” will be demonstrating radios and using a […]

On July the 11th, Art, AA6AM, will conduct a transmitter 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 at 7:00 pm. The Hunt will start around 7:30. After the hunt and a short […]