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 […]

We are excited to have Gary Gross coming back to give us another presentation! He has given well received presentations to BARC over the years and his expertise and enthusiasm are evident. His Presentation will be "Vallejo's Field Day". Have you ever wondered what other club's Field Days are like? This is a perfect opportunity […]

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 […]