At BARC’s July 12th Meeting We are having A Hidden transmitter Hunt. For this special event our times have changed slightly: Doors will open at 6:45! If you are interested in the body "fading" demonstration – It starts at 7:00. The Hidden Transmitter Hunt begins at 7:30. We will meet in the Benicia Downtown Fire […]

At BARC’s August 9th Meeting Mike Paquette, AA6MP, will be giving the presentation, “The Care and Feeding of Ancient Electronics”. Featuring his recent restoration of a 50 year old Heathkit receiver. It meets in the Benicia Downtown Fire Station. Doors open at 7:00, Meeting begins at 7:30 PM. Please enter the 2nd St. side door.

An exciting presentation is coming up at our September 13th BARC Meeting, "Following the Lewis and Clark Expedition in an RV" by Art Schipper, K6ALS. It meets in Benicia's Downtown Fire Station. Doors open at 7:00 PM, and the meeting begins at 7:30 PM. Anyone interested is welcome to attend this free event! Please enter […]

Tom is developing new Next Generation Antennas which can be purchased through his website at N6BT.com. Continuing to move technology forward, he is conducting real-time antenna testing: measuring take-off angles and comparative strengths of antennas using a sophisticated quad copter. He speaks on this and other antenna information in presentations such as he is giving at […]

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 […]