Free Family Event! Benicia Amateur Radio Club Annual Field Day: Saturday, June 25, 2022 2022 Field Day ended early, but it was a great day! The Benicia Amateur Radio Club (BARC) invites the public to its fun & free annual ARRL Field Day, an amateur radio public awareness event, from 11 am to 8pm, Saturday, […]

At the BARC Monthly meeting we will have a debrief of both Field Day and the Torchlight Parade. We always have fun at these meetings and questions can be asked about ham radio. This meeting will probably be a hybrid live & Zoom meeting. To get an invitation leave your information at the email or […]

Monthly BARC meeting -- Transmitter Hunt! Tuesday, August 9, 2022 19:00 to 20:30 (7:00pm-8:30pm) Benicia Fire Department, 150 Military West -- West 2nd Street side. This month's club meeting activity will be conducted outdoors with a hidden transmitter hunt, also known as a Fox Hunt or “T” Hunt.  We will meet at the downtown fire […]

September BARC Monthly Meeting! Tuesday, September 13 @ 7:00pm. We will be meeting at the Downtown Fire Station. (Please enter via the 2nd St. side door). We will be looking at BARC Go Kits! The meeting will also be available via Zoom! Look for the groups.io announcement. If you aren’t a member of the BARC […]

Exciting event at our October meeting! We get to practice and learn from having an Emergency Drill! Look for the announcement on our groups.io! Details to follow!

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 19:00 to 21:00 is the BARC Monthly Meeting in person and on Zoom (We will attempt to show the meeting on Zoom.) Guest Speaker: ARRL Section Manager Mike Patterson, N6JGA! Benicia Fire Department, 150 Military West -- Enter from West 2nd Street side. If you are not a member of BARC’s […]

Our January 10, 2023 Monthly Meeting will be: "Winter Field Day"! The organizers of Winter Field Day will be presenting over Zoom, but the Downtown Benicia Fire Department's EOC will be open for the event. We will then have a regular club meeting on Zoom and in person.  If you are not a member of […]

This month’s BARC Meeting will discuss upcoming Ham Crams and Testing Sessions. Our club is renowned for its providing these programs to help people enter the world of amateur radio. If you would like to be involved, or if you have some input, or even just want to know what’s going to be offered, this […]

BARC Meeting March 14 @ 19:00 - 21:00 Benicia Downtown Fire Station 150 Military West, Benicia, CA - Please enter via the 2nd St. side door. This month’s BARC Meeting, both live and Zoom will be on the exciting topic of APRS! Watch our Groups.io for a Zoom invitation. If you are not a member […]

This months’ meeting will be about our upcoming new Ham Crams! We will talk about our current plan to bring back ham crams how they are now done and what we need for doing testing and crams. Even a Simulated Test Session will take place! It'll be over zoom and in person. Watch our Groups.io […]