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Discover the Broward Amateur Radio Club

Join us for one of our club meetings or monthly outdoor radio activities. Visitors welcome.

CLub meetings

Next General Meeting

The next BARC Club Meeting  is:                     

Date:    April 5th, 2025  (Saturday)    

Time:    11:00 AM

Location:  Broward West Regional Library

Meeting Location, Dates and Times

We meet at the West Regional Library on the FIRST Saturday of each month.

The meeting takes place in the 2nd Floor Meeting Room.


2025 Meeting Schedule:

 - Saturday, January 4         at  11:00 AM 

 - Saturday, February 1      at  11:00 AM

 - Saturday, March 1            at  11:00 AM 

 - Saturday, April 5               at  11:00 AM    <<< Next meeting.

 - Saturday, May 3                at  11:00 AM

 - Saturday, June 7               at 11:00 AM

 - Saturday July  TBD          (falls on the holiday weekend)

 - Saturday, August 2            at  11:00 AM

 - Saturday, September 6  at  11:00 AM

 - Saturday, October 4         at  11:00 AM

 - Saturday, November 1    at  11:00 AM

 - No December Meeting .  Only License Testing.


PLEASE NOTE:

 - December meeting will be replaced by a club holiday picnic.

 - These dates are on first Saturday of each month.

 - Some meeting dates may be moved by agreement if they fall on holidays or major contest weekends.

 - All date changes will be updated on the website and posted on the groups.io for members.


Broward West Regional Library

8601 W Broward Blvd

Plantation, FL 33324

LICENSE TESTING

FCC Testing

The Broward Amateur Radio Club holds ARRL Testing  for new and upgraded amateur radio licenses. We test during the 1st Saturday of each month, just before our monthly club meeting.

              

Come test for a new license or upgrade your current ham license. The Fee is $15.     

 

 - Saturday, Jan 4th             at  10:00 AM 

 - Saturday, Feb 1st             at  10:00 AM

 - Saturday, March 1st       at  10:00 AM

 - Saturday, April 5th          at  10:00 AM



Walk-ins are welcome.

Please arrive between 10:00 AM and 10:20 AM in order to have time to complete testing.

events and activities

Upcoming Events & Directions

We try to schedule at least one outdoor field activity per month (usually a POTA activation) in South Florida parks. See the list below for 2024 and 2025 planned activities.


You can find maps / directions to planned activity sites at the bottom of our picture gallery.


Please email us at browardarc@outlook.com if you have any questions.

upcoming club activities

March Club Meeting (Sat, 3/01)

March Club Meeting (Sat, 3/01)

March Club Meeting (Sat, 3/01)

Join us for our MARCH Club Meeting on Saturday, March 1st.

March Activity: POTA Outing(s)

March Club Meeting (Sat, 3/01)

March Club Meeting (Sat, 3/01)

Look forward to our March POTA outing on Sunday, March 9th.

Location to be announced soon.

RECENT CLUB ACTIVITIES

Orlando Hamcation 2025

Many members went to Orlando for Hamcation 2025, the 2nd largest Hamfest in North America.

We activated US-6301 from Everglades Holiday Park on Saturday, October 19th. Great turnout and cool, breezy weather!

January: Winter Field Day

Great fun and an excellent performance by our members in Winter Field Day 2025.

November Activity: POTA

October Activity: POTA at Everglades Holiday Park (Oct 19th)

We activated the Everglades and Francis S. Taylor WMA (US-6301) for our November field outing.

October Activity: POTA at Everglades Holiday Park (Oct 19th)

October Activity: POTA at Everglades Holiday Park (Oct 19th)

October Activity: POTA at Everglades Holiday Park (Oct 19th)

We activated US-6301 from Everglades Holiday Park on Saturday, October 19th. Great turnout and cool, breezy weather!

September Activity: POTA at the Beach (Sep 15th)

October Activity: POTA at Everglades Holiday Park (Oct 19th)

September Activity: POTA at the Beach (Sep 15th)

We activated Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park (US-1858) on Sunday, September 15th at 8:00AM. Great turnout and good weather!

August Activity: Hunting Lighthouses (Aug 17th)

October Activity: POTA at Everglades Holiday Park (Oct 19th)

September Activity: POTA at the Beach (Sep 15th)

August 17-18 was International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (IILW). We setup at a picnic spot at Markham Park and hunted lighthouse activations.

July Activity: POTA Activation, July 21st

Four times a year, POTA has a "Support Your Parks" weekend.  Many hunters and activators are having fun on the bands these weekends.  BARC returned to the Everglades site and activated US-6301 on July 21st.

July Activity: POTA Activation, July 4th

The club activated the Everglades Francis S. Taylor WMA park (US-6301) for a few hours on the morning of July 4th.  Check the gallery for some photos of our event.

Event Calendar 2024 and 2025

2024 List of Activities

We have a variety of events planned for 2024 as well as our monthly field activity.

Check your email or the groups.io forum for details, logistics and directions.


  • Winter Field Day ...............................................................  January 27-28
  • Orlando Hamcation .........................................................  February 9-11 
  • Florida State Park on the Air ........................................  April 6-7
  • Florida QSO Party ............................................................  April 27-28
  • ARRL Field Day ..................................................................  June 22-23
  • Int'l Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (IILW) ............  Aug 17-18              www.iilw.net

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  • Melbourne Hamfest ........................................................  November 1-2 (new dates!)
  • BARC's Cy Harris Free Flee .........................................  April 2025
  • Annual Holiday Party .....................................................  December (social event)

POTA and other local outings

Here is a list of some POTA outings done and upcoming for this year.

Club members and visitors are welcome to join us at any of these outings.


Upcoming:


  • 2025-02-07      Event            Many members will go up to Hamcation Orlando
  • 2025-02-??        POTA            TBD at club meeting due to Hamcation
  • 2025-03-09      POTA            Our POTA weekend, site TBD


In the logbook:                  (most recent listed first)

  • 2025-01-23     WFD              Winter Field Day 2025 (Sat/Sun)
  • 2024-11-09     POTA             Everglades Francis Taylor WMA
  • 2024-10-19     POTA             Everglades Holiday Park
  • 2024-09-15     US-1858     Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park
  • 2024-08-17     IILW               Hunting Lighthouses from Markham Park
  • 2024-07-21     US-6301     Support Your Parks - Summer Weekend
  • 2024-07-04     US-6301     Everglades Francis Taylor WMA
  • 2024-06-16     US-6301     Everglades Francis Taylor WMA
  • 2024-06-09     US-6310     Holey Land Wildlife Management Area
  • 2024-05-05     US-1858     Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park
  • 2024-04-27     US-4559     Florida Trail National Scenic Trail
  • 2024-04-14     US-6310     Holey Land Wildlife Management Area
  • 2024-04-07     US-6310     Holey Land WMA and FSPOTA 

Planned Events for 2025

  • Winter Field Day ...................................................  January 24-25
  • Orlando Hamcation .............................................  February 7-9 
  • Club Birthday/Anniversary ...............................  March (social event)
  • BARC's Cy Harris Free Flee ..............................  April 
  • Florida State Park on the Air ............................  April
  • Florida QSO Party ................................................  April
  • ARRL Field Day ......................................................  June 28-29
  • ILLW Lighthouse Weekend ...............................  August
  • Melbourne Hamfest ............................................   October
  • BARC's Cy Harris Free Flee ..............................  November
  • Annual Holiday Party ..........................................  December (social event)

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