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Join us for one of our club meetings or monthly outdoor radio activities. Visitors welcome.
The next BARC Club Meeting is:
Date: January 4, 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Broward West Regional Library
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
- Saturday, May 3 at 11:00 AM
2024 Meeting Schedule:
- Saturday, August 10 at 10:30 AM (2nd Sat in Aug)
- Saturday, September 7 at 11:30 AM
- Saturday, October 5 at 10:30 AM
- Saturday, November 2 at 10:30 AM
- No December Meeting . Only License Testing.
PLEASE NOTE FOR DECEMBER:
- December meeting replaced by club holiday picnic.
The picnic is on Sunday, December 8th from 11am to 2pm.
The VE's will be at library on Sat 12/7 to host the testing session.
Broward West Regional Library
8601 W Broward Blvd
Plantation, FL 33324
The Broward Amateur Radio Club holds ARRL Testing for new and upgraded amateur radio licenses. We test during the 1st Saturday of each month during our club meeting.
Come test for a new license or upgrade your current ham license. The Fee is $15.
- Saturday, September 7 at 11:30AM
- Saturday, October 5 at 10:00 AM
- Saturday, November 2 at 10:00 AM
- Saturday, December 7 at 10:00 AM
Walk-ins are welcome.
Please arrive between 10:15 AM and 11 AM in order to have time to complete testing.
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.
December club meeting on Saturday, Dec 7th is cancelled.
Instead, the club has voted to have a holiday picnic outing.
This will be on Sunday, December 8th. Details to be posted soon.
We will activate the Everglades and Francis S. Taylor WMA (US-6301) for our November field outing. Details on the groups.io or send us an email to the club email address.
We activated US-6301 from Everglades Holiday Park on Saturday, October 19th. Great turnout and cool, breezy weather!
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 17-18 was International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (IILW). We setup at a picnic spot at Markham Park and hunted lighthouse activations.
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.
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.
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.
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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:
In the logbook: (most recent listed first)
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