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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:    September 6th, 2025   (1st Saturday of month)    

Time:    11:00 AM 

Location:  West Regional Library (Plantation, FL)

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  5th              at 10:00 AM (Only FCC Testing - no meeting).

 - SUNDAY July  6th              Meeting at Markham Park (combo with club activity).

 - 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.     

 

2025 Testing Schedule

 - 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

 - Saturday, July  5th             at  10:00 AM

 - Saturday, August 2             at  10:00 AM

 - Saturday, September 6   at  10:00 AM

 - Saturday, October 4          at  10:00 AM

 - Saturday, November 1     at  10:00 AM


Walk-ins are welcome.

Please arrive between 10:00 AM and 10:15 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

September Club Meeting (Sat, 9/06)

September Club Meeting (Sat, 9/06)

September Club Meeting (Sat, 9/06)

Join us for our next monthly club meeting.

Testing starts at 10AM, club meeting at 11AM.

July Activity: Hunting 13 Colonies and POTA

September Club Meeting (Sat, 9/06)

September Club Meeting (Sat, 9/06)

Look forward to our July club outing on Sunday, July 6th.

This month we will be at Markham Park starting at 8:00 AM.

We will hunt POTA parks and also 13 Colonies special event stations.

RECENT CLUB ACTIVITIES

June Activity: Field Day 2025

June Activity: Field Day 2025

June Activity: Field Day 2025

A great time at our 2025 Field Day. Over 70% of our members participated. We operated about 18 of the 24 hours and great BBQ on Saturday and Sunday.

April and May: FQP and POTA

June Activity: Field Day 2025

June Activity: Field Day 2025

March, April and May we went out for about 4 POTA outings and got together to operate our club call W4AB in the Florida QSO Party. Great fun!

Orlando Hamcation 2025

June Activity: Field Day 2025

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

Road trip by a group of several members to the large Orlando Hamcation event. 

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)

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)

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)

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

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.

Event Calendar 2024 and 2025

Planned Events for 2025

  • Winter Field Day ...................................................  January 24-25
  • Orlando Hamcation .............................................  February 7-9 
  • Club Birthday/Anniversary ...............................  March (social event)
  • Florida QSO Party ................................................  April 26/27
  • May POTA Activity................................................  May 11th.
  • June POTA at Markham (hunting) .................  June 15th.
  • ARRL Field Day ......................................................  June 28-29
  • July - 13 Colonies (hunting party)...................  July 6th
  • ILLW Lighthouse Weekend ...............................  August
  • Melbourne Hamfest ............................................   October
  • BARC's Cy Harris Free Flee ..............................  November
  • 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:

  • 2025-08-07      POTA             TBD August POTA site--- low heat.
  • 2025-07-06      13COL          Markham Park to hunt 13 Colonies event stations.


In the logbook:                  (most recent listed first)

  • 2025-06-28      FD25            ARRL Field Day weekend for W4AB.
  • 2025-05-11      POTA            POTA activity.
  • 2025-04-27      QSOP           Florida QSO Party at shack.
  • 2025-03-09      POTA            Our POTA weekend.
  • 2025-02-07      Event            Many members will go up to Hamcation Orlando
  • 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 

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)

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