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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:    November 2, 2024  (Saturday)    

Time:    10:30 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.


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

PLEASE NOTE FOR DECEMBER:

 - December meeting replaced by club holiday picnic outing on Sunday.

    Only VE's will be at library on Sat 12/7 to host testing session.



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 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.

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

December Club Picnic (Sun 12/08)

December Club Picnic (Sun 12/08)

December Club Picnic (Sun 12/08)

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.

November Activity - POTA on Nov 10th

December Club Picnic (Sun 12/08)

December Club Picnic (Sun 12/08)

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.

RECENT CLUB ACTIVITIES

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)

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

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)

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

August Activity: Hunting Lighthouses (Aug 17th)

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

July Activity: POTA Activation, 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:

  • 2024-11-10     TBD                November outing, Everglades Francis Taylor WMA.
  • 2024-12-08      TBD               Annual Holiday Picnic (social event)


In the logbook:                  (most recent listed first)

  • 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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