Welcome to the Baltimore Amateur Radio Club

The Baltimore Amateur Radio Club is a non-profit public service organization, organized under the laws of the State of Maryland. We are recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization, and are registered with the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland as a non-profit organization. For information on donations please contact us.

Public Service latest announcements
 

Special Event Station -- Opening of the War of 1812. W3FT will be on the air Saturday June 16, 2012 2:00 pm-9:00 pm(1800z-0100z) and Sunday June 17, 2012 3:00 pm-9:00 pm(1900z-0100z). Chair: Henry KB3NYW; QSL Manager: Neil W3ZQI; Control Ops for Event: Bill N3WD and Keon KE3HAY. We will operate as many bands as safely possible. Come by to operate and join the excitement! Full event and QSL details
 

ARRL Field Day is June 23-24, 2012. Get ready by coming to "Radio 101" (held on consecutive Saturday evenings), a series of introductions to radio technique at the BARC clubhouse. Learn propagation, DXing, various communication modes, and techniques in anticipation of Field Day. Our Field Day participation will be at the clubhouse with all the comforts of air conditioning, electrical power, food, and restroom facilities. Field Day details
 

The BARC Repeater is available for anyone to use. The repeater has a primary input frequency of 146.07 Mhz and output is 146.67. The output PL tone is 107.2.
 

Upcoming Events and Meetings		Weather and Solar Data
For weather emergencies... If the Repeater goes down, please try simplex as we will monitor BARC Simplex Frequency 146.550 40M on 7.195Mhz 75M on 3.910Mhz 156.800 USCG CH16 Marine & Wilderness Emergency Distess 27.065 is CB CH 9 151.8800 MURS Emergency CH Skywarn Baltimore City and County is on the BARC Repeater		Current Officers Keon Hayes, Ke3Hay President Sharon Dobson,  K3DUH Vice-President Val Purvis, W3VAL Secretary Bill Dobson, N3WD Treasurer Hale Adams, N3NYC Member at Large Jim Green, WB3DJU Member at Large Tom Heir, KB3ZZT Member at Large Subscribe to BaltimoreAmateurRadioClub Powered by us.groups.yahoo.com
The club meetings are normally on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.  The first meeting is generally dedicated to club business and the third Wednesday is generally used for a program meeting of some kind.  There are generally no meetings on the third Wednesday in December and January due to other club activities.   All general club meetings begin at 7:30 PM. They are generally concluded by 9 PM, followed by a social period.   Other standing meetings are: Fund Raising Committee - Second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm at the facility. Board Of Directors Meeting - Fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm at the facility. Latest BARC Survey: Please tell us what you think... Would you like to pose a question? If so, please submit it to w3ft67@yahoo.com (Note, submittal does not guarantee acceptance. Entries may be edited for content and appeal.) Schedule of Meetings and Events (all at the BARC Clubhouse unless otherwise noted):   Upcoming meeting topics include: Presidential Shack show-and-tell (Keon KE3HAY), satellites, VHF nets, rig computer control, and "What do these buttons on my rig do?".