NOVEMBER 2025 Join BARC W3FT

JOIN BARC TODAY !!!

Membership – Baltimore Amateur Radio Club

With the BARC Mentoring program, we add to your success. We have the tools and gear to get you Hands-on, Through Video, and with Book Study.

Beginner Start HERE. Need Free Training – click on Technician.

Testing in our area is FREE. The VE team is awesome. https://larc-vec.org/home.php Here is the lookup by zip miles for test dates and times.

Visit our Facebook page for up-to-date club news.

W3FT 146.67 Repeater is undergoing maintenance.

Upcoming Events

Click the View Calendar link, bottom left, above to go to the Calendar/event page. The Calendar event page will display by: list or a month calendar format.

https://w3ft.com/events/month Month View

To load/import the BARC Calendar to your Google or Outlook (Apple uses ICS) – Go to the Calendar/event page. Bottom right: Select Subscribe to Calendar and pick an option.

TECHNICAL TALK:

MESHING Around? Working on learning by doing. Antenna tests, GNSS modules, how to use MQTT via Cell. Have a node, want to join W3FT as a channel?

LAST 90 Days of Activity:

BRATS: repeater work is being accomplished – Multiple sites

Remote Rig Control – Free ICOM/Kenwood. Linux or Windows Client.

Meshtastic 915 MHz text-based P2P Mesh network to move a 200-character message.

GMRS – Scoping out the repeaters in Maryland.

Direction Finding – Fox Hunt

NEXT to do: Consolidated Maryland NETS list.

Disaster Prep updated with the basics

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