On-the-air

ARRL Field Day for 2024 was June 22-23, 2024. This is the largest on-air amateur radio event in North America. Members of our club participated with ARCNEM (Amateur Radio Club of the National Electronics Museum).

Maryland/DC QSO Party is held annually each August. Help put “on the map”. All modes are supported.

QSL Policy: We can only honor confirmation requests for contacts 2016 or prior.  For those QSL cards, please provide SASE for stateside requests; provide SAE and $1 USD if DX.  For contacts after 2015, listen for operator instructions.

The BARC Repeater System is available for anyone to use. The repeater has a primary input frequency of 146.07 Mhz and output is 146.67. The PL tone is 107.2. With multiple receive sites in the Greater Baltimore area, coverage is excellent. A big thank you to Phil N3CDY for his years of effort in maintaining the system.

If the Repeater goes down, please try simplex as we will monitor BARC Simplex Frequency 146.550 mhz., 40M on 7.195 mhz, and 75M on 3.910 mhz.

We now feature EchoLink connection to our FM repeater. Connect to N3FQC-R. Thank you Don N3FQC!

Education: Classes to Prepare for Licensing Exams

Check out these education opportunities in the Maryland/DC area: http://www.arrl-mdc.net/Classes.htm . In particular, the Amateur Radio Club of the National Electronics Museum (ARCNEM); the Columbia Amateur Radio Association (CARA); Antietam Radio Association; the Anne Arundel Radio Club; the Montgomery College Chapter of the IEEE and Montgomery Amateur Radio Club also hold classes.

ARRL link to amateur radio license classes in the area.

ARRL link to amateur radio license examinations in the area.