BCARC

Please check the Calendar page for club meetings or other events, locations and times.

Club Yard Sale

BCARC is having a yard sale May 4-5. All proceeds are going to the club. Hopefully we will earn enough to purchase a projector that can be attached to a laptop and used for training and demonstrations at our meetings. Yard sale location will be 600 E. 4th. St. South. Spc #4, Oldtown, ID. Cloths, dishes, books, movies, knick knacks and the usual assorted yard sale items. BCARC is a 501(c)3 organization so donations of items for the yard sale or cash donations are appreciated and are also tax deductible. For more information please contact a BCARC club officer.

Idaho Dist #1 Hospital Drill

BCARC and ARES are participating in a hospital drill on May 3rd at 10:00am between the hospitals in the 5 northern Idaho counties. The drill will be used to check how effective it is for the regional hospitals to communicate to each other in a disaster. We will use VHF and possible UHF amateur band radios installed at each hospital and possible field operators may be needed as relays. Listen for us on the 145.230 repeater and other repeaters and simplex frequencies in Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Shoshone and Benewah counties.

Amateur Radio Meet & Greet

BCARC, ARES and the Bonner County Department Emergency Management are hosting a Meet & Greet on June 16th from 11:00am to 3:00pm for all amateur radio operators in and around the Bonner County area to meet with the club and see what we are doing and have to offer the amateur radio community. We will be at the Sandpoint City Beach park. Refreshments will be offered. Please, no glass containers on the beach!

Need Volunteers for Sandpoint 4th July Parade

BCARC is in need of at least 12 volunteers to help with this years Sandpoint 4th of July Parade. For more information or to volunteer, please contact a BCARC club officer.

Bonner County ARES/RACES

Bonner County again has a local ARES/RACES group forming. More information can be found by going to www.bonnerares.org. You can also listen into their nets each Tuesday evening at 7:30 PM local time on the 145.230/444.075 Schweitzer Mtn. repeater.

Site Tip #1

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Congratulation New Hams

Congratulations to those who passed their Technician License exam on Nov 1st. We had 5 test for Technician and 4 passed! Watch for announcements of future classes and exam sessions.

The 146.780 club repeater is on the air! It is 146.780 with negative offset with no tone. Location is just outside Sagle on Gold Hill.

Thank you for visiting the site of one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in Northern Idaho. Your "All mode, all band" family club since 1961!

Bonner County Amateur Radio Club (BCARC) is a all mode, all band operational club, with interests ranging in all fields of Amateur Radio from DC to light and everything in between. Club is open to all licensed amateur radio operators and potentially licensed operators.

Interests include:
· HF and VHF SSB and FM phone.
· HF and VHF CW and digital modes.
· Club repeater K7JEP is open for use by all amateurs.
· Public service operations including emergencies, parades, fairs and more.
· HF and VHF DX'ing and contesting.
· Elmers, classes and more.
· Antenna parties and other help for all amateur radio operators.

The Bonner County Amateur Radio Club was initially established in 1961 by a small group of amateur radio operators with a strong desire to promote amateur radio, to join together in fellowship, and to provide a service to the communities within Bonner County.

In May 1969, it became an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Affiliated Club.

In 2002, the club incorporated and is recognized as a 501c3, nonprofit organization.

On 14 Feb 14 2003, the Club was granted a sequentially numbered call of KD7UJQ and on July 2, 2003, the Club's call sign was changed to K7JEP in memory of Neal Fredstrom who became a silent key in January 2003.