Mount Beacon Amateur Radio Club

08/19/2026

Congratulations to the Kopernik Observatory Balloon Launch Team!

08/17/2026

A Reminder for tonight on the 146.970 Repeater!
The Nightly Hudson Vallet Traffic Net @ 7:30P
MBARC Monday Night Club Meeting/Net @ 8:00P

TUNE IN and JOIN!

08/16/2026

Thank you to everyone that joined us for Special Event Station K2H at The John Kane House in Pawling, NY! A fantastic day with fantastic weather and a fantastic time!

08/14/2026

08/14/2026

Heads Up.. WAAY UP!!

🚀 The Kopernik Observatory & Science Center plans to launch its student high-altitude balloon on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, between 10:00 and 10:30 AM EDT (1400–1430Z), with an expected altitude of more than 100,000 feet!

Amateur radio operators can track the balloon on [APRS.fi](https://aprs.fi/) using callsign K2ZRO-11 and receive SSTV images on 145.600 MHz using Martin 1 mode throughout the flight.

Last year, signals were received across the Northeast, Canada, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland. Please send received SSTV images and signal reports to [email protected] so they can be shared with the participating students. Tune in, track the flight, and help demonstrate how altitude expands VHF coverage!

08/09/2026

Please come join us next Saturday, August 15 from 9am to 1pm as we activate and operate Special Event Station K2H from the Historic John Kane House in Pawling, NY!

05/05/2026

PLEASE NOTE!! - The May MBARC In-Person Meeting has been changed to Thursday, 5/21 due to the Dayton Hamvention!

04/29/2026

The DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE
and the MT. BEACON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OFFER A FREE ONE EVENING / TWO DAY AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE TEST REVIEW SEMINAR TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY EVENING AND
SATURDAY / SUNDAY 5—7 JUNE 2026

FRIDAY: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM; SATURDAY: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM;
SUNDAY: 8:00 AM to Noon

FCC License Exam Session held starting Sunday @ 1:00 PM

Location: Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response
392 Creek Road (near Dutchess Community College)
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 {GPS: 41.7465676,-73.8983243}

Why Amateur Radio?
• To assist your community in time of need when all else fails
• To promote good will around the world
• To have fun communicating with fellow hams!
• Morse Code knowledge is no longer a requirement!

The seminar is open to all without age limit and is for the entry level FCC Technician Class Amateur Radio License OBTAIN & STUDY the text before the seminar: “ARRL Ham Radio License Manual 5th Edition” with FCC Technician class license questions July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026 (ISBN 978-1-62595-155-7)

https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/2003373064 or through Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/ARRL-Ham-Radio-License-Manual-dp-1625951558/dp/1625951558/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

This seminar will review all material and test questions for the FCC exam, but attendees are expected to study material ahead of time in the License Manual For class registration (cutoff date is May 20) and/or additional information:
Contact: Adam Nowik Jr. AE2AN at 845-849-3666 or [email protected]

FCC License Exams on Sunday 1 PM:
Open to all hams, regardless of whether they took the class.

A $15 FCC exam fee (cash or check) is due to take the test. Upon successful completion, a $35 FCC license fee will be charged directly by the FCC for all new licenses.

Open test session for those not in class to start at 10am. Register through "hamstudy.org”. Contact: Lynn Rightmyer KV2J at [email protected]

(Good luck to all - 73 de W2BOS)

ARRL Ham Radio License Manual 5th Edition – Complete Study Guide with Question Pool to Pass the Technician Class Amateur Radio Exam

04/25/2026

Happy 154th birthday, Guglielmo! Your advancement of the invention of radio remains one of mankind's most stunning achievements.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FZa2YqKWL/

We acknowledge and honor the inventor of the radio on International Marconi Day. Learn all about how the radio as we now know it came to be.