Welcome to the Bella Vista Radio Club! We serve the NW Arkansas, SW Missouri, NE Oklahoma and SE Kansas, “Four States” area. We hope you enjoy this website. Please provide feedback so we can continue to improve your experience. For comments/suggestions please send us an e-mail.
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BVRC is an active club that is on the move. We enjoy great fellowship, excellent monthly training programs, monthly Volunteer Examiner license testing, and we support our communities with a variety of public service projects. Members get advanced copies of the excellent Club Newsletter, “The Signal”. Our memberships cost only $15.00 annually.
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Bella Vista Radio Club – Always innovating, helping, and improving.
Upcoming club opportunities to get involved:
- Monthly Club Meetings:
Ham 101 Workshops
Feature Presentations - Monthly Amateur Radio License Testing Opportunities:
Bella Vista Public Library
The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History – Springdale - On-air Focused Weekly Nets:
Tuesday 7:00 pm Ham 101 Net
Wednesday 7:00 pm BVRC Legacy Club Net
Sunday 4:00 pm BVRC Roundtable - Amateur License and Training Classes:
Novice License Training Weekend – February 3rd and 10th
General License Training Class – July 13-14 and July 20-21
BVRC CW Academy – Begins April 1st - Annual BVRC Signature Events:
ARRL Single Sideband Rookie Roundup – April 21st
ARRL Arkansas QSO Party – May 18th
ARRL Nationwide Field Day – June 22nd and 23rd
BVRC Annual CW Roundup – August 17th - Very Special Activities Planned for 2024:
Total Solar Eclipse POTA Activation and Potluck Dinner – April 8th
Special BVRC Train mobile operation on the M&A Railroad – April 20th
Fox Hunting Activities – finding hidden transmitter signals – Summer
W5NX Special Event Station from Mount Magazine – September 13th and 14th - I hope to see YOU at many of our events in 2024!
73!
Jan – WB5JAN President of the BVRC