
GBARC Leads the State for 2024 Summer FIELD DAY - June 22-23
GBARC's ARRL Summer Field Day was held on the top level of the St. Vincent’s Medical Center parking garage in Bridgeport, CT. We operated 2 HF, 1 HF GOTA, and 1 VHF/UHF station using SSB, CW and FT8 modes.
We ranked 1st in Connecticut in all categories, 7th in the country in category 2F, and 239th in the 4320 field day participants. Event photos are in our gallery

Thanks to all of the GBARC members and drop-ins for making this a successful event.
2025 WINTER FIELD DAY RESULTS - January 25-26
GBARC's Winter Field Day Location was at NI1Q's QTH. A total of 716 contacts and 17550 QSO points were scored on 6 bands from 160m to 10m. Multipliers brought the grand total to 175,550 points. Fun and useful training was had by all and we are looking forward to Summer Field Day in June. Event photos are in our gallery.
Weekly net - April 29 at 8:30pm ET (NOTE NEW TIME and DAY)
GBARC holds a weekly net in order to practice net protocol, pass club and technical information, and hold a general rag chew. Our weekly nets are held each Tuesday at 8:30 pm Eastern Time. You can participate in the net by listening to the KB1AEV linked repeaters or the Bridgeport GBARC repeater:
VHF Repeater W1BPT Receive: 146.445 MHz Transmit: 147.445 MHz (+1MHz offset) CTCSS Tone: 151.4Hz |
KB1AEV Linked Repeaters Details Vernon, CT Meriden, CT Torrington, CT Barkhamsted, CT Somers, CT Watertown, CT Harwington, CT |
GBARC Repeaters
The GBARC repeaters are located in Bridgeport, CT and are open to all hams. The VHF repeater is linked to the KB1AEV Linked Repeater Network
VHF Repeater W1BPT Receive: 146.445 MHz Transmit: 147.445 MHz (+1MHz offset) CTCSS Tone: 151.4Hz Linked to the KB1AEV Repeater Network |
UHF Repeater N1KGN Frequency: 441.700 MHz Transmit: 446.700 MHz (+5MHz offset) CTCSS Tone: 77Hz Echolink Node: 441700 |
NEW ENGLAND QSO PARTY- Sunday, May 4 at 9:00am ET
Although this is a two-day event we will participate on Sunday only. The location is in the Denise A D Dougiello Park. Our entrance is just west of the main entrance at 520 HoydensLane, Fairfield, CT. We will be operating in the field area to the South of the ball field. Contact in case of a site change due to weather. All are invited to get on the air whether or not you have a ham license.