ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club

an ARRL Affiliated Club
Phoenix, Arizona


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The ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club (TBARC) is a general interest amateur radio club that serves North and Northwest Phoenix, Glendale, and Peoria, Arizona.
  • TBARC is an "Elmering" club. We try to make the new hams feel at home and provide support for them in all areas of ham radio.
  • TBARC meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 P.M. at Thunderbird  School of Global Management located near 59th Ave and West Greenway Road.  (Enter at the light at Country Gables and 59th Ave.)  Follow the road to the Staff Parking Lot.  Proceed to the Snell Bldg. The meeting will held in room #29. or otherwise posted.  Check the Meetings page for a map to the meeting location.
  • NEW! The TBARC Tuesday Evenings Net meets at 1930 MST. This is a directed net and it is open all licensed amateurs and everyone is welcome to join in. Use either repeater.
  • Net Control Schedule - Contact Ken Croxton, KD7OWZ for information and Net Control opportunities.

    Date          Primary NCO                Alternate NCO 
    Jul 06        W7PMD     Dave            N7GDP         Walt        
    Jul 13        N7GDP      Walt             W9NCQ        Roger 
    Jul 20        W9NCQ     Roger           KO6SM         Larry 
    Jul 27        KO6SM      Larry            KD7OWZ       Ken 
    Aug 03      KD7OWZ    Ken             KE7VOU       Jack Y.     
    Aug 10      KD7VOU    Jack Y.         K7SLS          Shel          Aug 17      K7SLS       Shel             AE7JP           Jim Aug 24      AE7JP       Jim               W7PMD         Dave  Aug 31      W7PMD     Dave            K7MJC          Mike   
    Sep 07       K7MJC       Mike           AD7ND          Israel Sep 14       AD7ND       Israel        KF7CCC        Andrew 
    Sep 21       KF7CCC     Andrew      N7GDP          Walt                  
    Sep 28       N7GDP       Walt          W7PMD         Dave 

  • The TBARC 2 Meter repeater, W7TBC NM, is located at the John C. Lincoln Hospital, North Mountain (Sunnyslope), Second St and Dunlop Ave. The repeater operates on 146.70 MHz, minus 600 KHz offset, 162.2 Hz sub-audible tone. Linked to the Deer Valley repeater.
  • The TBARC 70 Cm. repeater, W7TBC DV, is located at the John C. Lincoln, Deer Valley Hospital 27th Ave and Beardsley. The frequency is 446.150 Mhz with a minus 5 Mhz offset and a sub-audible tone of 100 Hz. Linked to the North Mountain repeater.

  • TBARC Membership Information: 
    Dues are payable as of January 1st of each year.  The dues for new and renewing membership are $15.00 per year payable in January each year.  New members are charged only $8.00 if they join after the first of July for the balance of the calendar year. Family membership is free. For your convenience in renewing your membership, a downloadable membership form is available for downloading.  Please fill it out and send it to the address shown on the form with your check. If you feel like including an additional donation, a blank has been provided for that purpose. The Board thanks you for your continued support of the Club. Click Here to view and print the TBARC Membership Application and Renewal form.  You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 4.0 or higher to read or print this form.  This free program can be downloaded from http://www.Adobe.com/acrobat

Check this website for the latest news and information about future events, Club activities and programs.

For further information about the ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club, send an e-mail to:  info at w7tbc.org or call (602) 493-7242.
 Officers,  and Directors Candidates for 2010: 
  • President - Jim Puza - AE7JP
  • Vice President - Peter Decker - K7IJR
  • Secretary - DJ Hepburn - KE7IHD
  • Treasurer - Roger Buel  - W9NCQ
  • Director (1 yr) - Ken Croxton - KD7OWZ
  • Director (2 yr) - Israel Vicente - AD7ND
  • Director (2 yr) - Walt Reinert -  N7GDP
  • Past President - Jack Lunsford - KD7RCJ

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