What We Do
Bay-Net is an open amateur radio club in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our repeater system provides wide-area coverage for public service events and emergency communications.
Our community is active in all aspects of the amateur radio hobby. You are welcome to join us on the air through our repeater system and on line mailing list.
We sponsor events through out the year and encourage everyone to participate.
Welcome to Bay-Net !
Our community is active in all aspects of the amateur radio hobby. You are welcome to join us on the air through our repeater system and on line mailing list.
We sponsor events through out the year and encourage everyone to participate.
Welcome to Bay-Net !
BayCon 2022 Recap
BayCon 2022 was a fantastic event again this year ! Our goal was to raise at least $2,000 to fund our annual operating expenses for repeater site rental and insurance. We hit the goal !! Thank you to all the generous people who bought drawing tickets.
BayCon presentations are available on the resources page.
YouTube recordings of each presentation will be on the BayNet Events YouTube channel.
Audio of the presentations will be in the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast audio feed.
Thank you to our wonderful guest speakers John VE6EY, Kyle AA0Z, Mark N6MTS, Vince VE6LK, Marcel AI6MS, Christian NV2J, Mike VA3MW, Mathison KJ6DZE and David KI6ZHD.
Thank you to our sponsors for donating the great prizes: Digilent, PackTenna and the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast.
We also want to also thank the BayCon 2022 production team for putting in a huge effort to imagine, create, practice and execute a great event. Thank you to Vince VE6LK, Rod VA3ON, Marcel AI6MS and Jon KD6JL. You guys are amazing and we all really appreciate your efforts to make this happen.
See you all next year !
BayCon presentations are available on the resources page.
YouTube recordings of each presentation will be on the BayNet Events YouTube channel.
Audio of the presentations will be in the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast audio feed.
Thank you to our wonderful guest speakers John VE6EY, Kyle AA0Z, Mark N6MTS, Vince VE6LK, Marcel AI6MS, Christian NV2J, Mike VA3MW, Mathison KJ6DZE and David KI6ZHD.
Thank you to our sponsors for donating the great prizes: Digilent, PackTenna and the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast.
We also want to also thank the BayCon 2022 production team for putting in a huge effort to imagine, create, practice and execute a great event. Thank you to Vince VE6LK, Rod VA3ON, Marcel AI6MS and Jon KD6JL. You guys are amazing and we all really appreciate your efforts to make this happen.
See you all next year !
Repeater System |
Events |
We sponsor 7 repeaters in the bay area. This includes 4 conventional analog FM repeaters that are connected full time at two sites providing wide area coverage.
We also sponsor 3 digital repeaters and internet-based linking hubs. These repeaters include DMR, D-STAR and System Fusion. Operating ActivitiesOn the 4th weekend in June, Bay-Net members operate Field Day. We have a great turnout and it's a good opportunity to learn about gear and operating with hands-on experience. All are welcome.
Throughout the year, many members also participate in SOTA, Winter Field Day, and a casual operating event at the local park. Check the mailing list for announcements. |
Our big annual event is BayCon. The Bay-Net Radio Conference.
We have outstanding guest speakers and a wide variety of topics of interest to the amateur community. We publish their presentations on this web site and also links to audio recordings. Mailing ListWe have over 400 members of our mailing list hosted on Groups.IO
The membership has a great wealth of knowledge and experience. You are welcome to join our mailing list and participate. |
Donate Today
Bay-Net is a 501(c)3 tax exempt non-profit organization. Running several high level repeaters is an expensive undertaking. We appreciate any contributions that you can make to keep our systems up and running.