A Basic Amateur Radio Qualification course is offered by the Barrie Amateur Radio Club once each year (starting in February), contact the club (hamcourse@barriearc.com) if you are interested.

The upcoming basic course will start on February 3rd, 2027 at 7pm using Google Meet video conferencing. The course is 10 Wednesday evenings, ending on April 7th, with each class from 7pm until about 9pm. An "in person" final exam will be held during the club meeting at Eastview Secondary School on Tuesday, April 13th (7pm - 9pm).

Total cost is $80. This includes the reference ebook "Successful Guide to the Basic Exam for the Canadian Amateur Radio Operator Certificate", a USB memory stick with student notes, various ham radio newsletters, and other files about various aspects of ham radio. Also included is a free full membership to our club (for the remainder of the membership year) for those successfully obtaining their call sign.

In 2017 14 people completed the class and obtained their basic licenses.
In 2018 there were 16 new hams created,
in 2019 there were 21 people who successfully completed the course and got their call sign.
In 2020 there were 16
in 2021 there were 19 who became hams.
In the 2022 class there were 27 new hams
In 2023 there were 18 new hams
In 2024 there were 22 new hams
In 2025 there were 14 new hams
in 2026 there were 11 new hams

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