Membership
Join or Renew Your KCARC Membership
Kitsap County Amateur Radio Club is one of the most active and welcoming clubs on the Kitsap Peninsula. Whether you're a first-time visitor or renewing for your tenth year, you're always welcome at our nets, meetings, and events — membership isn't required to participate. It's how you help keep the club running, and it gives you an official voice in how it's run.
Why Membership Matters
Your dues directly fund the resources the whole Kitsap ham radio community relies on — not just members. That includes:
- Maintaining and upgrading the club's repeaters
- Emergency communications training and equipment
- Licensing classes, VE test sessions, and new-ham mentoring
- Field Day and other community events
- Community outreach and STEM programs
None of this depends on being a member to benefit from it — but membership is how it keeps happening.
What Membership Gets You
Beyond supporting the club, its repeaters, and public outreach, paid membership gives you a direct say in how KCARC is run:
Vote
Cast a vote at club meetings and elections — help decide who leads and where the club goes.
Run for the Board
Stand for election to the Board of Directors and help set club policy and priorities.
Chair a Committee
Lead a committee — Field Day, VE testing, events, and more — and shape how it runs.
Membership Dues
Annual Dues
$60 per year
One flat rate — covers individuals 18+ and families
Membership runs on the calendar year. Your dues cover you through December 31 whichever month you join, and they are not prorated — that is how HamClubOnline tracks memberships, and it keeps every member on the same renewal date. If you are joining late in the year and would rather start with a full twelve months, sign up in January instead. Email board@kcarc.org and we will watch for you.
Ready to Join or Renew? Pick Your Path
However you want to handle it, here's the way in:
Use Our Form — No Login Needed
Prefer to fill out one form and be done? No account to create, no password, nothing to look up — we take care of the setup for you.
• You hold a GMRS license
• You'd rather pay by cash or check
• Dues are a barrier right now — financial assistance requests stay confidential
Join Online — Active Immediately
Set up your own HamClubOnline account and pay with card online. It takes a few extra minutes the first time; after that, renewing is one page and one click, every year.
• The last four digits of your FCC FRN (it’s on your license)
• An email address that is not @arrl.net — those are rejected
• Our club code: KC7Z
Already on HamClubOnline through another club, skip registration — just apply directly with code KC7Z.
Renew Your Membership
Already a member, current or lapsed? Enter your call sign or email and pay by card — no account, no password, nothing to remember. Your renewal posts to HamClubOnline the moment it clears.
Renew Now →Complete Your Application
What Happens Next
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You'll get a confirmation email
Right after you submit, you'll receive an email confirming we got your information.
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Our membership committee volunteers set up your account
Our membership committee volunteers create your account in HamClubOnline and mark your first year as paid.
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Future renewals can happen in HamClubOnline
From year two on, you can renew directly through HamClubOnline — no form needed.
Our goal is not to exclude anyone from being a member. If financial assistance is required, please email the Board of Directors at board@kcarc.org with your request. The Board will keep your information confidential.