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K3YGG

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

 

This website is dedicated to providing information and resources about Amateur Radio in general, and more specifically, about Amateur Radio Emergency Communications at the National Institutes of Health.

 

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The NIH Radio Amateur Club (NIHRAC) is based on the Main NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The club station, K3YGG, is located on the third floor of Building 11. The club has two repeaters: 145.29 (- offset) and 447.925 (- offset). The repeaters are open for public use except during exercises and emergencies.


Announcements

There will be a major disaster drill planned this year.  Check back here for more information as it becomes available.


Club Activities

The NIH Amateur Radio Club is principally a volunteer group sponsored by the Division of Public Safety at the NIH. It was chartered during the Cold War era to support civil defense and has participated in a wide range of civil defense, public safety, emergency, and public service operations. Over the years the call sign of K3YGG has been heard giving communications support for: natural disasters throughout the Western Hemisphere, a scientific expeditions to Africa, national and regional emergency exercises, snow emergencies, safety testing at NIH's Clinical Center, and numerous public service events. The club has also participated in field day and many other amateur radio events.

Minutes

Click here for the minutes of the most recent meeting.  Click here for a list of past club minutes.

Projects and project status

Click here for projects and their status. Updated January 1999

Club photographs

Click here for our nascent page of pictures


Membership

NIHRAC has basically two types of membership: regular members and affiliate members. Regular members pay (minimal) dues and have voting rights. Only NIH employees and other people connected directly with NIH are eligible. Affiliate membership is available to people who are not eligible for regular membership, but wish to have formal ties with the club. Affiliate members do not pay dues or vote. NIHRAC also has volunteers. Volunteers are nonmembers who participate in the various public service and emergency communications activities of NIHRAC.


Resources

Radio equipment

NIHRAC has an emergency communications center (ECC) with a wide range of communications gear. Currently, there are five operating positions and a workbench in one room, and an adjacent meeting room. Three of the 5 operating positions are complete HF stations, each with transceiver, station monitor, KW amplifier, straight and electronic keys, multiple headphone jacks, and clock. Two stations have phone patches. Each station is completely contained in a rolling rack mount with integral lighting. The fourth operating position is a UHF/VHF multiradio/multiband station. The fifth and newest position is a multiband TCP/IP packet and internet communications desk.

Computing equipment

NIHRAC now has three computer systems on the internet. One is a general server, including FTP, www, and Samba services, it runs the Linux operating system. One is a TCP/IP packet station that operates as an internet/packet radio gateway, it runs JNOS. The third computer is for members to access internet sites as users, this computer runs Windows 95. Internet connection is via a high-speed backbone on the od.nih.gov domain.



Links

The Emergency Operating Center offers a variety of information, articles and links for those interested in Emergency Communications and other aspects of Disaster and Emergency Response.

Links to other WWW sites about Amateur Radio includes links to the FCC, ARRL, and various other organizations.

Experimental internet ham radio receiver The Listening Post

Andy Mitz is still looking for broadcast band radios that receive only the FM band.   Check out his FM-only web page.


Last updated 4 December 1999

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