Welcome to NIHRAC   

The National Institutes of Health Radio Amateur Club
 [HQ @ Bethesda, Maryland, USA]

 -- 57 years of ham radio and public service! --

  

The Club meets the first Saturday of every month at 1:30pm. During the COVID-19 emergency period, meetings are held online by video conference. Check our email list or contact us to info@nihrac.org for meeting information. During normal times, we meet at Building 11, Room 305 in the NIH Bethesda campus. We welcome anyone -- club membership or a ham license are not required. See our About Us page for directions and additional information. We also have a weekly "net", or on-the-air meeting, every Monday at 9:00 p.m. on our 2 meter repeater (see below).  We welcome check-ins from all stations over the air or through the Internet via EchoLink--we are K3YGG-R. Contact us at info@nihrac.org or officers@nihrac.org if you need assistance attending.

MEMBERSHIP

We welcome applications from anyone interested in amateur radio, telecommunications or emergency communications services.  Membership is free. A NIH badge is NOT required for membership or to access our Club facilities in the NIH campus. For more information, visit our Membership page.

CLUB RESOURCES

 

NIHRAC makes a number of resources freely available for use to its members. Our facility, now being fully renovated, has radio stations and antenna systems for a variety of analog and digital radio communications modalities, office space for meetings and other hobby activities, and tools and equipment for radio experimentation and DIY projects. Visit our Club Resources page to view details.

 

  REPEATERS

 

 We maintain a repeater in the 2-meter band that is openly available to anyone with a radio amateur license, except under exceptional circumstances. We also make regular use of a local 70-cm repeater. Our 2-meter repeater frequencies are 144.69 MHz input / 145.29 MHz output. PL5A (156.7 Hz) encoding is required for access. For more details, please visit our Repeaters page.