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, meetings are held online by video conference. Information to join our meetings is communicated via our email forum (see our Membership page for details). During normal times, we meet at Building 11, Room 305 in the NIH Bethesda campus. We welcome almost anyone in our meetings-- club membership or a ham license are not required. 

We also hold a weekly "net", or on-the-air meeting, every Monday at 9:00 p.m. on our 2 meter repeater.  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 if you need assistance attending.

MEMBERSHIP

Anyone interested in, or curious about, amateur radio, telecommunications or emergency communications services can join us. We also welcome other electronics hobbyists. Participation in our emergency communications activities, a FCC Amateur Radio license or holding a NIH badge ID are NOT required for membership. Membership is free. For more details, visit our Membership page.

CLUB RESOURCES

 

NIHRAC makes a number of resources freely available to its members. Our facility, now 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, as well as tools and equipment for radio experimentation and other DIY projects. Visit our Club Resources page for more details.

 

  REPEATERS

 

 We maintain a repeater in the 2-meter band that is openly available to anyone with a radio amateur license. 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. No PL tone is currently required for access. For more details, please visit our Repeaters page.