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<h2 align="center">K3YGG</h2>
<h2 align="center">National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD</h2>
<p align="center">&nbsp; </p>
<p align="center"><font size="4">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. </font></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="rainbow.gif" alt="rainbow" align="top" width="559" height="14"></p>
<p><big><i>Try out our experimental internet ham radio receiver:</i></big>&nbsp;
<font color="#FF0000"><big><big><a href="http://speed.nimh.nih.gov/listener/listener.html">The
Listening Post</a></big></big></font> </p>
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<p>The NIH Radio Amateur Club (NIHRAC) is based on the Main NIH Campus in Bethesda,
Maryland. The club station, <b>K3YGG</b>, 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.</p>
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<h2><strong>Announcements</strong></h2>
<p>There will be a major disaster drill planned this year.&nbsp; Check back here for more
information as it becomes available.</p>
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<h2><strong>Club Activities</strong></h2>
<p>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.</p>
<h2>Minutes</h2>
<p>Click <a href="minutes/minutes_4mar99.html"><strong>here</strong></a> for the minutes
of the most recent meeting.&nbsp; Click <a href="minutes/">here</a> for a list of past
club minutes.</p>
<h2><strong>Projects and project status</strong> </h2>
<p>Click <strong><a href="projects.html">here</a></strong> for projects and their status. <em><font color="#FF0000">Updated January 1999</font></em></p>
<h2>Club photographs</h2>
<p>Click <a href="photos.html">here</a> for our nascent page of pictures</p>
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<h2><strong>Membership</strong> </h2>
<p>NIHRAC has basically two types of membership: <i>regular members</i> and <i>affiliate
members</i>. 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 <i>volunteers</i>.
Volunteers are nonmembers who participate in the various public service and emergency
communications activities of NIHRAC.</p>
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<h2><strong>Resources</strong> </h2>
<h3>Radio equipment</h3>
<p>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. </p>
<h3>Computing equipment</h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<h2><strong>Links</strong> </h2>
<p>The <a href="eoc/eoc_home.html">Emergency Operating Center</a> offers a variety of
information, articles and links for those interested in Emergency Communications and other
aspects of Disaster and Emergency Response. </p>
<p>Links to <a href="hamlinks.html">other WWW sites about Amateur Radio</a> includes links
to the FCC, ARRL, and various other organizations. </p>
<p><font color="#000080" size="3">Experimental internet ham radio receiver</font><font color="#FF8040" size="3">
<a href="listener/listener.html">The
Listening Post</a></font></p>
<p>Andy Mitz is still looking for broadcast band radios that receive only the FM band.
&nbsp; Check out his <a href="http://www.somerset.net/arm/fm_only.html">FM-only web page</a>.</p>
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<p><font size="2">Last updated 4 December 1999</font></p>
<p><a href="mailto:webmaster@nihac.info.nih.gov">email to webmaster</a></p>
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