Central
Maryland Amateur Radio Club
P. O. Box 788, Greenbelt, MD 20768-0788
E-Mail:
wc3mar@arrl.net
Welcome to the Central
Maryland Amateur Radio Club (CMARC) Web Page. The CMARC club
officers are:
President: Jim Tilton/KD3JA
Vice President: Tony Fominaya/N3JWT
Secretary: Chuck Hagelgans/N3ODK
Treasurer: Les Whitmer/N3NCH
Emergency communications equipment has been
installed at Doctors Community Hospital
in cooperation with the Prince George's
County ARES/RACES group. This equipment was initially put into service during
the ARRL Simulated Emergency Test in early October 2004. Several CMARC members
have been issued appropriate Hospital IDs and are prepared to assist in
communications support in the event of an emergency involving Doctors Community
Hospital.
NOTE: The operation of CMARC's
Tuesday evening net has been suspended indefinitely.
Upcoming events:
March 17,
2009: Full Membership Meeting, 7:30pm
at Doctors Community Hospital,
Lanham, MD. The meeting will be held in the Critical Care conference room (room
2607). To get to the meeting take the elevator to the 2nd floor of the main
building and proceed down the hallway in the direction towards Good Luck Road. The
room is to your right just after you enter in the double door entrance to the
Critical Care area. For more information, please send a note to
wc3mar@arrl.net.
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CMARC is an American Radio Relay League
(ARRL) affiliated club, and participates in The Middle Atlantic FM and Repeater
Council, Inc. (TMARC), and the Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR). We own an autopatch equipped repeater (on 145.230- MHz). The repeater
serves as a backup emergency communications link for the local Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES) group. Several members are active with the Prince George's County
ARES group.
CMARC has been providing radio communications
for the Greenbelt Labor Day Parade for the past ten++ years. CMARC also helps
to provide communications support for the Prince George's
County CROP
Walk, Christmas in April, and, in cooperation with Prince
George's County ARES/RACES, helps to provide emergency
communications support for Doctors
Community Hospital.
Other Amateur Radio Links:
MD/DC ARRL Section Homepage
The American
Radio Relay League (ARRL) Homepage
Amateur
Radio Callbooks
Miscellaneous
Amateur Radio Links
Last updated December 13, 2008.