Who we are: ARCNEM is an amateur radio club using the call K3NEM. We meet monthly via Zoom on the 2nd Tuesday at 1800ET. Our club station at the museum includes HF, VHF and ATV. Tom Christovich, K3YH is the current club president.
Please stop by a meeting or contact us to find out when we’ll be operating!
Where we are: System Source Computer Museum • 338 Clubhouse Rd. Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (Google Map)
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 6:00 p.m. ET on Zoom.
How to join: Find out how to join ARCNEM or renew your membership in person or by mail.
You may also email us: contact [at] k3nem [dot] org .
2024 ARCNEM Officers:
- President: Tom Christovich
- Vice President: Jim Nowotarski
- Treasurer: Fred Heath
- Secretary: Ted Bauer
2014 ARCNEM Officers:
- President: Mike Birdseye
- Vice President: Jim Nowotarski
- Treasurer: Fred Heath
- Secretary: Ted Bauer
2013 ARCNEM Officers:
- President: John Paul Howell
- Vice President: Jim Dressler
- Treasurer: Fred Heath
- Secretary: Ted Bauer
2012 ARCNEM Officers:
- President: John Paul Howell
- Vice President: Jim Dressler
- Treasurer: Fred Heath
- Secretary: Ted Bauer
2011 ARCNEM Officers:
- President: John Paul Howell
- Vice President: Jim Dressler
- Treasurer: Fred Heath
- Secretary: Ted Bauer
Trustee:
- K3RA is Trustee for the museum stations: K3NEM and W3GR
Club History
- In the mid-1950s, the Friendship Amateur Radio Club (FARC) was
formed mainly by Westinghouse amateurs. FARC met in members’ homes and
established a tradition of a robust Field Day and a helpful approach to
new amateurs - In 1992 the National Electronics Museum, then the Historical
Electronics Museum, passed a resolution making the ham club an
independent organization within the framework of the Museum and the
Historical Electronics Museum Amateur Radio Club (HEMARC) was chartered
in March of 1995 - In 1997 courses were added for prospective amateurs and to train licensed amateurs to upgrade
- In 1997 the Bay Area Amateur Radio Society merged with HEMARC
- In 1999 Amateur Television was added
- In 2001 the club enhanced the club station with a tower and a triband array
- The acquisition of the Westinghouse Defense Center by the Northrop
Grumman Corporation resulted in an expanded museum and added to the
activities of HEMARC - In 2008 the club changed name from Historical Electronics Museum
Amateur Radio Club to Amateur Radio Club of the National Electronics
Museum to reflect a name change by the Museum. At this time the club
adopted the K3NEM call.