K3VOA

The Amateur Radio Club at the Voice of America
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The Voice of America Amateur Radio Club (K3VOA).

Located on the top floor of the Cohen Building, home of the Voice of America Headquarters, located at 330 Independence Avenue, SW, at the foot of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC..

 

Our two meter Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) station is on 144.390 MHz and serves Washington, D.C. as an APRS-Relay station.

Monthly Meetings:
 
Membership is restricted to employees, retirees and former employees of the Voice of America (VOA), the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), the United States Information Agency (USIA), the United States Department of State (DOS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  Regular club meetings are held in the ham shack on the first Tuesday of every month at 11:45 a.m.
 
For more information, please see the "About Us" link...
 

 

Contests

 

Sometimes K3VOA participates in contests. There are also times when local area clubs, such as the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) or the Maryland Apple Dumplings Radio Amateur Society (MADRAS) use the K3VOA facilities during contests. And, occasionally, K3VOA wins. See below.

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

ARRL affiliated club.

Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR)

Ten-Ten, International (#53435)

Penn-Ohio DX Group, (digital modes)