• Remembering the friends that we will miss

• The Section Manager’s Desk

• ARRL Scholarship Information

• Section Emergency Coordinator’s report

• Section Traffic Manager’s report

• ARRL Youtube Channel – Technician Class Study

• Technical Specialist Coordinator’s report

• Public Information Coordinator’s report

• Club News & Information – No news to report this month

• 2022 Indiana Hamfest Schedule and Flyers

“To promote and advance the art, science, and enjoyment of amateur radio.” ~ Hiram Percy Maxim

For silent key notice to be placed in the newsletter, please forward a copy of the obituary notice directly to Jimmy Merry, Indiana Section Manager at jmerry@arrl.org. For Silent Key notice inclusion in QST, INARRL will submit the Silent Key notice to

ARRL headquarters so there is a record of the submission, for record keeping purposes. National Silent Key Archive http://www.silentkeyhq.com/

Subj: The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program opens November 1st The ARRL Foundation Scholarship application period for the academic year 2022-2023 opens on November 1st and ends on December 31, 2021. I am asking you as a Section Manager to notify your Section membership of this opportunity. The Foundation issued $550,000 in scholarships for 2021-2022 and for the academic year 2022-2023 there has been a significant increase in the number of large dollar scholarships available thanks to a generous contribution from Amateur Radio Digital Communications, Inc. (ARDC). For the academic year 2022-2023, 130 scholarships will be offered totaling $900,000! There are twenty $25,000 scholarships, four $15,000, seventeen $10,000 scholarships, nine $5,000 scholarships as well as dozens of $1,000 and $500 scholarships. The descriptions of the many scholarships available are on line. http://www.arrl.org/scholarship-descriptions It is also very easy to apply as the scholarship application is on line. http://www.arrl.org/scholarship-application Since only amateur radio operator students may apply, the chances of being selected for a scholarship are good. It would be a shame for your members to miss this opportunity. Please place a notice in your Newsletter or send a separate E-Mail to your Section to let your members know that the ARRL Foundation offers over 130 scholarships and it only takes a simple online application to apply. Since 1973, the ARRL Foundation, with the generosity of many donors and the hard work of a long line of dedicated Foundation Directors, has had a positive impact on the lives of many young amateur radio operator students. To ensure that this positive impact does not wane, I ask each of you to timely notify your members of this opportunity. Being awarded an ARRL

Foundation scholarship could mean the difference in whether a student can pursue their education in 2022-2023 or not. Thank you. Dr David Woolweaver, K5RAV President, ARRL Foundation

Section Emergency Coordinator Report

Thanks to all of you that participated in the Tri-State SET. We will begin planning for next year’s exercise in January. It is great to see the activity throughout the state. With the return of face to face contacts I hope that ARES team members will become reinvigorated and become even more active. It was great to see many of you at the Fort Wayne Hamfest. STAY SAFE AND WELL! Jim Moehring, KB9WWM Section Emergency Coordinator Amateur Radio Emergency Service Indiana Section

***********ARES VOLUNTEERS NEEDED**********

Current Open District Emergency Coordinator Positions: District 4

If you are a current EC in one of these districts, or have past experience in the ARES field organization,

please consider stepping up to serve your community with your hobby.

Current Open Emergency Coordinator Positions: Adams, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Clinton,

Crawford, Dubois, Delaware, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Fulton, Gibson, Huntington, Jackson,

Jasper, Jefferson, Jennings, LaGrange, Marshall, Martin, Noble, Ohio, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey,

Pulaski, Ripley, Rush, Shelby, Sullivan, Union, Vanderburgh, Wabash, Warren, Washington and White.

EC’s are the backbone of the ARES organization. I would like to fill as many of these county openings, as possible. If you are interested in filling a vacant County EC Position, please contact me at KB9WWM@arrl.net to express your interest.

District Emergency Coordinators Reporting (5/9)

Jim Moehring, KB9WWM, (District 3)

Tony Stokes N9UN, (District 5)

Marv Gilliland, KC9RVL, (District 6)

David Ofsansky, K9DWO. (District 7)

Alan Scott, N9KL, (District 8)

Emergency Coordinators Reporting (38/54)

KB9WWM, K9JAJ, W9DBA, KV9N, KB9OIC, W9EEU, K9PBN, N9JFH, WD9GC, KC9RVL

N9GTL. W9MDT, W9MSK, KD9GHS, N9CCW, KD9DHJ, N9SIU. NM9R. KD9EDR. KD9EDR

AC9EB. KC8WPH, W0GNR, W9SOX, N9CAD, WD9GIU, KC9EVU, KD9BKH, N9JPX. KD9HIG

KB9RZK, WR9G, W9DRB, KC9GUY, KP4CI, W9COD, K9DWO, AB9HP

District Emergency Coordinators Reports

Tony Stokes – N9UN – District 5 October was a busy month. I ran a weekly ARES net for the Marion County ARES team. I also attended the Marion County ARES teams monthly planning meeting. I had the privilege of participating in the Indianapolis Half Marathon, Amateur Radio supported communications for this event. I assisted as the 5K tail vehicle, using both voice and APRS. I would like to thank Brent Walls, N9BA for all his work in coordinating Amateur Radio for this event. I am in the process of planning a District 5 net, any input would be greatly appreciated, just drop me an email at n9un@arrl.net. I would like to see each county in district 5 be involved in this net, I will be looking for volunteers for net control operators as well as information that will be passed along on the net. Cooperation amongst ARES teams in District 5 will be my top priority for 2022! I participated in Marion Counties Simulated Emergency Test (SET). I also had the opportunity to check into Tri-state HF SET net. District 5 had 4 counites hold SETs in October. I would like to thank the following EC’s for taking the time to plan and execute SETs in District 5: Brain Elliot N9JPX of Morgan County, Matthew Bechdol W9SOX of Marion County, Mike Alley W9MSK of Hamilton County and Don Somerville KD9DHJ of Hendricks County. I am still looking for volunteers for the Emergency Coordinator positions in both Boone and Shelby

counties, if you are interested or know someone that is interested feel free to drop me an email at n9un@arrl.net The Indiana ARES District 5 webpage can be found at https://inaresdistrict5.webs.com. Please let me know if you see any errors or anything that we can add update. Marv Gilliland – KC9RVL – District 6

We participated in the Indiana-Illinois-Kentucky S.E.T. on October 30th. We had a local area Net with 30 check-ins, an HF Net with 3 check-ins for the S.E.T. Counties checking in were Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Jay, Kosciusko, Madison and Randolph I also successfully checked into the IN Net with KC9TYA on HF during the exercise. Reoort was sent via Winlink to Indiana SM Jimmy Merry and SEC James Moehring.

Alan Scoll – N9KL – District 8

Participated in Hilly 100, but had to work the morning of the actual SET.

David Ofsansky – K9DWO – District 7 I am not receiving reports from EC's in District 7. They go directly to the top. Therefore, I can't answer Total QTR, QNI, QTC of all district nets.

Emergency Coordinator Reports

Jeffrey Jones – K9JAJ – Bartholomew Co.

Thanks to Joe, KA9OPL for covering for me on the weekly VHF net while I was out of town for two weeks due to my brother's passing. Also for stepping up during the Section SET. Everyone have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Scott Nelson – W9DBA – Brown Co.

During October there were 4 scheduled ARES nets conducted on the Brown County KA9SWI 2 meter repeater 147.300 MHz PL 136.5 with 45 check-ins lasting 81 minutes providing operators an opportunity to test the capabilities of their equipment and practice net protocol. On October 30 Brown County participated in the Tri-State Emergency Simulation SET with 12 check-ins lasting 30 minutes.

Daniel McDonald – KV9N – Cass Co.

All activity from our 4 regular monthly SKYWARN nets - 52 check-ins for a total of 110 minutes

Gary Adams – W8EEU – Clay Co.

Monthly meeting was a presentation on Winlink. Each member of the group was challenged to establish a Winlink account and send a check in form as part of our local SET. Four of our members was able to complete the challenge with three of those being new to winlink. Our group also participated in the Tri-State SET on October 30. I volunteered to be a P2P VARA HF station for the exercise, which was new to me. Good participated from my local group. Gabe Creech – WD9GC – DeKalb Co.

We had really good participation for this year's SET. This was the first SET for many of the participants. We are hoping to do another one for our county in Spring of 2022.

Marv Gilliland – KC9RVL – Delaware Co.

Participated in the Indiana-Illinois-Kentucky S.E.T. on October 30th. We had a local Net with 30 check-ins, an HF Net with 3 check-ins for the S.E.T. I also successfully checked into the IN Net with KC9TYA on HF during the exercise.

Mike Tanksley – W9MDT – Greene Co.

We participated in the Tr-State SET on the 30th. Although our numbers were not very large we did have some very big accomplishments come from the SET. I have secured a repeater that I can use for weekly ARES NET's now and there is a possibility of linking with another repeater on the west side of the county to give us better coverage for both the NET and in case of emergency. I also have a good list of those in county that have previously been ARES members. I have developed a good relationship with the repeater owner and have been invited to meet with the council at the next bi-annual meeting. I've been invited to tour the facility that houses the repeater within the next few weeks. Hope to meet the county emergency manager by the end of the year. I'm looking forward to getting things rolling strong by the time spring weather hits.

George Boaz – KD9GHA - Hancock Co.

Participated in two Webex meetings with the District 5 Health Care Coalition. Met with the Director of the Emergency Management Agency regarding volunteer management and the communications program. During the monthly Auxiliary Communications meeting, we discussed training to build our data capability using NBEMS and Winlink.

Attended the monthly club meeting and discussed how the club would handle the HF responsibilities during a disaster. Don Somerville – KD9DHI – Hendricks Co. November 3, 2021 Don Somerville, KD9DHJ – Hendricks Co. Report for the month of October 2021 Weekly/Monthly Nets: We conducted four (4) weekly Tuesday night ARES Nets on the 147.015 MHz during the month and had good participation. We accumulated just over 43.4 man-hours of airtime. The Tuesday Night Simplex Nets are started up again in September. The nets will run from September to April. This month’s net was held on October 12th. Bill Pfaffenberger AE9R, hosted the net on 147.570MHz (simplex). These Nets are held to check the capabilities and performance of our equipment with a Net Control Operator (NCO) as well as other Hams in and around Hendricks County. If you are interested in helping out by running a net, please contact Ken Kayler, KC9SQD, at 317-874-7068 or by email at kc9sqd425@gmail.com. The Hendricks County ARES Hospital Net (HRH) was held on October 16th at 1030. This Net is to check the capability and performance of our radios with a Net Control Station as well as other Hams in and around Hendricks County, during an Emergency and/or Disaster. The Hendricks County ARES Hospital Net for IU West was tested on October 30th by Richard Click, N9THO after the construction was completed at the hospital and it has been turned back over for normal usage. The operation of the net was successful. There will be no more hospital nets until after the end of end of the year. Community Events: HCARES new member Orientation was held on October 23rd at the Hendricks County Senior Services Center. This training familiarized new Hams into ARES and what we do as an organization. I would like to thank Verne Madden, N9VAM for hosting this event. A Tri-State SET Exercise was held on October 30th from 0900-1000 local. We operated a 2M net and an HF net. These nets attempted to contact as many Ham’s within our county, outside our county and then on the HF side we made contacts in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. This was a great opportunity for us to see if we could make contacts not just in our county, but also inside and outside our state. This could be an invaluable tool should there be a multi-state disaster. I want to thank Bill Pfaffenberger AE9R, for volunteering to run both nets. 9 man-hours. The Annual Halloween Patrol took place on October 31st. We provided multiple volunteers to patrol

designated neighborhoods at the request of the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department and the Avon Police Department. We operated these patrols from 1700-2030 local. 24.5 man-hours. General: The HCARES UHF repeater installation in Danville was completed on October 30th and is now operating on the 444.700 with a PL Tone of 88.5. Please check it out when you get a chance. I want to thank all that helped, especially Rick Burdan, W9DPN for all his technical expertise. The Hendricks Emergency Radio Operation’s (H.E.R.O.), is still looking for donations to their GoFundMe page. A link to the page is on both the Hendricks County ARES website and the Hendricks County ARES Facebook page. Here is a direct link to the site: https://gofund.me/5b6257b1 You may also go to http://heroradio.org for more information. The money raised will allow us to purchase equipment to be used during an emergency or disaster as well as regular amateur communications. Please help us out by telling all your friends and family. Robert LaGrange – N9SIU – Johnson Co, Johnson County conducted the SET for this year in mid-August. Some members did participate with other county ARES SET. On October 31 members of Johnson County ARES/RACES in cooperation with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office conducted the annual Pumpkin Patrol. Amateur mobile stations are assigned a bridge that crosses I-65 to watch that area and report any acts of attempted of dropping objects on cars below the overpass. If there is an incident the mobile amateur radio station contacts the Net Control station with a description of the vehicle and license plate number. The Net Control station informs the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and a patrol unit is dispatched to that location. This special net started at 6:00 PM and concluded at 10:30 PM. David Anderson – NM9R – Knox Co, Meeting 6 OCT 2021 19 present x 1.5hrs= 28.5 hrs ARES NETS (includes SET on 30 OCT2021) 7th, 14th, 14th simplex, 21st, 28th,28th simplex, 30th SET 98 checkins x 0.5hrs= 49.0hrs ARES Simulated Emergency Test 30 OCT 2021 1300-1330 UTC 146.670 4 checkins 443.675 6 checkins 10 total checkins x 0.5hrs= 5.0hrs FOX HUNT 16 OCT 2021 1300-1800 UTC

2 foxes 8 participants x 5.0hrs= 40.0 hrs

Brian Sexton – KD9EDR – Kosciusko Co. We participated in the Tri-state SET which went well. I have been speaking to other potential partner organizations about ARES and trying to build partner relationships and recruit new hams. James (Allen) Bottorff – AC9EB – LaPorte Co. 4 Training and Information VHF Nets, 1SET VHF Net, and 1 GMRS Net. The Tri-state Simulated Exercise Test yielded the following results: 1. VHF Net check-ins A. In-county 1, Lake County 2, Porter County 1, and St Joseph County 1, B. Total (6) six messages C. Net run time 70 minutes D. NCS> AC9EB 2. Intra-state check-ins on VARA HF Winlink: Total 11 [ D2-1, D3- 2, D5- 4, D7- 2, D8- 2 ] 3. In-state VARA Winlink messages: Total 8 [ D1-4, D2- 1, D3- 2, D4- 1 ] A. KC9TYA Indiana HF Winlink> NCS 4. Out of State VARA HF Winlink messages Total 2 [ IL ] Michael Magruder – KC9WPH – Lawrencee Co.

Will there be a SET Outbrief

Matthew Bechdol – W9SOX – Marion Co.

This month’s numbers include the Indy Half Marathon at Ft Ben, our short net in support of the state SET, as well as prep and planning for a district wide net. A lot of time and effort was put into making site visits and connections with 8 of our hospitals and hams at the hospitals this month. We hope to make some progress with access, training and cooperation while we have their attention.

Chuck Dilts – N9CAD - Marshall Co.

We are still organizing by reaching out to local hams. We have 5 commitments. We’re planning on an introduction and organizational meeting soon.

Bill McAlpin – WD9GIU – Miami Co.

16 ARES members participated in the 2021 SET on 10/30/21. All participants were give 8-10 messages to pass during the event. We tested out our new Kenwood TM-D710GA mobiles which are permanently installed at three outlying fire stations in our county and in the ARES/RACES room, which provide not only voice communications but solid county-wide APRS coverage. Mobile units with APRS were utilized throughout the county and called in "damage" reports. We had three stations on the air at our ARES/RACES room at Miami County EMA. We had 9 contacts with other Indiana Counties on area

repeaters and HF SSB Voice contacts were also made. The sound card in our HF rig had a problem and the WinLink message to the SEC was done with WinLink Telnet. We are going to ramp up our ARES training in 2022 including quarterly "Tech Nights" specifically for ARES.

Andrew Ragusa – KC9EVU – Monroe Co.

Hilly Hundred involved 22 hams for 10hrs each day for 2 days. I also included the SET

Anthony Hedge – KD9BKH – Montgomery Co.

No longer conduct weekly net due to lack of participation as of Sept 2021

Brian Elliott – K9JPX – Morgan Co,

On October 10th seven amateur radio operators provided communications for the Martinsville Fall Foliage Festival Parade. Stations participating were KD9LES, KA9JQR, KA9ZZR, KD9NFY, N9AWU, W9DBA, & N9JPX. On October 23rd eight amateur radio operators provided communications for the Indiana Trail Runners Association during their Tecumseh Trail Challenge at Yellowwood Lake in Brown County. Stations participating were N9DVL, KD9LES, W9DBA, N9DBJ, N9AWU, AK9R, N9FEB, & N9JPX. On October 30th Morgan County participated in the Tri-State Simulated Emergency Test. We recorded five in-county check-ins, eleven out-of-county check-ins, and four more out-of-county check-ins after the local net for a total of twenty check-ins. The net ran for seventy-five minutes. We sent reports to Monroe County, Owen County, Brown County, Hendricks County, Greene County & Johnson County. We got no response on the Marion County or Putnam County repeaters. We received one report back from Greene County. We were unable to contact KC9GUY with the Indiana HF Net on 3895 khz but W9DBA in Brown County volunteered to send our report via Winlink. Our local net on the 147.060 K9PYI repeater received no traffic from Illinois or Kentucky.

Zachary Minnick – KD9HIG – Owen Co.

Owen county did participate in the Tri state set .I was net control ( kd9hig) .....also made a few HF contacts . all info was sent to gary w9eeu.

George Edenfield – KB9RZK – Putnam Co.

Putnam County ARES volunteers participated in the October 30, IN-IL-KY SET with a local net and contacts from two surrounding counties.

Steve Jewell – W9RG – Scott Co.

The Scott County EMA Group held a VE Testing Session Saturday, October 9th at the EOC. We had one candidate come in for testing. The next testing session is scheduled for December 11th at 11:00 AM. Walk-Ins are always welcome. The testing location is at the Bacala Center, 69 E Wardell St, SE Corner of Courthouse Square, Scottsburg IN 47170 and is ADA accessible. For more info email: steve@wr9g.net or visit www.wr9g.net/links. Scott County SET Report – The Scott County EMA group had 13 check-ins on the Scott County 2 meter Repeater (146.610) and checked into the Bartholomew, Clark, Monroe, Lawrence & Brown County nets on 2 meter. We also logged 10 SSB ARES operators on HF (3.895 MHz). Peter Crasher – W9DRB – Spencer Co.

3 nets analog, 3 digital

Mark Tritch – KC9GUY – Steuben Co.

Team participated in Oct 30 SET. Also participated in fall SkyWarn training. We are continue to hold monthly technical workshops to build "hands-on" skills with ARES communication tools.

Bobby Sambolin – KP4CI – Tippecanoe Co. TCARES had it's October meeting as a Hybrid (zoom and in person) on Wednesday October 27, starting at 7pm . Thanks to LFD in providing a room at their Lafayette training facilities. We discussed radio programing, 2022 goals, training and excercises. We had two guest, one was Ryan Rather AB9VM IPSC State of Indiana and Will Holycross.W9ABH. Our November meeting will be the las Wednesday in Novemebr (11/24/2022) starting at 7pm. Location to be determined. Participation of the tri state SET could have been better in our county (and surounding counties in area 4) and will be discussing the excercise at our meeting. We had 8 check in's with a total of 4 counties present. After 30 minute, we tried multiple repeaters of other counties. We alsmost succeded in contacting District 1 and their net. Information was passed theough Winlink telnet. Our TEMA ? TCARES County Siren Test was postponed due to weather. The next Test is Saturday November 6th, 2021. TCARES will activate the net at 10:45am and check in's will be on the 147.135 repeater with PL tone of 131.8. If weather is overcast, temperatures below 34F, and at the discretion of TEMA, test may be cancelled without our knowledge. Registration for this is on the W9TCA web page.

David Ofsansky – K9DWO – Vigo Co. We participated in the October 30th SET.

Official Emergency Station Reports

Jimmy Merry, Jr – KC9RPX – Monroe Co.

Total hours was 20 .which includes hours for the October 30th SET exercise. And Net control for Monroe, Owen Co ARES nets. As well as other activities. Tony Stokes – N9UN – Marion Co. I am continuing to make improvements to the shack, my next goal is to set up some sort of backup power. Vernon Austermiller – NA9l – Morgan Co. I checked into the Morgan County, Hendricks County ARES nets . I checked into the Indiana Traffic Net. I checked into the Brown County ARES, Bloomington ARC, Monroe County net. I received and sent Routine traffic on the ITN .

Mark Thienes – KC9TYA – Vanderburg Co. Thank you to each of you who participated in the 3-State IL, KY, IN SET on the 30th. Hopefully you were able to check in using HF, Winlink, Winlink P2P, and for some CW, as well as your local frequencies. This was great practice. For those that did not get to participate maybe the next SET you will be able to. The IN Section ARES Net meets on Sundays at 2100z on 3.900 +/-, join us if you have a few minutes, hear what other districts are doing/planning. Indiana Winlink Wednesday Net, check-in is Wednesday ONLY 0000-2359 local time. Now is a good time to get your stations updated to run digital communications. Hope everyone has a great November Happy Thanksgiving to all Don Evilsizor – KA9QWC – Whitley Co. Participated in the SET on Oct31. And busy with various nets operating VHF WINLINK PACKET, VHF NORMAL PACKET, HF VARA, ITN, NEIPN, 21-CLUB VHF NETS, WCARC-UHF NETS, INDIANA DIGITAL TRAFFIC NET (IDTN). Still trying to encourage ham radio stations to send & receive radiograms. Also join in on various ham radio nets too. Be it VHF, UHF or HF using voice or digital modes.

INDIANA ARES BY THE NUMBERS (ONLY 34) ECs REPORTING! Total ARES Members reported: 779 Number of reporting ARES EC’s: 38 Number of reporting OES’s: 6 Number of reporting DEC’s: 5 Number of ARES Nets: 174 Number of Nets with NTS liaison: 50 Number of exercises, and training sessions: 83 Person Hours: 2263.34 Public Service Events: 11 Person Hours: 764.25 Emergency Operations: 0 Person Hours: 0 SKYWARN Nets: 5 Person Hours: 103.3

ARRL – INDIANA SECTION

TRAFFIC MANAGER REPORT Greetings all and welcome to fall and cool weather officially at least conditions on the HF bands are improving and as we’re stuck indoors in the doldrums of winter hopefully contest season will be good as well. Traffic continues to hold steady which is encouraging! I will not be at the Fort Wayne Hamfest this year as I have other commitments. Hopefully will see some of you at other Hamfests around the state throughout the coming year. In the meantime 73 and see you next month!

Brian Jenks ARRL Indiana Assistant Section Manager

& Section Traffic Manager

INDIANA STM REPORTS JULY 2021 October 2021

HF NETS

NET NAME SOURCE QNI QTC QTR SESSIONS

INDIANA SECTION ARES KC9TYA 58 1 110 4

IDTN K9JAJ 125 39 250 22

ITN N1LL 1707 87 1162 62

QIN K0TQ 105 28 235 31

INDIANA WINLINK KC9TYA 34 34 1020 5

TOTALS 2029 189 2777 124

NETS REPORTING 5

INDIANA STM REPORT OCTOBER 2021

PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL

STATION SESSIONS MESSAGES APPTS PUB SVC EMG RES DIGITAL TOTAL

W9BGJ 0 55 30 0 0 10 95

KA9QWC 40 40 30 5 0 10 125

AB9ZA 40 40 10 50 0 0 140

N1LL 40 40 30 30 0 20 160

W9EEU 40 18 30 8 0 20 116

TOTALS 160 193 130 93 0 60 636

STATIONS REPORTING 5

INDIANA STM REPORT OCTOBER 2021

ORS AND SAR STATION REPORTS

STATION TYPE ORGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTALS

W9BGJ ORS 0 55 8 55 118

KA9QWC ORS 0 13 31 7 51

AB9ZA ORS 0 59 50 15 124

N1LL ORS 6 119 102 6 233

NA9L ORS 0 2 2 0 4

W9EEU ORS 0 6 8 4 18

W9MGB ORS 0 0 0 1 1

W9PC ORS 0 2 0 0 2

STATIONS REPORTING 8 7 229 204 63 503

INDIANA STM REPORT OCTOBER 2021

VHF/UHF NETS

NET NAME SOURCE QNI QTC QTR SESSIONS

BARTHOLOMEW CO ARES K9JAJ 24 0 76 5

BLOOMINGTON THUR NET KC9RPX 81 0 77 5

CASS CO ARC KA9BYN 42 0 110 4

CLAY COUNTY W9EEU 53 0 80 6

CROSSROADS DMR K9NQW 110 0 106 4

D STAR NET K9NQW 65 0 124 4

DEKALB CO ARES WD9GC 42 0 110 4

FELLOWSHIP NET N9CJT 13 0 123 3

HUNTINGTON CO NET K9BME 86 0 200 6

HENDRICKS CO KD9DHJ 128 5 77 7

IMO NET K9SKS 475 0 339 31

JEFFERSON CO N9XVB 16 0 30 3

JENNINGS CO KB9SQW 59 4 119 4

LAWRENCE CO KC9WPH 58 3 136 5

MID STATE ARC K9DY 232 0 242 5

MARION CO W9SOX 241 0 423 4

MARION CO CERT W9SOX 0 0 0 0

MARION CO 6M ROUNDTABLE W9SOX 52 0 120 4

INDIANA SATURN NET W9SOX 35 0 87 4

MORGAN CO ARES N9JPX 94 0 1072 7

NORTHEAST INDIANA PACKET NET KA9QWC 23 4 115 4

SCOTT CO ARES/RACES WR9G 50 4 74 4

SOUTH CENTRAL AREA KA9OPL 58 0 98 4

TARS EVANSVILLE KE9YK 138 1 193 10

TRI STATE 2 METER W9OU 322 0 385 22

VIGO CO ARES K9WDO 9 0 99 1

WCARC SUN NET KA9QWC 52 4 126 4

WELCOME NET KC9RPX 123 0 167 5

VIGO CO ARES K9WDO 12 0 144 1

WHITLEY CO ARES K9EJS 101 0 32 5

21 CLUB VHF KA9QWC 51 4 109 4

2845 29 5193 179

NETS REPORTING 29

Monthly Report for D/Star and DMR

DMR

Date Net Control QNI QTC QTR

Time Began

Time Ended Freq

10/04/21 KC9OYW 26 0 23 20:00 20:23 442.750(+)

10/11/21 KC9OYW 27 0 23 20:00 20:23 442.750(+)

10/18/21 K9NQW 32 0 35 20:00 20:35 442.750(+)

10/25/21 K9NQW 25 0 25 20:00 20:25 442.750(+)

Sessions: 4 Total: 110 Total: Total: 106

Month of Report:

October 2021

D-Star

Date Net Control QNI QTC QTR

Time Began

Time Ended Freq

10/07/21 K9NQW 21 0 32 20:00 20:32 443.400(+)

10/14/21 K9NQW 11 0 18 20:00 20:18 443.400(+)

10/21/21 KA9OPL 18 0 37 20:00 20:37 443.400(+)

10/28/21 KA9OPL 15 0 37 20:00 20:37 443.400(+)

Sessions: 4 Total: 65 Total: Total: 124 Month of Report:

October 2021

NOTE: QNI – Total Number of Check-ins QTC – Total Traffic QTR – Total Minutes

ARRL HQ Youtube Channel – Tech Class Study

ARRL's YouTube channel, ARRLHQ, has launched a series of amateur radio Technician-

class license courses. This series of videos features Dave Casler, KE0OG, QST's "Ask Dave"

columnist, who leads viewers through The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual. These videos

supplement the manual and provide an overview of the sections students will study, along with

a few videos on how things work. Share this excellent resource with those who are preparing to

take the Technician exam, and visit the ARRLHQ YouTube channel for more great amateur

radio videos.

Technical Specialist Coordinators Report

Chris Frederick KQ9Y

After much planning, and a pandemic delay, the W9MID - UHF repeater has finally had a face lift, "AIR-lift"

actually. 443.525MHz, PL 151.4Hz

Since installation in 2003, the Diamond X200 antenna at 130' AGL has been fed by RG-8 coax. The

height, plus an additional 70 feet to the rack, has greatly limited the coverage. Sunday, On Sunday, Oct

31, 6 MARC members gathered to replace the full system from the duplexer up. Antenna was replaced

with a new Diamond X200, a new, galvanized antenna side mount placed, and 190 feet of Andrew

(CommScope, now) LDF5-50A placed. VSWR checked at 1.2, then off to the countryside to check

coverage. Wow. Just, WOW!!

October VE activity: Laurel produced 1 new Technician Class and an Extra upgrade.

Pete Ostapchuk N9SFX

I took part in the S.E.T. on October 30. We were asked to contact other repeaters. I was surprised how

many I was able to work.

I was more interested in identifying the repeater than the operator. I was bringing up repeaters where no

one was home. Happens a lot. These are in order of when I stumbled across them. It’s more difficult when

using a directional antenna (13-B-2). I was not sure of some of the counties.

WB9AGX 147.39 St Joe County, Indiana

K9DEW 145.43 Elkhart County Indiana

K9DEW 146.64 Elkhart County, Indiana

K9ZLQ 146.67 Marshall County, Indiana

K9PC 146.775 Porter County, Indiana ?

146.82 Michigan

146.895 Elkhart County, Indiana

N8VPZ 146.92 Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan

N9IAA 146.685 Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana

N9GVU 147.090 Mishawaka, St Joe County, Indiana

147.18 94.8 PL Niles, Michigan

147.18 131.8 PL Angola, Indiana Talked to Bill, KC8UBC

K8KZO 147.040 Kalamazoo, Michigan

N9BCP 147.15

N8FYZ 145.17 Paw Paw, Michigan

KU8Y 145.21 Michigan

W9AB 147.225 South Bend, St. Joe County, Indiana

K9WZ 147.285 Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana Talked to Rudy K9WMM

K9SJC 145.31 St. Joe County, Michigan

K9DEW 147.33 Mishawaka, St. Joe County, Indiana

N9YOU 145.39 South Bend, St. Joe County, Indiana

So many repeaters, so little time.

Jeff DeLucenay KB9QG

On October 2nd,11th, 15th and 25th Steve WB9RKB was getting back into the hobby. He wanted a survey

of where to place his antennas in the attic. He was able to get the coax down to is station room and we

installed a 20 meter dipole. Some difficulty occurred since the instructions did not state to cut the whips

shorter as you get closer to the resonance. The internal wire from the whip causes a capacitance to

detune the antenna. We put whips from a Buddipole to tune the antenna for a 1.4 to 1 across the band

On October 16th and 18th Dave KC9YY needed help transferring files to a computer. Also, he needed

some software installed for his logging programs.

On October 19th I helped Gary KD9NIR by modifying a small fixed 12V power supply to 6V so he can

repair to PRC6 walkie talkies.

On October 19th the W9OU repeater was moved to a new location. Bradd KC9LCF, John W9VD, John

KD9QDL, Richard WB9VDK and myself were instrumental on putting the repeater on the air at the new

Site west of Altona Indiana.

On October 30th I was the net control for the Indiana Simulated Test for DeKalb County.

Roger McEntarfer N9QCL

For the month of October I finally had time to work on my intermittent rotator and found the motor starter

capacitor defective. I replaced it along with replacing the burnt out indicator light with an LED bulb. Rotator

has been working well.

Still have had no time to play with my new Icom IC-7300, a Nano VNA-SAA2N, Nano VNA-H4 and an

RTL-SDR, think these will wait till fall and winter.

Amateur Radio Testing has filled up October with one live session and a dozen virtual sessions.

I continue working with my Whitley County W5YI VE Team with virtual remote testing, helping a team out

of Texas on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I am also helping a team out of Oregon Monday through

Saturday. Averaging 11 virtual tests per week.

The next Whitley County Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) General Meeting will be held on Thursday

November 11, 2021 starting at 6:00 PM.

The meeting will be held at the Peabody Public Library, 1160 E, IN-205, Columbia City, IN 46725 Lower-

level Community Rooms A & B.

The Program for the evening will be on KC9WBR’s Portable Repeater/Tower setup, presented by Steve

Holzinger KC9WBR and Roger McEntarfer N9QCL. Continuing Nominations and Elections for 2022

WCARC Officers and WCARC Ham Of The Year will also be held.

All WCARC General Meetings are open to the Public.

Fort Wayne Hamfest and Computer Expo (Whitley County W5YI test team) Amateur Radio Live Test

Session will be held on Saturday November 13, 2021, from 9:00 till 12:00 AM in the Red Room at the

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Expo Center, 4000 Parnell Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805.

Walk-Ins are welcome but we recommend pre-registering for the live sessions at the link below prior to the

session to save time at the test session.

Note we are also holding Bi Monthly Virtual Test Sessions.

The next Virtual sessions will be October 25, November 8 & 22, 2021 at 8:00 PM.

The cost to take the test is $14.00.

To sign up for either the Live or Virtual test sessions go to: https://hamstudy.org/sessions/N9QCL

Mark Skowronski K9MQ

My local club (Lake County Amateur Radio Club) was in need of programs for future meetings. I was able

to provide them with several leads of other amateurs outside the club that would be willing to give a

presentation.

I provided some help to a local ham who wanted to sell his automatic antenna tuner on Ebay. I walked him

thru the necessary steps to list and sell his item.

I was contacted by a ham from Kentucky who is also a "Railfan". He is part of group that has ATCS

servers setup to decode railroad radio code line that controls the signals and switches. They were curious

if a railroad location in Hobart has switched to another set of frequencies. I went out to Hobart with my

laptop and SDRplay and confirmed that the new frequencies were not in use.

Tom Busch WB8WOR

I attended the Hoosier Hills Hamfest. Then, due to illness, I was confined to the house for a while. (Yes, it

was THAT one.). Once I started feeling better, I began to work on some kits I got at the fest. I built the new

ARRL FM receiver kit. It went together well, but has a trimmer for a tuning capacitor that essentially makes

it a single-frequency radio.

I also built a Morse Express T-Tone code practice oscillator. With a pure sine wave, and shaped keying, It

is very pleasant to listen to.

I have been trying to put together a digital voice hotspot. Unfortunately, manufacturers appear to be

having problems with the chip shortage. Hopefully that will be clearing up soon.

No Activity to Report

Lou Kruizinga N7BBW

PIC REPORT

DEKALB COUNTY PIO JOHN D MAAG – KD9QDL Oct 2021

Auburn Hamfest has changed dates. The date for the 4th Annual Auburn Hamfest is August 13, 2022. The Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association (NIARA) greatly appreciates the support of the DeKalb County Visitors Bureau for its 2021 K9A special event station celebrating the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Festival.

An amateur radio special event station is an activity where ham radio operators get on the air to promote activities such as historical events and not-for-profits. Our K9A station was promoted on QRZ.com which radio amateurs have world wide access and through the ARRL that is the United States’ largest amateur radio organization. The event was also promoted on the internet through our own website, w9ou.org.

The traditional way amateur radio operators confirm contacts is through the exchange of QSL cards. The DCVB supported the cost of the K9A QSL cards this year in the Grant and an example of the actual card is enclosed. Included on the K9A card were the words “In Partnership with the DeKalb County Visitors Bureau”. Additionally, we offered an event certificate with the name and call sign of the contacted radio operator. An example is enclosed. The design and printing of the K9A certificate was donated separately.

Operator participation: 2021 featured 10 operators participating. Response to QSL card and certificate requests: Since the conclusion of operations for the special event station, many QSL card and QSL card and certificate requests have been received. Based on the past, we will be receiving requests over the next several months so we will not have a final count of this response for some time. Locations contacted: 48 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico were contacted this year as well as 44 countries. Modes of operation: Our ham radio operators made contacts using Single Sideband (voice), CW (Morse code), and computer digital low power technology. Attracting out-of-town and overnight visitors to DeKalb County: Due to the nature of this event we have no way of knowing if visitors will be attracted to come to the area in a subsequent year.

2021 Participating Operators W9GOO, JOHN CHALMERS, KD9KMK, DENNIS BRINK, KD9MGZ, ROBIN MCKNIGHT, KB9QG, JEFF DELUCENAY, KD9QDL, JOHN MAAG, KC9YY, DAVE SOUTHERN, KC9IPL ROGER CORREA, WG9K, JOHN ROSTORFER, KK9EJ, EJ CAYOR K8PHP, GABE OBERLIN

Countries contacted: Argentina, Asiatic Russia, Australia, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, European Russia, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Sardinia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela. W9OU REPEATER RELOCATION Due to the possibility of the NIPSCO tower being decommissioned within the next 2 years we had to find a tower to move it to. John, W9GOO, Did some research and found a tower just west of Garrett/Altona. Several weeks ago we had an antenna installed which jeff, KB9QG purchased and they were gracious enough to let us use a 1 3/4” hardline that was used on a old microwave. On October 22, we moved our

repeater operation from NIPSCO to the Starks Tarzian tower. The repeater seems to be covering a little better area than the previous location. The only thing left to do is replace the 30 year old repeater with our new Yaesu DR-2X.

Hendricks county ARES ( HCARES ) PIO Report Jake Stellmack, KI6PKV

Completed events October

The scheduled weekly W9HCA Hendricks County ARES net was held every Tuesday night at 1930 on the 147.015 Mhz repeater.

the 444.700 repeater station in Danville is up and running.

Participated in the "halloween patrol" for the Sheriffs department.

Participated in the Tri-State SET exercise.

The Hendricks Emergency Radio Organization (HERO) now has a go fund me page to raise money for equipment to further the preparedness of Emergency services in Hendricks County. The link is on the ARES web site and Facebook page. A direct link is: https://gofund.me5662576b1

The Simplex net was held October 12 with Bill Pfaffenberger AE9R hosting on the 145.570 frequency.

Upcoming events

None scheduled.

Marshall County PIO Ruth L. Dilts, K9RLD

Public Service for Marshal County:

The Marshall County Amateur Radio Club (MCARC) participated in JOTA, Newspaper submission below.

Queen Scout = Eagle Scout!?

A Canadian Queen Scout from Ontario Canada talked to a Webelo American Boy Scout through the airwaves last weekend during the Jamboree On The Air (JOTA)/Jamboree On The Internet (JOTI) Event. They exchanged scouting information and chatted for a bit. This event is held yearly on the third weekend in October. JOTA/JOTI is the world’s largest radio airwave and radio internet event.

Lasalle Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) came together with the Marshall County Amateur Radio Club (MCARC) for this event. MCARC set up their station in Potato Creek State Park at the finish line of the mile hike during the Ironhorse Festival. The station had three separate modes of Amateur radio and eight different Federal Communication Commission (FCC) licensed operators. High frequency (HF), Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) and Single Side Band (SSB) radios provided for communication to approximately 80 to 100 scouts, siblings, and families. The purpose of the event is to make new friends via radio, have fun, learn something new and to spark interest in Amateur radio. Contacts were made throughout the continental United States even to Anchorage Alaska and two locations in Canada.

Boys and girls from the BSA can earn their Radio Merit Badge. Even though there are more requirements than just talking on the radio, it can be an education in communications, electronics, direction finding and engineering. They can also earn their Morse Code Interpreter strip and Amateur Radio Operator Strip once they obtain their radio license through the FCC.

Submitted by Ruth Dilts, K9RLD, MCARC Public Information Officer

Following the JOTA event, several MCARC member stated they needed handouts for the participants. A two-page brochure was created for the club along with new business cards. Marshall County ARES/RACES is in the process of re-organizing. Members are being accepted and recruited. Recruiting materials include a new two-page information brochure, business cards, update to the webpage (once moved to the new several) and posters. Members will meet for the first time soon and put into motion the recruiting program. A new Emergency Coordinator was assigned, Charles (Chuck) Dilts, N0CAD. Future Goals for Marshall County: Have an assigned ARRL Public Information Officer. Several “meet and greet” sessions with the communities. Finish presentation materials. Network with neighboring county’s clubs and ARES/RACES groups. Upcoming events: MCARC Winter Field Day, January 29-30, 2022. Cornerstone Church, 11525 State Road 10, Argos IN. MCARC General Class Course, January 2022, time, and dates TBD 73’s Respectfully yours, Ruth L. Dilts, K9RLD ARRL Public Information Officer MCARC Public Information Officer K9RLD@ARRL.NET

Whitley County PIO Roger McEntarfer, N9QCL I announced in the local newspapers: Columbia City Post & Mail, Churubusco News, IN Whitley County, and South Whitley The Tribune News, Local WJHS 91.5 FM (Whitley County Joint High School) radio station, Local Web based News: Columbia City Talk of the Town. HF Nets: Indiana Traffic Net and several of the local 2M and 70 CM nets around the northern Indiana area about the Whitley County Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) General Meeting on October 14, 2021, the Whitley County W5YI Amateur Radio Test Session on Saturday October 30, 2021, the Whitley County W5YI Amateur Radio Test Session at the Fort Wayne Hamfest on Saturday November 13, 2021 the Whitley County W5YI Virtual Remote Test Sessions on October 11 & 25 and November 8 & 22, 2021, and the Whitley County Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) General Meeting on November 11, 2021. The next Whitley County Amateur Radio Club (WCARC) General Meeting will be held on Thursday November 11, 2021 starting at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the Peabody Public Library, 1160 E, IN-205, Columbia City, IN 46725 Lower-level Community Rooms A & B. The Program for the evening will be on KC9WBR’s Portable Repeater/Tower setup, presented by Steve Holzinger KC9WBR and Roger McEntarfer N9QCL. Continuing Nominations and Elections for 2022 WCARC Officers and WCARC Ham Of The Year will also be held. All WCARC General Meetings are open to the Public. Fort Wayne Hamfest and Computer Expo (Whitley County W5YI test team) Amateur Radio Live Test Session will be held on Saturday November 13, 2021, from 9:00 till 12:00 AM in the Red Room at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Expo Center, 4000 Parnell Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805. Walk-Ins are welcome but we recommend pre-registering for the live sessions at the link below prior to the session to save time at the test session. Note we are also holding Bi Monthly Virtual Test Sessions. The next Virtual sessions will be October 25, November 8 & 22, 2021 at 8:00 PM. The cost to take the test is $14.00. To sign up for either the Live or Virtual test sessions go to: https://hamstudy.org/sessions/N9QCL 73 Roger McEntarfer/ N9QCL Whitley County Amateur Radio Club President Whitley County Amateur Radio Club Technical Specialist Whitley County Amateur Radio Club Public Information Officer Whitley County W5YI CVE

Hamilton County PIO Report

Amateur radio operators again demonstrated their commitment to public service during the Good Samaritan Network’s annual Thanksgiving food deliveries to the needy across Hamilton County. Directing a mobile contingent of some 30 hams from the Central Indiana Amateur Radio Association (CIARA), ARES, the Hamilton County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), and CERT, Paul Beihold, KA9SDQ and Scott Messick, W9SDM served as net control while also dispatching deliveries to groups of church and community members assisting in the area-wide effort. Over two-hundred boxes of turkeys and hams along with all the trimmings were delivered throughout Hamilton County on Saturday, Nov. 20th from the county fairgrounds in Noblesville. Because the main building is set up for COVID vaccinations by the Hamilton County Health Department, the building’s kitchen became the headquarters for driving assignments and communications. Drivers checked in with dispatch, then loaded their vehicles from waiting trucks in the lot. The Good Samaritan Network (GSN) is a collaborative/network of nonprofits in Hamilton County and serves the needs residents who are at-risk or underserved. Right – Paul and Scott kept track of holiday food deliveries and maintained communications with drivers on the 145.17 and 443.55 MHz repeaters. Hams have been an integral part of this annual event providing holiday cheer for well over a decade. In addition to Thanksgiving deliveries, a similar event will be held in December, providing not only food but toys to many families that are unable to bring smiles to their kids this year but for the generous aid of GSN, contributors and volunteers. In fact, Christmas time deliveries are far more numerous and crews work most of the day to ensure that every box and package is delivered to make sure all enjoy a Merry Christmas.

KA9SDQ assists one ham making a food delivery using an HCEM go-kit with a Yaesu FTM 300 transceiver as well as a Motorola public safety 800 MHz radio set to the Hamilton County Emergency Management channel. The next delivery event will be December 11 in preparation for Christmas and will involve many more deliveries. Any area radio amateurs willing to serve are invited to participate; the event will begin at 0800 hours at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Hamilton County. All radio amateurs interested in joining either CIARA/ARES or Hamilton County RACES or anyone

interested in obtaining an amateur radio license are welcome to attend any meeting. For more information

contact me or each group’s representative(s) by email or text message.

Keep those electrons flowing!

73,

Joe March, KJ9M ARRL Public Information Officer Hamilton County Indiana Section Telephone: 317-224-9433 kj9m@arrl.net

Indiana Welcome Net for new ham’s

The purpose of The Welcome Net Project is to help further introduce new and newly licensed individuals to our wonderful world of amateur radio. This is a two-pronged effort. First, we use a web site to provide information newly licensed hams need to feel more comfortable interacting with more experienced hams both on and off-air. Second, we promote the use of our Welcome Net protocol providing an on-air meeting platform where new hams can introduce themselves to their local amateur radio community. A Welcome Net is a gathering of amateur radio operators (AKA “hams”) designed to help new and newly licensed hams move forward in amateur radio. The Welcome Net format first asks for check ins from amateurs licensed one month or less, then for check ins from amateurs licensed one year or less, and finally by all amateurs using the traditional suffix letter groups. We ask all stations checking in to give their call sign phonically, followed by their first name and location. Our mission is to facilitate the establishment of multiple welcome nets across the country, recommending that existing club nets model their check-in procedures after our own, prioritizing new hams to make them feel welcome, making it more likely that they will stick with the hobby. Our values are based in the founding purposes of the Amateur Radio Service, which was established by Congress back in 1918 as a non-commercial radio service established for the experimentation and development of radio technology in times of peace and prosperity, while developing trained and equipped civilian volunteers ready to assist as needed in times of emergency. The book “200 Meters and Down” gives a solid background in the roots of the amateur radio service. The first Welcome Net was held May 5, 2021 on the W9WIN Linked Repeater System in south central Indiana. N9DHX, Russ, proposed the concept of a welcome net to Mike, KB9SGN who is the founder and main trustee for this repeater system, after years of observing large numbers of new hams getting on the air once or twice and then abandoning our hobby. Specifically, KD9RUE, Gordon, and his wife KD9RUD, Ellen, who were first licensed in late February, 2021 were on the verge of following this pattern. Discussions with them about a pathway forward into our hobby were joined by KC9RPX, Jimmy, and KJ9B, Ken. Russ’s goal is that any newly licensed ham should have a welcome net or at least a club net adopting our welcome net protocol available to them. This quest continues. The Welcome Net format first asks for check ins from amateurs licensed one month or less, then for check ins from amateurs licensed one year or less, and finally by all amateurs using the traditional suffix letter groups. We ask all stations checking in to give their call sign phonically, followed by their first name and location. We give each new and newly licensed ham an opportunity to tell why they chose to earn their amateur radio license and what information they need to move forward taking their next steps in this activity. It takes experienced amateur radio operators to establish a welcome net. It takes “Elmer's” to provide knowledge to new hams on a welcome net. It takes a club or group repeater to host a welcome

net. A welcome net does not have to be separate from an existing net. Our format and protocol will work on the front end of the usual A-E, F-M, N-R, S-Z call for check ins. Our format gives the newest and newer licenses the front row seats on the net letting them introduce themselves and make contact with more experienced amateurs willing to answer their questions both on and off net. Our hobby is becoming increasingly complex with more sophisticated radios, modes of operation, computers, etc. The basic training needed to pass the entry level license exam today hardly scratches the surface of the package of knowledge needed to enjoy radio operating today. The Welcome Nets are places where new amateurs can feel at home trying to figure out all they have not been taught in the licensing process. The Welcome Nets serve as a supportive place for new members of our amateur radio community and pathway into the amateur radio hobby. We are developing a web site to further our efforts at “thewelcomenet.net”. Please use the contact form on this site. We welcome your thoughts. Our goal is to see than any newly licensed amateur radio operator has access to a welcome net. If you are a leader of a club, someone who maintains a repeater, or a member of some other organization that helps organize a net, please consider incorporating our Welcome Net format in your net. We strongly believe that the availability of a Welcome Net to freshly licensed amateurs is a valuable approach to bringing new members into our amateur radio community. Wednesdays on the W9WIN Linked Repeaters at 8 pm On May 5th there were 53 check-ins for the first net. On May 12 there was 56 Check-ins. 32 of the check-ins were new to the net. The net is for anyone but geared at newly licensed hams to offer them information about repeater, help to find Elmer's, and current information about amateur radio. Thanks to Russ Ryle, N9DHX; Ken Bandy, KJ9B; Gordon Brock, KD9RUE; and Ellen Brock, KD9RUD for creating this net. I have been offering my assistance to the project and the net. For more information visit www.thewelcomenet.net Got an amateur radio related question? Ask an Elmer by sending an email to: Elmer@indyradioclub.org

2022 Indiana Hamfest Schedule August 6, 2022

Elkhart East Hamfest 21565 Executive Parkway

Elkhart, IN https://elkharteasthamfest.com/

August 13, 2022

Hendricks Co. Tailgate Avon UMC

6550 E US 36 Avon, IN

If your club is planning a 2022 hamfest, please send in your

hamfest application to ARRL soon, so it can get listed on the

ARRL website and with the ARRL Indiana.

http://www.arrl.org/hamfest-convention-application

Be sure to send me a copy of the flyer so I can post in the

ARRL Indiana Section newsletter, and Social Media sites.