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IT 100 Recruitment October 14-15, 2023

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CALLING ALL RADIO AMATEURS!!!
District 3 ARES has been requested to assist with communication needs during the 2023 Indiana Trail 100-mile run (IT-100). The 2023 Indiana Trail 100 (IT100) will take place at Chain O’Lakes State Park in Albion, Indiana on October 14-15, 2023. We want to have operators throughout the whole event, even overnight! Attached you will find the map of the course, with Aid Stations marked in Green, and Critical Spots located in Red. You will also find the workers’ list with sign-up times and locations.
Due to other events coming up, Jim Moehring, KB9WWM, has asked me to assist in the planning for the event this year, so if you would like to sign up for a spot or have any questions feel free to reach out to me at k9ejs@arrl.net or (260)229-7479. Club Presidents, ARES ECs, and everyone else let’s spread the word and fill up the worker’s list this year for a fun and exciting IT-100!
This would be an excellent time to get your camping spot reserved for that weekend, at the time of this e-mail only 150 out of 439 sites were left for that weekend. Reservations can be made through this link: https://indianastateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/chain-o-lakes-state-park/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=IN&parkId=570034
*If you would like to be removed from the IT100 mailing list I have, please let me know as well!*
73

Edward Scott, K9EJS

Whitley County Amateur Radio Club President

Whitley County ARES Emergency Coordinator

k9ejs@arrl.net

(260)229-7479

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Indiana Statewide Communications day October 4, 2023

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Photographs from the 2023 Auburn Indiana Hamfest July 30, 2023

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Auburn Indiana Hamfest Saturday July 30, 2023
 
Congratulations to the committee, crew and vendors for a hugely successful 2023 Auburn Hamfest.  Talk in operators began offering guidance at 7 a.m. Saturday and cheerfully welcomed numerous visitors to Auburn and the beautiful ACD Museum.  Numerous visitors brought their entire families to enjoy the hamfest and the magnificent classic cars on display in the museum.

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2023 K9A Special Event Station August 26 – September 9

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Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association (W9OU) is proud to participate in the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival by having a special event station, K9A,  to inform the amateur community about Classics and Art in the Automobile Industry from its early years

The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate and promote automobile heritage.

Special Event Station K9A

68th Annual Auburn, Cord, Dusenberg Festival
August 26, 2022 0000z to September 8, 2022 0000z

Operating Schedule

September 2, 2023 and September 3, 2023 9am to 7pm EST

K9A will operate on the following bands and frequencies

  • 40 Meters: 7.180 Mhz
  • 20 Meters: 14.250 Mhz
  • 10 Meters: 28.350 MHZ

        +/- 5KHz depending on band conditions

QSL Information:  

There will be no Log Book of the World or eQSL.

For a QSL card only,

Please send your card and a SASE.
For a Certificate and QSL Card,
Please send your card and  $4.00 USA  –  $5.00 International    
We will furnish certificate, QSL card, envelope, and postage.

The mailing address for this special event station is:
K9A
C/O Northeastern Indiana ARA
P. O. Box 145
Auburn, IN    46706-0145

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!

Come celebrate the automobile legacy of the
Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Automobile Companies
Where the automobile and art Converge.
Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Assocation (W9OU)
Founded in 1939.

NIARA  Members: if you are planning to operate please click here to communicate your operating plans. 

2021 K9A Certificate
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QSL Card
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2023 ARRL Field Day Photo’s June 24 & 25

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June 24-25, 2023

W9OU Field Day was kicked off at 1800 UTC on Saturday. Set up started at 9:00 am, and we started right on time. The field day was at 910 Indiana Avenue in Auburn at the First Christian Church. There were three stations in operation. Thirty-one people attended field day this year, of which seven were guests. The location was visible to the public from the walking/biking trail, signage on the road, and the First Christian Church parking lot. The potluck was successful, with pulled pork and chicken accompanied by salads, deviled eggs, homemade pies, and bread. Overnight, 73 CW contacts were made by the night owls, including Hawaii. Night owls made more connections by phone, filling in the map and pushing the contacts toward 70.  

Sunday morning communication was delayed due to rain. So, the morning crew took down two antennas and unhooked the third in case of lighting. With the storm past, we started operation with only one HF radio. During the rain break, there was a great breakfast with coffee, donuts, and orange juice. With the storm behind us, steady contacts were reached by noon. At noon, we had a small lunch of pork burgers and chips. Communications slowed down, and by 1800 UTC, we concluded Field Day 2023. The field day ended with 89, phone contacts, 233 DV contacts and 73 CW contacts for a total of 4750 points. Thank you to everyone who attended, talking and getting to know members while gaining experience on the air. Thanks to all that were present and a special thanks to Ondreya for coordinating Field Day. She did an excellent job.

Click on photo’s to enlarge.

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Jeff KB9QG’s Antenna Analyzer class on June 16, 2023 at 1st Christian Church in Auburn

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On Friday June 16 th at 6:30 PM Jeff, KB9QG held a class on tuner and antenna analyzer atthe 1st Christian Church (910 N. Indiana Ave, Auburn In). This was a hands on event to learnhow to use tuners and antenna analyzer in preparation for Field Day. Jeff showed how to use the antenna analyzer and William, AE9EC got to try his hand at it. He also showed how touse the tuner to match the radio to the antenna. Want to thank Jeff for putting this on and Dave, KC9YY, William AE9EC and JD KD9QDL for attending.

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NIARA at Peabody Library Columbia City

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Just a short recount on the June 10th event. We had eight association members help out at the event (KC9YY, KB9QG, KD9QDL, KD9MGZ, KD9WAS, KD9WBN, KD9ROJ and KD9WCX). Things went quite well in my opinion. 

We set up an off center fed antenna and a VHF antenna. The QRN on HF was very heavy but also our HF antenna was very close to a high power line which I am sure did not help. I made a contact with W1AW/5. Our VHF antenna and radio work really great, we were a 59 from Columbia City site to our repeater, no problems. The library reported that they counted over 300 people at this event. I would say we had between 175-200 people stop and chat with us about amateur radio. There was a large amount of youngsters that showed interest, along with their parents. Maybe someday Amateur radio will be part of their life, certainly hope so. We were also visited by other area Hams, a couple of people I,talked to let their license expire but indicated starting again. 

I feel this was a super use our trailer and in the future more association members should volunteer and enjoy the camaraderie. The weather was almost perfect for this event and I enjoyed the food trucks.
Dave, KC9YY

TRUCKS ALL TOGETHER NOW

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NIARA at St. Joseph School in Garrett Indiana

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The Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Club was at St Joseph School in Garrett
Indiana to demostrate the amateur radio hobby to the 4th and 5th grade students
using the W9OU trailer. Jeff DeLucenay, KB9QG, gave a short talk with the
students about radio transceiver works and how a personvoice is changed to
radiate form the antenna to other radio receivers.

Two radios were setup in the trailer. The ICOM 7300 for the HF bands and the
FTM 400 for the VHF band. The students were shown how the computer can
decode the morse code signals from the ICOM 7300. They were able to talk with
Dan, KD8YNG, who was at Rhome City Indiana via the W9OU repeater, The
students were talking with Dan for about 10 minutes and showed a lot of enthusiasm toward the hobby. A total of 21 students were at the trailer site.

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