The Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association (NIARA)  is a not for profit organization of amateur (ham) radio operators located in the city of Auburn in Dekalb county Indiana.

Join us on the air

The W9OU repeater is owned and operated by the NIARA and can be found at frequency 147.015 with a +600Khz offset PL Tone of 141.3 is required. Join us any time on the air at this frequency or for the Tri-State two meter amateur net Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7pm , the ARES training net at 7:00pm on Wednesday, or Sunday’s at 7:00pm for the Circle of Friends Prayer net. 

Echolink is now on W9OU-R, 147.015

Echolink is also on KD9QDL-R, 444.825

W9OU UHF DMR Repeater      441.9625MHz +5MHz   Color Code1

NIARA Talk Group 313382 TS  1              Dekalb Ares  Group 3201890 TS 2      Indiana State Wide Group 3118 TS 2  Indiana Link Group 31181 TS 2    Indiana Weather Group 31183 TS 2    Crossroads Group 31189 Time Slot 2 Call Area 9 Group 31609 Time Slot 2      

KD9QDL UHF Repeater             444.825MHz +5MHZ     141.3 tone

APRS Digipeater  VHF               144.390MHz   Simplex     no PL tone

WINLINK GATEWAY VHF              145.090 MHz     Simplex     SSID   W9OU-10

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DIGITAL VOICE RADIO
2M 70CM DMR, D-STAR, FUSION (C4FM), WIRESX, P25, NXDN, M17  Click here for information. 

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Other Events

Club Meeting

Activities/Classes

Nov 7th, 2026

The next Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association meeting on November 7th will be held at the Comfort Suites in the meeting room with the meeting starting at 8:15 AM. The Comfort Suites is at 1137 W 15 th St Auburn. (East of Walmart) There is a buffet style breakfast at the Comfort Suites with a cost of $9 per person. Eggs, sausage links or patties or bacon, biscuits and gravy, toast, fruit cup, yogurt, muffins, english muffins, beagles and waffles, coffee and tea. If you like there are several restaurants such as Joanna’s, Cracker Barrel and TheTown Tavern which has breakfast menus. If you are going to have breakfast you should arrive sometime after 7:00 AM at the given breakfast place.

 Visitors are always welcome.
You can also join a group of hams any Wednesday at 10:30 AM at the Cracker
Barrell Restaurant in Auburn.

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