Marion County Amateur Radio Emergency Communications

The Indianapolis Repeater Association is having its Annual Meeting.

Elections for new Board Members will be held this night.

The meeting will be held at the Salvation Army EDS Training Center, 4020 Georgetown Rd, Indianapolis, IN.
THIS IS A MEETING ONLY - NO DINNER AVAILABLE

If you'd like to stop and grab a bite on your way, you are welcome to eat it here.

http://www.w9ira.org/

Our monthly club meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of the month (unless rescheduled due to holiday conflicts). The format of our meetings are:

6:30pm - Casual conversation and DX and Contest bragging!
7:00pm - Dinner
8:00pm - Formal meeting

We meet at G.T. South's in Indianapolis. Everyone interested in DX and Contesting is welcome!

[link:Hoosier DX and Contest Club]

https://www.midstatehams.org/

Sunday Night Net: Time: 7 pm Local.
Repeater : W9MID 146.835 w/151.4 PL
(Backup Repeater 443.525 w/151.4 PL)

We offer VE Testing after every meeting except after the September and December meetings.
VE Testing Information
Mid-State Amateur Radio Club offers free Volunteer Exam (VE) license testing following our monthly club meetings except in September and December.

Meetings are held on the third Saturday morning of each month except September when we have our annual picnic. See this website's homepage for meeting location. You may contact the VE Team Coordinator at vetesting@midstatehams.org to confirm meeting location if there is any doubt.

Testing sessions begin promptly at the end of our business meeting - usually between 9:00 and 9:30 am. Testing normally ends by 10:30. You may not be allowed to test you if you arrive later than 10:00 am. You are welcome to join us for our 8:00 meeting to make sure you are here at the start of testing.

You must pre-register by using this online registration form: http://midstatehams.org/ve-testing/register-for-an-exam.html

Also, advance notification of any special accommodations you need would be appreciated. If you have any questions, contact the VE Team Coordinator at vetesting@midstatehams.org

Remember to bring with you, if you are already licensed, your existing (unexpired) FCC Radio License, or any element credit paperwork (CSCE).

Hendricks County Government Center

The Indianapolis Radio Club is a general interest ham radio group that was founded in 1914 and has met continuously since that time.

The Ivy Tech radio club meetings are held concurrently with the Indianapolis Radio Club meetings

Meetings are held at Ivy Tech Community College at 7:30 PM on the second (2nd) Friday of each month except for July and August. When the IVY tech facilities are not available on line meetings are held using the ZOOM software platform

The Indianapolis Radio Club Station W9JP is co-located with the IVY Tech ARC Club Station W9IVY at the Meridian Street Campus IFC building
Dues are due January 1 $20 we have a PayPal account: w9mgb@arrl.net or 6347 Green Leaves RD, Indianapolis, IN 46220

Meetings and Announcements :
Announcements
Put this on your calendar! An ISS SSTV Event is planned for December 26 through December 31. The general theme will be lunar exploration. The event will take place at the usual frequency of 145.800 MHz and the planned mode is PD 120. Here are the times currently on the schedule: Start – Dec 26 at 18:25 UTC Stop – Dec 31 at 17:05 UTC There is no word yet if this event will also be giving out certificates for the reception of an image. -David, N9KT IRC President

December QST on page 84 has several of our VE team listed on ARRL VE Honor Roll (Top 10 in the Central Division): Tom Gwaltney N9NPC (SK) Bob Begeman W9KVK Jim Rinehart K9RU -Congratulations Jim K9RU

amazon smile and Kroger Rewards information on club details page great financial support for IRC
Jan. 2022: POTA presentation by AC9HP
Feb. 2022: Highlights from Consumer Electronics Show by Dave Arland
March 2022: USS Indianapolis Radio Room by Jason Edwardson, IWM

-David, N9KT
President, Indianapolis Radio Club

Meeting Location
Ivy Tech Community College
2535 N. Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis Indiana
Point your browser to http://www.ivytech.edu/shared/shared_hcompwg/maps/ivytech-NMC-campus13.pdf for a map.

http://www.indyradioclub.org/