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Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association
A 501(c)(3) Corporation
W9UUU Club Station	PO Box 10081 Terre Haute, IN 47801-0081	K9IKQ/R Repeater

Welcome to the WVARA Home Page

The Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association has been serving the amateur radio community in
Terre Haute and the surrounding area since 1927.

This website provides resources for both the club membership and for all Wabash Valley amateur radio operators.

Announcements

The WVARA, in partnership with the Terre Haute Childrens' Museum, the Vigo County School Corporation, and Joink, Inc., will be contacting the International Space Station (ISS) via amateur radio sometime during the 2nd half of 2025.

Stay tuned for further information.

Brentlinger Award Nominations

Brentlinger Award Nominations Due February 7, 2025

The Brentlinger Award recognizes those amateur rado operators who have made a significant contribution to the amateur radio community in the Wabash Valley -- either for a single noteworthy acheivement or for a pattern of service over a period of years. Nominations should include a justification as to why the nominee is desreving of the award.

Any Wabash Valley amateur radio operator may be nominated regardless of WVARA membership. The person making the nomination does not have be a WVARA member.

Unless submitted by e-mail, nomininations should be in a sealed envelope with "Brentlinger Nomination" written on the outside of the envelope.

Nominations must be received by the WVARA President no later than the February monthly meeting.

Nominations may be:

Delivered by hand
E-mailed to: president@w9uuu.org
Mailed to the club adddress (WVARA -- PO Box 10081 -- Terre Haute, IN 47801-0081)
Mailed to the President's home address (Kevin Berlen, K9HX -- 308 West 4th Street -- Clay City, IN 47841)

February 2025 WVARA Meeting

Meeting

Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7:00pm EDT

Location:	Salvation Army 234 S 8th St Terre Haute, IN (Map & Driving Directions) This will be a hybrid meeting -- both in-person & via Zoom. The Zoom meeting ID is: 936 2913 3993 If you do not have the Zoom app, you can join the meeting using the following link: https://zoom.us/j/93629133993

Program:	"Using the Discord Platform", by Lexi, KD9VZI

WVARA Executive Board Meeting

The WVARA Executive Board meets once per month. The meetings are either at the Salvation Army, 234 S 8th St, Terre Haute, IN, or online via Zoom.

Normally, meetings are held on the Thursday following the monthly WVARA meeting at 7:00 p.pm EST/EDT. Any WVARA member is welcome to attend Board meetings.

The next meeting will be on Thursday, January 16th, at 7:00 pm EST.
This meeting will be via Zoom only. There will be no in-person meeting.

The Zoom meeting ID is: 990 4209 3471. (https://zoom.us/j/99042093471)

Amateur Extra Class
Registration Open

NOTE: The class will be held online using Zoom. Class size is limited to 10 students.

WVARA HF Net

HF Net

The WVARA holds a weekly net every Saturday evening on 3.682 MHz (+/-10kHz) LSB at 9:00 pm Indiana time (8pm Illinois time). This is an informal net with the purpose of encouraging WVARA members to get on the air and just ragchew. All Extra-class amateurs are welcome, whether WVARA members or not. Amateurs holding other classes of licenses are encouraged to listen in as an incentive to upgrade.

Help Wanted -- Assistant IT Manager
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The December 2024 Treasurer's Report is available in the "Member Resources" area.

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