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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

***** OFFICIAL NOTICE *****
Notification of Request for Unbudgeted Expense

The WVARA Executive Board is recommending that the membership approve expentitures not to exceed $5,000 to purchase equipment and materials necessry to accomplish contact with the International Space Station for the planned ARISS event at the Terre Haute Children's Museum.

A motion to that effect will be presented at the WVARA monthly meeting on Friday, April 4, 2025.

Congratulations to Todd Emmert, W9TWE,
recipient of the 2025 Brentlinger Award!

2025 WVARA Spring Hamfest

Saturday, March 22nd, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Clay County 4-H Fairgrounds
6650 N State Road 59
Brazil, IN 47834
(39° 29' 03" N, 87° 07' 30" W)

April 2025 WVARA Meeting

Meeting

Friday, April 4, 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 Communications Platform "Discord" Presented by: Lexi DeVore, 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, April 10th, at 7:00 pm EDT.
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)

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.

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 February 2025 Treasurer's Report is available in the "Member Resources" area.
The 2025 Spring Hamfest Financial Report is available in the "Member Resources" area.

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