August 2004 - March 2005 Site News

March 7, 2005 - Upcoming events

The Hoosier Hills Ham Club has been planning some events for 2005, and a new item on the agenda for summer 2005 is a training class for people interested in getting their Technician class Amateur Radio License, as well as providing communications at several area events.

More information will be available in the next month or so!

February 28, 2005 - Indiana QSO Party Announcement

This announcement received in the club e-mail with a request for posting on the site. -Webmaster

Please mark Saturday May 7 on your club's activity calendar, and plan
to make your county very visible in the Indiana QSO Party, 1600 Z -
0400 Z. Tis weekend coincides with the New England QSO Party and the
MARAC Coutny Hunters CW weekend, so there WILL be lots of stations
from outside Indiana looking for you. There's a bonus for working the
Indiana Radio Club Council's Buffalo Stampede station (call
tentatively W9DUU)

In addition to competing for awards, you can also collect counties for
the Worked All Indiana Award.

Both INQP and the WAI are sponsored by Hoosier DX and Contest Club.

Rules for INQP are at www.hdxcc.org

Hope to work you on May 7

Mel KJ9C (mobile, of course)

December 11, 2004 - Elections and 440 Repeater

The club's 444.05 repeater is fully functional now, with an output power of ~30 Watts PEP. The antenna was installed on the main tower at the same height as the 146.73 repeater's antenna, and so far the unit seems to have excellent coverage.

Officer elections were held at the special December meeting last week. Keith Harris, N9KH continues as president, and Brandon Wires, KB9SNP continues as treasurer. New officers are Tim Wray, KB9SNL, Vice President, and Ann Harris, K9NOT, Seceretary.

The club by-laws have been posted here on the site, and the officer photos are being updated to reflect changes as well.

October 24, 2004 - Site News

Photos of most of the club officers were added to the site. At least they'll get to adorn the site for a couple of months, anyway!

More updates are on the way, so keep checking back!

October 12, 2004 - 43rd Annual Hoosier Hills Hamfest a Success!

The Hoosier Hills Ham Club would like to thank those of you who helped make our Hamfest a success this year by turning out and having fun! The Annual Hamfest is our biggest source of income for yearly operation and upkeep of the club and its repeaters, so we truly appreciate your support this year! We would especially like to thank the Lawrence Co. Marion Township VFD for their incredible work making the chili at the chili supper Saturday night, as well as running an excellent concession stand on Sunday! We couldn't do it without you guys!

Other news...club president Keith Harris, N9KH has had complications from his recent heart attack and underwent emergency surgery this morning (10/12/04) at Bloomington Hospital. More news will be posted here on the site regarding his condition as soon as the webmaster receives it.

August 5, 2004 - Repeater Emergency Power situation

The 146.730 and 444.050 repeaters were recently placed on a full battery back-up system recently. This should prevent any further situations like the one last month where the repeater lost power during a weather net.

Special thanks goes to the technical committee for their hard work in implementing an excellent automatic backup system!

August 1, 2004 - W9QYQ North repeater (145.31) on air again

The technical committee recently got the 145.31 machine back on the air at the Bedford Fire Dept. on H street. There are still bugs to be worked out, but it is operational.

The recent tailgate party was a great success, thanks to everyone who participated and donated their time, club members and especially non-club members! Thanks for your help!