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. 

 

Click here for repeater information. 

Digital Corner

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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

2026 Hamfest, July 18th

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Calendar Events.

Club Meeting

Activities/Classes

March 7th, 2026

The Northeastern Indiana Radio Association breakfast meetings are on the first Saturday of each month at Lalos restaurant located at 104 North Peters Street in Garrett. Attendees can start arriving at 7:00 AM. With the
business meeting starting at 8:15 AM. 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.

TECH CLASSES

Technician Class April 2026
Location: The Town House Retirement Community
2209 St. Joe Center Rd
Fort Wayne, Indiana
In the Theater room. Parking – Using Campus CT road to parking lot on the
West side of the Town House.
Enter the building using the West Entrance 2.

Class schedule:

Instructor Jeff, KB9QG
April 7 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM  Ham Radio, Call Signs,
Control, Mind the Rules
April 9 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tech Frequencies,
Going Solo, Repeaters
April 14 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Emergencies, Weak signals,
Talk to Outer Space, Going
Digital Multimode,
Interference
April 21 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Electrons-go with the flow
April 23 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM M. Ohm, Picture This
April 28 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Antennas, Feed me coax,
Safety First
April 30 Review and Questions
Testing Date: May 2 1:30 to 3:30 PM
Book used: Gordon West Technician Class 2022-2026 $30 + tax
from Amazon, R&L Electronics, GigaParts or Ham Radio Outlet
No cost for the class. W5YI cost for testing is $14.00.
If you pass the test the FCC cost is $35.00.
Instructor: Jeff DeLucenay KB9QG phone : 260-413-5982
Email: jdeluce@frontier.com

News and Information

Indiana Amateur Radio License Plate

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles says that the new design Indiana
Amateur Radio License Plate will be available for order starting
February 12. You will have to go to a BMV branch with a copy of your
FCC-issued amateur radio license in order to apply. There’s more
information about getting the new plate here:
https://inarrl.org/news/indiana-amateur-radio-license-plate

 W9OU Discord Server
I am happy to announce that our club now has it’s own Discord server. If you are unfamiliar with Discord, it is an app that we can use to text chat, stream video, voice chat and private message with each other. We have separate channels to chat in for different subjects in ham radio. Channels for general chat, uploading your pictures and videos for everyone see. We also have channels for POTA, ARES, morse code, ham radio items for sale and one to sell ham radio items you have made, plus a few more. Discord is completely free and can be used on your desktop and mobile devices after you have created your account. I am including a link to a YouTube video that can guide you through using Discord if needed.
Please make your Display name your preferred name followed by your call sign. Like this: Roy KC9APS   If your Display name is not in this format, we can fix it. No need to make another account or start over.
Your username can be whatever you like for your account.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGczdpowARw
Link below is an invitation to our server.
https://discord.gg/XdZnJXymFd
If you have any issues or questions, you may reply with them or email me at kc9aps@gmail.com
We are also looking for moderators that have experience with Discord.
 Roy E Watson
KC9APS

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