June 7, 2022 – Jeff KB9QG and JD KD9QDL installed some of the doors JD made at home. We also cut and temporary setup and fitted the bench and installed stripping to hold bench to wall.
The Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association received a grant for almost $30,000 from Amateur Radio Digital Communications in San Diego. The grant was to outfit a mobile trailer with multiple forms of amateur radio communication abilities. The trailer will be taken to events and gatherings to demonstrate the capabilities of Amateur Radio.
The trailer was picked up on May 5th, 2022, but it was too wet to move it to the location for the work to begin. The trailer finally made it to Dave’s KC9YY third garage today May 10th, 2022.
Pictured is the new trailer being placed in the garage and Dave KC9YY, Jeff KB9QG and JD, KD9QDL.
The Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association received two grants to help purchase equipment for the group.
The ARRL Foundation awarded the NIARA a grant of just under $3000 in support of a Go Box project. A Go Box is a complete amateur radio station in a box. A Go Box is useful in an emergency communications situation and portable for remote communications. The other award was from the Amateur Radio Digital Communications headquarted in San Diego. The NIARA was given a grant of just under $30,000 in support of a project to buy a trailer and outfit it with most all forms of analog and digital communications. This would include a mobile analog/digital repeater, Arden Meesh, and computers with software such as FLDIGI, FLARQ, FLAMP, FLMSG, FLWRAP, N3FJP, WSJT, and Winlink. The trailer will be taken to gatherings to demonstrate amateur radio and its capabilities.
Thank you John KD9QDL for your work in securing these grants!
Jeff, KB9QG held a Technical training session on June 12, 2021 at First Christian Church in Auburn. The subject was: Using an antenna analyzer and using an antenna tuner to reduce reflected power (SWR).
The Northeastern Indiana Amateur Radio Association thanks Jeff for a very good educational presentation.
June 12, 2021 Technical Session – Antenna Analyzer’s