HCARS is a family of amateur radio operators dedicated to helping others. This is especially true during natural disasters or other emergencies. Many of our members are affiliated with ARES, RACES, and SATERN. The club owns and maintains the 147.015 repeater located near Belleville, Indiana. The club call sign is N9HC. HCARS is a member of the Indiana Radio Club Council, Inc.

2010 Officers

President: John Farmer - N9CQ
Vice President: Dennis Gilbey - K9JZZ
Secretary: Travis Vetters - W8QHV
Treasurer: Wayne Fox - N9XBO
Repeater Trustee: Harold Davis - K9PZ

HCARS Regular Meetings

Regular meetings of the Hendricks County Amateur Radio Society are held the second Monday of the month at 7:00pm at the Hendricks County Government Center in Danville.

Everyone is welcome!

Meeting Notes: August 9, 2010

The fundraiser was a success. Hendricks County Tourism would be happy to have us again next year, if the event is still in existence.

The repeater is doing good. Last month, the grass around it was cut.

John N9CQ talked about the 2010 Hilltop event. The details are as follows: 2m FM & SSB; 6m FM & SSB; & 80m SSB. Date & time: Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. I forget the exact site, but it's at a Boy Scout den master's house (near an old AT&T tower).

The bicycle race coming up was discussed.

Weekly net script

CQ NET…CQ NET…CQ NET

This is the Hendricks County ARES/RACES Net. This net is held every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on the 147.015 repeater located in Bellville, Indiana. The net control operator for this evening is [insert your call sign and first name]. For the purpose of this net, we will use the Hendricks County Amateur Radio Society call sign N9HC. This is a directed net with primary function of providing a pool of trained radio operators in the event of an emergency, or in the need of public service communications, with the focus on practicing the skills of net discipline, traffic handling, standard net procedures and net control operations.

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