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.

2013 Officers

President: John Farmer N9CQ
Vice President: Dennis Gilbey K9JZZ
Secretary: Ron Burke KB9DJA
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: March 11, 2013

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by President John Farmer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 19 members and 3 visitors in attendance.

Meeting notes: February 11, 2013

The meeting was called to order at 7:05pm by President John Farmer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 17 members and 5 visitors in attendance.

Secretary’s Report :
• Minutes of the January report was read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report :
• Wayne Fox presented the report. The expenses were the club bought a Dell computer projector for the Ham classes, the club’s annual insurance premium was paid.

Trustee’s Report :
• Harold Davis said that the heaters are working on the cans and some of the heat is flowing upwards to the rest of the repeater.

ARES Report :

Meeting notes: January 14, 2013

The meeting was called to order at 7:03pm by Vice-President Dennis Gilbey followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 17 members and 4 visitors in attendance.

Secretary’s Report :
• Minutes of November’s report and the Christmas dinner was read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report :
• Wayne Fox presented the report. The expenses from the Christmas dinner were $158.16 for Pizza, $18.75 for drinks, and $30.50 for salad. Other expenses were $67.36 for three Gordon West books. Sold two, have one left.

Trustee’s Report :
• Harold Davis commented that the repeater is winterized.

Meeting notes: December 10, 2012

The annual HCARS Christmas dinner and election of officers for the year 2013 was held at the Hendricks County Government Building in Danville, IN. Pizza, salad, drinks, and snacks were provided by the club. 16 members and some spouses, families were in attendance.

The dinner started at 6pm with the meeting at 7:05pm. Cub President John Farmer called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance.

The 2013 HCARS election of officers are :
President : John Farmer N9CQ
Vice-President : Dennis Gilbey K9JZZ
Treasurer : Wayne Fox KE9P
Secretary : Ron Burke KB9DJA

Meeting notes: November 12, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 7:04pm held at the Gordon Graham airport by President John Farmer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 16 members and 2 visitors in attendance.

Secretary’s Report :
• Minutes of October’s report was read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report :
• Wayne Fox presented the report. There was no expenses for the month to report. Paid up members 2012-2013 can attend this year’s Christmas dinner, which is being held at the govt. building in Danville, at 6pm. Date is December 10.

Trustee’s Report :

Meeting notes: October 8, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Vice Club President Dennis Gilbey followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 14 members and 4 visitors in attendance.

Meeting notes: September 10, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Vice Club President Dennis Gilbey followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 16 members and 3 visitors in attendance.

Meeting notes: August 13, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Club President John Farmer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 17 members and 5 visitors in attendance.

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