The Hoosier Hills Ham Club Inc. is an amateur radio club serving the greater Lawrence County Indiana area since June of 1955. Our club callsign is W9QYQ with an additional vanity club callsign W9GUS. If you will be traveling through the scenic Hoosier Hills of Lawrence County please make time to visit on air and see the sights.

We offer ham radio operating events, contesting opportunities, informational/educational meetings and lots of great fun!

We sponsor the annual Hoosier Hills Hamfest each fall, one of the biggest hamfests in Indiana. See www.hoosierhillshamfest.com for more information on the hamfest.

Operating Event: Winter Field Day (1/24/2026, 11AM):
Members will be operating for the annual Winter Field Day event, trying to contact as many other stations as possible, at the clubhouse. Radios start at 1600UTC (11A Eastern)

Annual Club Banquet Dinner (Thursday 2/5/2026, 6PM, Smokin’ Jim’s BBQ in Bedford):
Join us for a meal (must purchase your own) where we celebrate the members and various club activities of 2025 over dinner!

You MUST be a properly FCC licensed Amateur Radio Operator to utilize our repeaters (GMRS licenses do not cover amateur radio repeaters.)

146.73- MHz PL 107.2 (Wide area coverage)
145.31- MHz PL 107.2 (Local coverage)
444.05+ MHz (D-Star) REFSIN  A  (Radio program “YourCall”  REFSINAL, part of Southern Indiana Network, http://xlx.w9winxlx.us/)
224.900- MHz PL 107.2 (Under construction, coming soon!)

Club Net Sundays, 9:00PM ET on the 146.73 repeater
Talk Time Gathering, Mondays 8:30 PM ET on the 146.73 repeater

Meetings

We typically meet the 1st Tuesday of every month, at 7PM, at the HHHC Club House, 1508 Rariden Hill, Mitchell, Indiana 47446.

Be sure to check the Club Announcements section above for any changes of location ahead of a monthly meeting.

Monthly 2m Foxhunt (Transmitter Hunt)

HHHC hosts a monthly, vehicle-based Foxhunt on 2 meters (146.565) the 3rd Saturday of each month at 3pm. Start point is the Calvary Lutheran Church parking lot, 3705 Austin Drive, Bedford, Indiana. We go by some simple rules to determine a winner, the rules are available here:
HHHC Foxhunt Rules

Email president@w9qyq.org for more information

Other Club Information/Links

Membership Application (PDF)
Hoosier Hills Ham Club Constitution
Hoosier Hills Ham Club By-Laws