The Whitley County ARC is a general interest amateur radio club based in Whitley County, Indiana with the county seat being Columbia City, Indiana.  The WCARC is an ARRL affiliated Special Service Club (SSC) that was founded in 1990, charted in 1992 and incorporated in 1995. We support our WCARES, WCERC, WCRACES, WCSKYWARN and WCW5YI VE Test groups with repeaters, equipment, manpower and technical knowledge when needed. Further information will be added here soon. Until then, here is some information about us:  

WCARC general meetings that are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month are open to the public and generally consist of a business portion, snack break followed by a education/technical presentation. Please feel free to stop by and visit with us when you are in the area. 

Club Address: Whitley County ARC Inc. PO Box 652 Columbia City, IN. 46725

Club Website: http://www.wcarc.org

Club Email: wc9ar@arrl.net

Club Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WCARG/

Club Yahoo Group Site Message Post: WCARG@yahoogroups.com

Club QRZ Webpage: http://www.qrz.com/db/WC9AR/1252520162

Club ARRL Information Webpage: http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/whitley-county-arc-inc/

Club Winlink Email: wc9ar@winlink.org

Club Home Packet BBS: 145.530 @1200bps & 430.550 @9600bps  wc9ar@ka9lcf.#nein.in.usa.noam

Club Repeaters: 145.270(-) WC9AR/R PL131.8  &  444.550(+) PL131.8 WC9AR/R

Club Packet Mailbox: 145.530(S) WC9AR-1 @ 1200bps

Club Packet Gateway: 145.530(S) WC9AR-3 Port 1 @ 1200bps & 430.550 Port 2 @ 9600bps

Club Packet K-Net Network Node: 145.530(S) WC9AR-4 (INWTLY) @ 1200bps

Club APRS Digipeater: 144.390(S) WC9AR-5 @ 1200bps

Club Packet KA-Node: 145.530(S) WC9AR-7 @ 1200bps

Club Packet Digipeater: 145.530(S) WC9AR-8 @ 1200bps

Nets:
Columbia City EWS Siren Test Net: 1st & 3rd Monday at 12PM on 145.270(-) PL131.8
NE Indiana Packet Net: Sundays at 9PM on 145.530(S) 1200 Baud
Whitley Co. ARC Net: Sundays at 8PM on 444.550(+) PL131.8
Whitley Co. ARES Net: Wednesdays at 8PM on 145.270(-) PL131.8
Whitley Co. RACES Net: As needed on 145.270(-) PL131.8
Whitley Co. Monthly Simplex Net: 3rd Wednesday after WCARES Net on 146.550(S)
Whitley Co. SKYWARN Net: As needed on 145.270(-) PL131.8

Meetings:
Whitley Co. ARC General Meetings: 2nd Thursday monthly at 7PM at the Peabody Public Library in the lower level in the Auditorium at 1160 E SR 205 in Columbia City, Indiana. The general meetings are open to the public. 

Whitley Co. ARC Board Meetings: 4th Thursday monthly with the exception of November and December which will be the 3rd Thursday at 7PM, because of the holidays. Board meetings will be held at the Peabody Public Library in the lower level in the Auditorium at 1160 E SR 205 in Columbia City, Indiana. The board meetings are open to members only.  
  
Whitley Co. ARES Meetings: First Saturday in February,April,June,August,October and December at 11:30AM. WCARES meetings will be held at the Peabody Public Library at 1160 E SR 205 in Columbia City, Indiana.

Whitley County ERC Meetings: More information to be announced.

Whitley Co. RACES Meeting: 2nd Monday at 7PM at the Whitley County EOC 101 W. Market St. in the lower level in Columbia City, Indiana.

Whitley County SKYWARN Meetings: Basic NWS Spotter Training at Huntington,IN. March 10th at 7pm at Crestview Middle School 1151 W 500 N Huntington,IN. Training locations alternate between Huntington and Whitley Counties each year. 

Whitley Co. W5YI VE Group Test Sessions: Last Saturday in January, April, July and October at 9AM. The sessions will be held at the Eagles Lodge 306 W. Van Buren St. in Columbia City, Indiana.