W8YEK
About Us

The Tri County amateur radio club was founded in 1977 by a half dozen hams in the Delphos area. Its membership received a real baptism under fire providing round-the-clock communications for more than four days when a major killer blizzard struck our portion of western Ohio in January of 1978. Our repeater, now call signed in honor of one of our original founders and our first club president Eugene Kundert W8YEK, now a silent key, took the air from temporary quarters in 1976.

Now located at the transmitter building of WDOH Radio, at the southwest edge of Delphos, this repeater on 147.120, utilizes an antenna located on the radio stations' tower at 230 feet, providing excellent coverage to a large portion of western Ohio.

Members of the Tri County amateur radio club regularly volunteer to serve as communications personnel at community events in the Delphos area. We also actively participate in the annual Ham Radio Field Day contest and regularly finish quite high in the state of Ohio rankings. Many club members enjoy in DX-chasing and often use our repeater to share exciting DX spots from the amateur low bands.

Also the Tri County amateur radio club really shines when severe weather threatens our area. Many of our club members have been professionally trained to serve as spotters for tornados or other severe weather and provide integral assistance to local police and fire personnel in storm tracking at a moment's notice.