Welcome!
See below for the latest blog posts and news about our activites and events. You can also follow the links above for more information about specific aspects of the club. If you’re brand-new at all this, here’s an introduction to what the Hampden County Radio Association is all about.
Latest Blog Posts
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Upgrade in 2025! General Licensing Class Starts Soon Online
The Western Mass Train and Test Group will be having a General Class amateur radio license course beginning on February 18. Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9 PM EST on Zoom. This is a free course, but you need to purchase the ARRL General Manual for your study guide. **Email Ray Lajoie at ray.aa1se@gmail.com…
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Winter Field Day is This Weekend
Winter Field Day is happening this weekend, January 25th and 26th, 2025, and we’re excited to share some new objectives and features this year! Here’s what you need to know: Don’t forget to submit your logs—whether you’ve made 10 QSOs or 100+, every contact counts! Let’s work together to achieve our goal over 300,000 QSOs…
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ARRL 10m Contest This Weekend
This weekend is the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) 10 meter radio contest, which the HCRA enters as a club every year. The contest runs from 00:00 UTC on December 14th – 23:59 UTC December 15th (19:00 EST Friday to 18:59 EST Sunday). This is a great contest for beginning and experienced contest operators alike.…
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Going Once, Going Twice…
Got some ham radio gear you’d like to get rid of, or something you’re hoping to acquire at a good price? Come out to the next HCRA meeting Friday, November 1, for our popular annual auction. Here’s how it works: We meet at the Holyoke Medical Center Auxiliary Conference Center. The doors open at 19:00…