New FREE Technician License Class – January 2024
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| 1 | 2 | 3General MeetingGeneral MeetingTime: 19:00 The annual HCRA Show and Tell is back once again! Enter your projects, kits or whatever and win prizes! Last year’s Show and Tell was a huge success, get started on your projects today. Holyoke Medical Center Auxiliary Conference Center 575 Beech St. Holyoke MA, 01040 | |||||||
| 4Annual HCRA Holiday PartyAnnual HCRA Holiday PartyTime: 18:00 - 21:00 Join us for a Night of Food and Fun as we celebrate HCRA’s 75th Anniversary of being an ARRL Affiliated Club with some very special guests. Steaming Tender 28 Depot St, Palmer, MA 01069 Map | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 11HCRA 10m NetHCRA 10m NetTime: 19:00 The 10m Net begins again in September and runs every Monday night at 7:00 pm. This year, we're changing things up a little. On the 4th Monday of each month, we will have a guest net control. This brings some change to how the net is run and what is done on the net. It also gives Gary, W1JZR, a well-deserved break. If you hold a Technician class license, you already have 10m SSB privileges. You can join us and participate! If you would like to volunteer as net control for the 4th Monday of the month, send an email to Ken, KD1KU, at kd1ku@arrl.net. There will be some fun and different things planned for the 4th Monday of each month! I hope to hear everyone on the net beginning on September 11th at 7 pm on 28.375 USB. 28.375 USB | 12FCARC MeetingFCARC MeetingTime: 18:00 2nd Monday of the month at 7 pm, FCARC meeting. 1 Aviation Way, Turners Falls, MA. (airport). Social Hour 6-7 pm, meeting at 7 pm. http://www.fcarc.org/ 1 Aviation Way, Turners Falls, MA. (airport) | 13 | 14 | 15MTARA Meeting,MTARA Meeting,Time: 19:00 Mount Tom Amateur Radio Association (MTARA) Meeting Castle Of Knights, 1599 Memorial Drive, Chicopee, MA, 01020 Map | 16 | 17 | |||
| 18HCRA 10m NetHCRA 10m NetTime: 19:00 The 10m Net begins again in September and runs every Monday night at 7:00 pm. This year, we're changing things up a little. On the 4th Monday of each month, we will have a guest net control. This brings some change to how the net is run and what is done on the net. It also gives Gary, W1JZR, a well-deserved break. If you hold a Technician class license, you already have 10m SSB privileges. You can join us and participate! If you would like to volunteer as net control for the 4th Monday of the month, send an email to Ken, KD1KU, at kd1ku@arrl.net. There will be some fun and different things planned for the 4th Monday of each month! I hope to hear everyone on the net beginning on September 11th at 7 pm on 28.375 USB. 28.375 USB | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22Licensing Exam SessionLicensing Exam SessionTime: 18:00 4th Friday of the month, The Western Mass VE Team (WMVET) VE sessions at the Holyoke Hospital Auxiliary Room beginning January 27th and every 4th Friday at 6pm to perform VE exams. E-mail Dave, W1FAB wa1dc@yahoo.com. Call or text 413-575-2950. Holyoke Medical Center Auxiliary Conference Center 575 Beech St. Holyoke MA, 01040 Map | 23 | 24 | |||
| 25HCRA 10m NetHCRA 10m NetTime: 19:00 The 10m Net begins again in September and runs every Monday night at 7:00 pm. This year, we're changing things up a little. On the 4th Monday of each month, we will have a guest net control. This brings some change to how the net is run and what is done on the net. It also gives Gary, W1JZR, a well-deserved break. If you hold a Technician class license, you already have 10m SSB privileges. You can join us and participate! If you would like to volunteer as net control for the 4th Monday of the month, send an email to Ken, KD1KU, at kd1ku@arrl.net. There will be some fun and different things planned for the 4th Monday of each month! I hope to hear everyone on the net beginning on September 11th at 7 pm on 28.375 USB. 28.375 USB | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31Registration Deadline for Ham Shack Clock BuildRegistration Deadline for Ham Shack Clock Build Let’s build a kit! My goal for the club this year is to build two kits. We’re going to start this fall with a clock kit by QRP Labs.
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Welcome to the website of the Hampden County Radio Association which is known as HCRA. The club has been in existence since the mid-40’s, with the first newsletter we have on file being from September 1948. (You can read this and others here: (Zero Beat September 1948)
Today’s HCRA is much like the club from years past. It is made up of a membership with many interests. Many of us are deeply involved in all kinds of HF communication from CW and SSB to the current FT8 digital mode to RTTY and many others. There are also members active in low power communications, in the microwaves, Parks on the Air (POTA), Emergency Communications, Summits on the Air (SOTA), project building and nearly any aspect of this amazing hobby we call Ham Radio. The HCRA is a diverse group with many interests and something for everyone.
Many of our club members are technical and build projects or help others with their questions and projects.
- A feature of membership being assistance for any question you may have, the club offers a specialist who can work with you at your level. See Ham Radio Help for Members under Member Perks.
- If you chase DX, using QSL cards currently cost you $7 per group of cards plus a fee for the weight of the cards. The club has put together an outgoing pooling of cards which will save you a minimum of $7 every time you send out DX cards meant using the ARRL DX QSL Bureau System.
- The club also offers members to be part of the HCRA group on ClubLog. It’s a fun way to compete with your friends and their DX chasing accomplishments. All are perks of membership.
Whether you are a new ham who just earned his or her license or an old timer who has had his or her license for over 50 years, there is something for you at the HCRA. Join the HCRA Facebook page and keep up with the daily goings on of the club and its members. Come join us at our monthly meeting and introduce yourself. We meet the first Friday of every month at the Holyoke Hospital Auxiliary Room. See details of the meeting location under “Meetings”.
I know I speak for the whole club in welcoming you to the HCRA. We look forward to meeting you. If you are not yet a ham, we can help you with that too.
73 and I hope to see you at the next meeting!
Larry Krainson, W1AST
HCRA President
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Feel free to explore our website. You can find a quick informational flyer here: HCRA Informational Flyer .