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Month: February 2014

  • Donations wanted for the HCRA table at the MTARA Hamfest!

    HCRA will have a club table at this Saturday’s MTARA Hamfest in Chicopee, MA

    If you have an item or two you would like to donate please contact Jim/KK1W to make arrangements. Just like our old auction there are a few simple rules.

    1. These are ‘donations’ – if you want to sell stuff you should get your own table 🙂
    2. Please put your callsign on the items (tape, label) so we can return them to you if they don’t sell (no, we are not a disposal company)

    At the close of the hamfest we will return any unsold items to you. Thanks as always for your support of HCRA and we hope to see you at the MTARA Hamfest

    Don’t forget to stop by and say “hello” while you’re browsing the aisles!

    See you Saturday,

    Jim/KK1W

  • Still looking for help at the MTARA hamfest this Saturday, March 1st

    This request went out in the February issue of Zero Beat. To date I’ve only had one person ask, and he hasn’t been able to confirm his schedule. Time is getting short and the offer still holds. First person to commit to helping out this coming Saturday gets in free. It would really be nice if a few of our members stepped up and offered to help out. It’s a good time, you’ll get time to walk the aisle and maybe even sell the winning FT-857 raffle ticket!

    Yes, that’s correct, this Saturday will also be your last chance to buy a ticket. There’s still some left, hope to see you there!

    Jim/KK1W

     

    Visit the HCRA table at the MTARA Hamfest on March 1st
    The FT-857 drawing will be held at noon!

    Once again we will have a table at this fun event. While you’re browsing the aisles for that ‘have to have’ item please stop by the HCRA table and say hello. While you’re there you can pick up a raffle ticket for a Yaesu FT-857 transceiver. There are only 250 tickets being sold AND the drawing will be held at noon the day of the hamfest. You could leave a real WINNER – how cool is that?

    Volunteer(s) are needed to staff our table at the hamfest. If you would like to help out contact me directly and I’ll get you scheduled. I have one free entry to the hamfest going to the first person to volunteer!

  • Show and Tell Meeting March 7th, 2014

    HCRA’s Show & Tell Meeting is less than TWO weeks away!  What are you bringing to Show and Tell?

    At HCRA’s annual show and tell meeting, members bring in projects they have either completed or have made progress on over the last year and give a short presentation to the membership. This is a great opportunity to show others what you’ve been up to and for fellow club members to get ideas on projects they might want to try. Past projects have ranged from the simple to the complex and from very small to very large and everywhere in between. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to share and we look forward to seeing what you’re up to! If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

    73,Matt W1MSW

  • Zero Beat Deadline

    Deadline for Zero Beat’s March 2014 edition coming up!

    Please get articles, pictures to me by Wednesday, Feb. 26th or so!
    Thanks
    Frandy
    n1fj@arrl.net