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Win an Elecraft KX3! – HCRA Raffle
HCRA’s raffle this year is going to be for a Elecraft KX3! (Raffle for radio only! Antenna, angle adapter, microphone and keyer not included) For a mere $10 donation to the HCRA, you get a chance to win an assembled KX3 by Elecraft valued at around $1000. This is an very popular and excellent HF…
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Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW Named as ARRL Contest Manager.
HCRA’s own Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW will be the Contest Manager for the ARRL starting on July 3rd. Good luck to you Matt and hopefully all goes well From the ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/news/matt-wilhelm-w1msw-named-as-arrl-contest-branch-manager Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW, of Williamsburg, Massachusetts, will be the new ARRL Contest Branch Manager. He will start work at ARRL Headquarters on July 3.…
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Propagation Forecast Bulletin 24 ARLP024 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 13, 2014
To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP024 ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA Last week’s bulletin opened with your author (me) moaning about a decline in solar activity, but this was short lived. The current week saw average daily sunspot numbers more than double, rising from 60.1 to 144.3, and average daily solar flux rise from…
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FCC Decides Not to Adopt New Rules Affecting 902-928 MHz Band
ARRL Bulletin 13 ARLB013 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 12, 2014 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB013 ARLB013 FCC Decides Not to Adopt New Rules Affecting 902-928 MHz Band The FCC has terminated a longstanding proceeding involving the 902-928 MHz (33 centimeter) band. In 2006, the FCC, in WT Docket 06-49, proposed…
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Baofeng is Now Pofung
Just a heads up to all that the most popular Chinese HT company has changed its name from Baofeng to Pofung to please Western Markets. From Baofeng Pofung: http://www.baofengradio.com/en/shownews.asp?id=28 We are pleased to announce today that we’re rebranding our products as ‘Pofung’? for international markets. Thanks to our valued customers from all over the world,…
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60th Anniversary of HCRA Field Day Inferno
This year’s Field Day will mark the 60th anniversary of HCRA’s Field Day that didn’t happen. In 2010, Jim/KK1W asked Jack/W1WEF, an HCRA member in 1954, to give an account of the event. Jack gives a wonderful narrative on ham radio in Hampden County at that time, as well as what happened that day. The…
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Massachusetts to Host USA ARDF Championships June 5-8
The USA ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding) Championships return to the Northeast this year. ARRL ARDF Coordinator Joe Moell, K0OV, said on-foot foxhunting fans of all skill levels will gather near Boston in early June for 4 days of intense competition. Registration to participate in the event has been extended to June 1. Activities begin…
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Meeting Highlights – 5/2/14
Attended the meeting last night? Want to learn more about SDR (RTL) and JT65? Here are the links that were mentioned last night SDR OsmocomSDR One of the first websites that expermiated with the RTL-SDR, A lot of valuable information is located on this website. A suggest read to purchase the correct unit RTL-SDR Dongle…
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HCRA Foxhunt – June 1st
Now that things are warming up in Hampden County, I think it’s time to have ourselves a Foxhunt. So dust off your direction finding equipment and make sure it works. With thanks to Larry, W1AST (ex WB1DBY), We had a decent turnout for our last foxhunt that took place in the fall of 2013. Jeff,…
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World Amateur Radio Day 2014
Quoted from the ARRL Website. ““Amateur Radio: Your Gateway to Wireless Communication” is the theme for World Amateur Radio Day 2014, Friday, April 18. Radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day each year on April 18 to recognize the anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in Paris in 1925. ARRL…