Category: Get on the Air
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Next Ham Licensing Class Starts October 29
Do you want to get your amateur radio license, or know someone else who does? Great! The Western Mass Train and Test Group starts its next class October 29th, and they’re holding it entirely on Zoom. While the class is aimed mostly at local hams in western Massachusetts, you can join in from anywhere. The…
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Field Day with HCRA
In just a few days, we’ll be setting up for our annual Field Day operation in School Street Park, Agawam. The HCRA station will be right behind the bandshell, north of the baseball diamond visible in the aerial image below. Setup starts at 13:00 EDT on Friday, June 21st. Field Day operation officially commences at…
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Next Ham Radio Licensing Class Starts June 18th
Do you want to get your amateur radio license, or know someone who does? The Western Massachusetts Train and Test Group is starting up another free Technician licensing session via Zoom next week. The first class is Tuesday, June 18 at 7pm EDT. For more information, see this post on the ARRL Western Massachusetts Section…
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Possible Way to get Children Interested in Ham Radio
Molly of Denali is a PBS cartoon. In one of the episodes they use Ham radio to communicate with many about a lost dog. If you have the opportunity to have your children or grandchildren watch the episode, go for it! It might get them interested in Ham radio. Regretfully the episode already showed today…