Hampden County Radio Association

Category: Meetings

  • HCRA Contest University – Slides And Links

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    Thanks to all who attended HCRA Contest University. Hopefully it was beneficial. Here are the slides (in PDF format) and notable links. HCRA – Introduction To Contesting Presentation HCRA – Small station Bang For The Buck Presentation VOAcap Online – Propagation Prediction Website/Software Contest Calendar – Upcoming Contest Schedule 3830 Scores – Study your colleagues CQcontest.net –…

  • “Make a cheap ham HAPPY” night at HCRA!

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    Returning Friday, September 9, is HCRA’s Swap & Sell Table. A sight guaranteed to brings smiles of joy to any frugal hams’s face. Take a look at the photos, it gives you an idea of just some of this month’s offerings. That’s correct, you see a 1.3G frequency counter, project boxes, transformers, and more. There’s…

  • Good stuff cheap – Swap & Sell September 9th

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    Swap and Sell will be returning to HCRA meetings for the remainder of 2016. Since the program started this past January lots of good stuff has changed hands, people have gone home with either cash in their pocket or a new trinket to play around with in the shack and HCRA added a few dollars to the…

  • Yes, Swap & Sell will be at Show & Tell!

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      Here’s a chance to make money on your project. After you win one of the prizes put your hand crafted watchamcallit’ on the swap table and go home with to cash along with your prize 🙂 Or maybe find something on the table for your next creation? Once again the Swap & Sell table…

  • Meeting Topic Changed For Feb 5th’s Meeting

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    Due to a sudden work schedule change, John Kalotai will not be able to be our guest speaker this Friday. However the meeting is still taking place. Frandy Johnson (N1FJ) and Jim Mullen (KK1W) will be doing a presentation on their recent National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) adventures. We will also be discussing some…

  • Show and Tell – April 2016

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    HCRA’S SHOW AND TELL 2016 – Friday April 1st, 2016 – THIS IS NOT A JOKE! The Hampden county radio association will be holding its annual show and tell on Friday, April 1st, 2016. This is where HCRA members can show off their amateur radio related projects. If you’ve been working on something over the…

  • Notes From Last Nights Meeting (DMR W/ Steve WA1ZEV)

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    Digital Mobile Radio Presentation (Presenter:  Steve Shore WA1-ZEV, October 2, 2015 Hamden County Radio Association) **  Reference Material **   DMR Orientation: http://dmr-marc.net/media/Intro-DMR-2103.ppt http://dmr-marc.net/media/Amateur_Radio_Guide_to_DMR_Rev_I_20150510.pdf Network Providers: DMR-MARC (Motorola Amateur Radio Club) CT-ARES DMR Network (State of Connecticut State Police Amateur Radio Club) DCI (Digital Communications Interconnect) Popular Web Sites: http://www.dmr-marc.net/ (DMR-MARC) http://w1sp.org/ (W1SP- State of…

  • Next Meeting is Friday, September 4th 2015

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    Welcome to a new season of HCRA Larry (W1AST) has been hard at work obtaining guest speakers for the upcoming season. The guest speaker for the first meeting of the season on Friday, September 4th will be Fred Stefanick (N1DPM). He will be discussing EME communications and how you don’t necessarily need a massive array…

  • HCRA’s 250 Raffle – Win A Kenwood TS-590SG

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    Win A Kenwood TS-590SG Tickets Just $10 EA   It’s that time for the Hampden County Radio Associations (HCRA) annual raffle. This year the board of directors wanted to raffle off a 100w base station transceiver. The Kenwood TS-590SG ($1700 Retail) was the perfect choice because it’s a very excellent radio packed with features that…

  • Links and slides from this past meeting

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    Big thanks to Steve Dick (K1RF) for making the trip up to Hampden County to talk about speaker design for the amateur radio operator. It was very interesting. Steve referenced a lot of websites and products. He has sent us a PDF of his presentation. Loudspeaker Design Considerations for Amateur Radio RevD With this PDF,…