Category: Meetings
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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…
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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…
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Show & Tell Meeting – March 7th
There are less than two months left before Hampden County Radio Association’s Annual Show & Tell meeting. During this 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…
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Antenna Zoning Meeting Tonight
Through rain, snow and FREEZING COLD tonight’s presentation by Fred/K1VR will go on as planned. Join us this evening for an interesting and informative discussion about the roadblocks you may encounter when installing an antenna or tower and methods to get around those impediments. Our guest speaker, Fred/K1VR, is an established author and a lawyer…
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Next HCRA Meeting Friday, January 3rd
Next HCRA Meeting Friday, January 3rd Guest Speaker Fred Hopengarten – K1VR Bundle up and come on out to HCRA’s January meeting where guest speaker Fred Hopengarten – K1VR will discuss the legal aspects of antennas and towers. Fred is the author of the book Antenna Zoning published by the ARRL and has been a…
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Twitter Is -Not- The Woodpecker Of Old…
Many of our older, Er, Ah, I mean…more experienced Hams in the club, may recall the “Russian Woodpecker”. Beginning around 1976 till around 1989 when it ceased, this powerful radio signal was heard world wide and when triangulated, the source was found to emanate from inside the Ukraine. Hence the name, the Russian Woodpecker. Twitter’s…
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November Zero Beat has “hit the streets“
This month’s meeting is only a few days away. Take a look at the latest Zero Beat so you can be up to date on what our members our doing. Be sure to come early to the meeting for Tech Corner with Bob/K1YO. This month’s subject is magnetic loop antennas. Don’t know what they are?…
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A message about our “Annual Auction“
The former HCRA auction, usually held the first Friday of November at the Feeding Hills Congregational Church is NO LONGER BRING HELD. A combination of change of meeting location and the shrinking of vendors/buyers has led us to this decision Many thanks to all the vendors and buyers who had fun over the years. Jim/KK1W
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Next Meeting: October 4th – Hamsource and New Tech Corner.
Now that October is near, it means we have another HCRA meeting to look forward to attending. We’ll have John (N1OLO) from Hamsource.com. He will be giving a presentation on some of his new products like the Ezgate 80 and EX Power Strip as well as other solutions. Also starting with our October meeting, Bob…
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HCRA is accepting renewals online!
That’s right! You can now renew your HCRA membership online using either your credit card or PayPal account. You can get there two ways. One is by clicking here and the other is by going to the membership menu and clicking on “Online Renewal”. Once at the new page, all you have to do is enter…