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  • 630 Meter Challenge

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    630 Meter Challenge – Halftime Update: The HCRA/SOTA Jerks 630 meter challenge crosses the halfway point January 1, 2018. So far close to a half dozen members have made QSO’s or SWL reports on our new, medium frequency (MF) band.  Here’s a quick overview of their achievements so far along with station descriptions and photos.…

  • HCRA/MTARA Joint Holiday Party – Get your tickets!

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    HCRA Members and their guest are welcome to attend When: Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 Where: Castle of Knights 1599 Memorial Drive, Chicopee MA Time: Starts at 1:00pm Tickets just $20 ea for HCRA members  

  • HCRA BOD Meeting 17-Aug-2017

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    HCRA Board of Directors meeting 17-August-2017 Attendees: President – WM1B (Dave) Vise President – OPEN Secretary – N1FTP (Harold) Treasurer – NV1Q (Juergen) Program Dir. – W1AST (Larry) Tech. Dir – K1YO (Bob) Zero Beat Ed. – WA1MOW (Gary) Membership – K1VOI (John) At Large – KB1RXO (Karl) Guest: Chet N1XPT ——————————— Meeting Open at…

  • HCRA Raffle Poll – What would you liked to see raffled?

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    Every year, HCRA sponsors a fund raiser through a raffle. We usually choose an item (or items) that retails for around $1000 and raffle it off to one lucky winner. Last year we raffled the Elecraft KX2. It’s a 5-10 watt HF rig that included a microphone and antenna tuner. It sold around 180 tickets…

  • Slides and Information from HCRA’s Contest University

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    Did you miss HCRA’s contest university that was part of our “Share The Knowledge” seris this past fall? No problem! We’ve uploaded the slides from our presentations. Also included are links to sites and software that was mentioned during the class Click Here For The PDF (.pdf) of “HCRA Introduction To Contesting” Click Here For…

  • SHOW & TELL 2017 – there’s still time!

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    As of this writing (March 16th) it’s three weeks until HCRA’s Annual Show & Tell on April 7th. That also means it’s only three weeks to finish your project, put together documentation and perhaps win a nice prize for your efforts. No time you say? Well, twenty two days is over three weeks the last time I…

  • Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference – April 21-23

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    43rd EASTERN VHF/UHF/MICROWAVE CONFERENCE: APRIL 21-23, 2017 BAYMONT INN & SUITES (860)-643-5645 20 TAYLOR ST. (OFF I-84 at exit 63) MANCHESTER, CT 06042 Conference Web Address: http://www.newsvhf.com/vhfconf.html    4/21/17     FRIDAY LODGING 2:30-5PM Afternoon Workshop TBD 6:00pm ’til – SUPER HOSPITALITY ROOM (Food & Refreshments)!!   & Indoor SWAP/SELL & VENDORS.     (You may want to re-think going out to…

  • HOLIDAY PARTY TICKETS AVAILABLE!!

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    Tis the season for Holiday Parties. This year HCRA and MTARA are putting together quite the feast for those who would wish to join us. We will be back at the wonderful steaming tender in Palmer MA on Monday, December 7th, 2015. Doors open at 6, Dinner starts at 7. Tickets will be just $20ea.…

  • 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…

  • May 7, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes

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    BOD MINUTES May 7th 2015, IHOP Meeting called to order at 7:10 by President Ed KB1NWH, In attendance: Larry W1AST, Gary WA1MOW, Rick N1KXR, Bob K1YO, Jeff NT1K, Dave WM1B, Guests, Faye Krainson, VP W1MOR Report : Absent No Report TREASURER AA1YW Report: Absent No Report SECRETARY WM1B Any Business: Discussion of Ham Club testing…