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May 7, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes
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…
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Volunteers Needed For Scantic Spring Splash!
From Bob (W1SQ) Good Morning. The annual Scantic Spring Splash Canoe/Kayak Race is scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2015. The group is in need of licensed Amateurs for coordination/river security. I request is to pass this email to them so they may volunteer as individuals. Hours will be from 8:30 AM to approximately 2:00 pm.…
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Elecraft KX3 Winner Is…
First off, We would like to thank everyone who purchased a ticket and those who help with promoting. The money raised from this raffle goes to help the HCRA and help fund future events such as Field Day, Classes, Formal events and promoting amateur radio around the county and beyond. We would also like to…
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QSL Card Sources
Did last night’s meeting want you to start making QSL cards? Here are some sources in how to obtain some QSL cards! There are many printers that are local, regional and even international. These are just some of the many places UX5UO Print – See a lot of QSL cards come from this printer. Prices…
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Next Meeting, February 6th 2015.
From Larry Krainson (W1AST): Everyone still LOVES getting QSL cards in the mail. Sure LOTW works great, but the thrill of getting cards is still exciting. But, how does the QSL Bureau work? How does that batch of cards arrive at your mailbox? Come to the Friday night HCRA meeting to find out. Eric Williams,…
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Russian SSTV Transmissions planned for this weekend (Jan 31, Feb1)
From ARISS (1/29/15) http://www.ariss.org/news.html Russian SSTV transmissions are planned from the International Space Station on January 31 and February 1. The transmit frequency will be 145.800. The expected mode is PD180 producing a high quality image with a frame scan of 187 seconds. Image transmissions for Saturday, Jan. 31 should begin at 10:00 UTC and…
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Boston Marathon Needs Ham Volunteers
From AB1RL (VIA Reddit.Com/r/amateurradio) For years, the Boston Marathon has relied on a big group of ham volunteers to provide communications support for the race. For 2015, they’ve even put together a Communications Committee to review event plans and make sure we’re as useful as possible to the race. I’m one of seven hams…
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HCRA Board Meeting September 18, 2014
HCRA Board Meeting September 18, 2014 Opened at 7:06 Attending: Ed: KB1NWH Dave AA1YW Larry W1AST Jeff NT1K Gary W1MOW Dave WM1B Dave AA1YW: Cost of Analyzer was not budgeted nor was the cost of the Badges. Income: $1266.22. Expenses: $1266.13 Balance 9/18/2014 $9508.72 Gary W1MOW submitted a bill for the last Zero Beat…
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Holiday Tickets
Anyone wanting Holiday Tickets email me @ W1MOR@comcast.net. I am sure I can make arrangements to meet up with you. If not make a check out payable to HCRA & mail it to Hampden County Radio Association, P.O. Box 562, Agawam, MA 01001 and we will have your tickets waiting for you at the door!!…
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Tickets, Tickets & More TICKETS!!
Good evening everyone, Just wanted to remind everyone about the raffle ticket for the membership prize, renew your HCRA membership before the end of the meeting this Friday. You can renew through PayPal, the link is on the HCRA.org webpage. Here is the link https://hcra.org/membership-payment/. If you use snail mail it needs to be at the…