Hampden County Radio Association

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  • Holiday Tickets

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    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!!…

  • Tickets, Tickets & More TICKETS!!

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    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…

  • Board Meeting Minutes Aug 12, 2014

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    HCRA Board of Directors Minutes Aug 15, 2014 7:15 PM at W1AST QTH OFFICER REPORTS Vice President – W1MOR Report Projects: New tower at W1MOR QTH FD with royal rangers set up station in Gardner, MA with multiple antennae Turned a number of youth into amateur radio Treasurer – AA1YW Not Present (Items) Ed still…

  • Down with the old & up with the new @ W1MOR QTH

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    Old tower with vertical down successfully.   Custom made tilt over base for Rohn 25g tower securely lagged into concrete. 9 inch X 1/2 inch concrete fasteners were used. Base with  section of Rohn 25G installed for mock up. Rohn house bracket installed. Secured by 3/8 X 8″ galvanized lag bolts. Pilot holes were drilled.…

  • Some Of HCRA’s received QSL cards – Part 1

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    Here is just a fraction of QSL cards that we get from people around the world. Most of these cards are in result of our club calls (W1NY & WB1Z) being used in such events such as Field Day, New England QSO Party (NEQP), ARRL 10M Contest, WRTC (IARU) and other events throughout the year.…

  • Board Meeting Minutes – June 12th, 2014

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    HCRA Board of Directors Meeting June 12, 2014 Officers in Attendance, KB1NWH –ED W1MOR – Eric AA1YW  – Dave WM1B – Dave F W1AST – Larry NT1K  – Jeff WA1MOW – Gary N1KXR  – Rich Meeting opened at 7:30 PM at the Hampden Bank, West Springfield  Officers Reports VP Report – W1MOR:    Projects include tower…

  • Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW Named as ARRL Contest Manager.

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    HCRA’s own Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW will be the Contest Manager for the ARRL starting on July 3rd. Good luck to you Matt and hopefully all goes well From the ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/news/matt-wilhelm-w1msw-named-as-arrl-contest-branch-manager Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW, of Williamsburg, Massachusetts, will be the new ARRL Contest Branch Manager. He will start work at ARRL Headquarters on July 3.…

  • Baofeng is Now Pofung

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    Just a heads up to all that the most popular Chinese HT company has changed its name from Baofeng to Pofung to please Western Markets. From  Baofeng Pofung: http://www.baofengradio.com/en/shownews.asp?id=28 We are pleased to announce today that we’re rebranding our products as ‘Pofung’? for international markets. 　 Thanks to our valued customers from all over the world,…

  • Meeting Highlights – 5/2/14

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    Attended the meeting last night? Want to learn more about SDR (RTL) and JT65? Here are the links that were mentioned last night SDR  OsmocomSDR One of the first websites that expermiated with the RTL-SDR, A lot of valuable information is located on this website. A suggest read to purchase the correct unit RTL-SDR Dongle…

  • WRTC payments due this month!

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    The following people have balances due for WRTC purchases. If you’re planning on coming to this Friday’ meeting please see Dave or myself to pay off your balance. If not a check sent to our PO Box ASAP would be greatly appreciated. Mark/KB1SO – $456.00 Eric/W1MOR – $141.75 Dave/AA1YW – $175.00 Marty/W1MJB – $680.00 Dave/WN1E…