Hampden County Radio Association

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  • Heathkit – is it coming back?

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    Steve/N1SR forwarded me a link to an article in the EDN Network magazine that indicates there is a chance Heathkit may be returning to the kit business? For us old-timers just the word “Heathkit” brings back memories of kit building, a chance to build something for the station you couldn’t afford otherwise and of course…

  • HCRA Ham Radio Film Festival???

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    I would like to throw out an idea for a possible meeting topic next year and would like to hear other members’ opinions on it. The meeting would be a ham radio film festival and we would screen ham radio related film shorts produced by our members as well as a few from other sources.  …

  • Live Stream Of April 2013 meeting

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    Were trying out a new thing. We’re trying to broadcast out meetings live. Give it a shot, We should be live right now (4/5/2013 @ 7:00pm) Presenter this month is Doug Grant (K1DG) talking about WRTC 2014 Video streaming by Ustream Thanks!

  • I need articles and photos for Zero Beat!

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    Anyone for dropping me an email with photos or articles of interest to HCRA members? If you are tired of seeing SOTA articles you should submit something to me for upcoming issues of Zero Beat — I would like material by early next week. (Sorry, that doesn’t mean there won’t be any more SOTA items!)…

  • HCRA Meeting Streaming Live

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    Were trying out a new thing. We’re trying to broadcast out meetings live. Give it a shot, We should be live right now (3/1/2013 @ 7:00pm) Video streaming by Ustream Thanks!

  • Can you help your fellow members? – Yes you can!

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    Did you know YOU can increase the value of HCRA to all its members? How can you do this you may ask? The answer is simple. Sharing of knowledge, especially local knowledge, is how we all learn and expand our appreciation of amateur radio. If you’ve done something, built something, installed some software, raised an…

  • SOTA Jerks “Introduction to SOTA” Presentation

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    Here is the presentation the SOTA Jerks present to local clubs (or anyone else willing to listen to us). Besides an introduction to SOTA the most important part could be the resource links at the end of the presentation. Feel free to download and use at your club meeting or event. Modification is fine, please…

  • Learn more about HCRA’s past.

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    Thanks to the efforts of John/AC1T and Jeff/NT1K you can take a time travel trip to the 1970’s without leaving your chair. John scanned Zero Beats from his collection and sent them to Jeff for inclusion in our Zero Beat Archives page. Click the link and check out HCRA activities from 1976 through 1981. I…

  • HCRA 10M Contest Challenge!

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    Yep, it’s back again this year – the HCRA Challenge. Last year we offered a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card to any member scoring over 77,000 points. Many members blew past the 77K goal and scored well over 100K! So, what’s the goal for 2012 you ask? Using the same formula as last year (total club…