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  • FCARC Needs Volunteers for Bridge of Flowers 10K road race

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    From: Al Woodhall (N1AW) The Bridge of Flowers 10K road race takes place in Shelburne Falls on Saturday August 10. The Franklin County ARC will be providing communications. We welcome additional volunteers. To sign up contact Chris, KB1NEK, (413) 625-0344, e-mail camyers_1@verizon.net. Radio operators should arrive by 7:30, at the alley next to Baker’s Pharmacy…

  • Yaesu FT-857D for only $10?

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    How would you like to add a Yaesu FT-857, all mode, 160 through 70cm rig to your mobile or home shack? It’s easy; you can either pick up the phone, call HRO and order one (and plunk down almost a kilobuck) OR — buy a $10 raffle ticket at the next HCRA meeting. We are…

  • Next HCRA Meeting- Indoor Tailgate Party

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    In lieu of a tailgate party in the parking lot in Feeding Hills, Hampden County Radio Association is going to have a small-scale flea market on June 7 at the Holyoke Medical Center Auxiliary Conference Center. As space permits, we will allot about 12 square feet of table space to each club member that wants…

  • 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…