Hampden County Radio Association

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Latest Blog Posts

  • HCRA March Meeting (Mar 3rd, 2017) – VHF/UHF Weak Signal Communications

    HCRA March Meeting 2017 Friday March 3rd 2017 at 7:30pm. Holyoke Medical Center Auxiliary Conference Center This month HCRA is proud to have Dick Frey (WA2AAU), president of the North East Weak Signal group. He will be discussing working long distance on VHF and UHF. With the solar cycle heading into a null, this would…

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  • HCRA Clublog Challenge 2016 Winners Are In

    HCRA like to encourage on air activity from our members. We compete in a few contests and challenges every year. This year HCRA participated in the “Clublog Challenge”. The goal was to make as many contacts with as many countries or entities throughout the year. At the end of the year, we would tally up…

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  • HCRA BOD Meeting Minutes for 05-Jan-2017

    HCRA Board of Directors meeting 05-Jan-2017 Attendees: President – NT1K (Jeff) Vice President – WM1B (Dave) Secretary – N1FTP (Harold) Treasurer – NV1Q (Juergen) Program Dir. – W1AST (Larry) At Large – KB1RXO (Karl) Membership – K1VOI (John) Absent: Tech. Dir – K1YO (Bob) Zero Beat Ed. – WA1MOW (Gary) ——————————— Meeting Open at 7:11pm…

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  • Last Swap & Sell of 2016

    Last Swap & Sell of 2016 is this Friday, November 4th. There isn’t a December meeting because of the Holiday Party   Let’s end 2016 with a bang! Take a look around your shack and bring in an item or two that will become someone else’s holiday gift :).   From the KK1W shack is…

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  • HCRA Contest University – Slides And Links

    Thanks to all who attended HCRA Contest University. Hopefully it was beneficial. Here are the slides (in PDF format) and notable links. HCRA – Introduction To Contesting Presentation HCRA – Small station Bang For The Buck Presentation VOAcap Online – Propagation Prediction Website/Software Contest Calendar – Upcoming Contest Schedule 3830 Scores – Study your colleagues CQcontest.net –…

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  • HCRA Contest University – Sept 17th 2016

    On Saturday (September 17th 2016) HCRA will be continuing its “Share The Knowledge” series with Contest University. This class is perfect for those who are interested in contesting and for experienced contesters to use a refresher. The goal is to make the transition into contesting as easy as possible. We will be covering everything from…

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  • “Make a cheap ham HAPPY” night at HCRA!

    Returning Friday, September 9, is HCRA’s Swap & Sell Table. A sight guaranteed to brings smiles of joy to any frugal hams’s face. Take a look at the photos, it gives you an idea of just some of this month’s offerings. That’s correct, you see a 1.3G frequency counter, project boxes, transformers, and more. There’s…

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  • HCRA BOD meeting notes for 29 Aug 2016

    HCRA Board of Directors meeting 29-Aug-2016 Attendees: President – NT1K Vice President – WM1B Secretary – N1FTP Treasurer – NV1Q Program Dir. – W1AST At Large – KB1RXO Membership – K1VOI   Absent: Tech. Dir – K1YO Zero Beat Ed. – WA1MOW   ——————————— Meeting Open at 7:09pm ——————— President Report: Jeff will be delegating…

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  • Good stuff cheap – Swap & Sell September 9th

    Swap and Sell will be returning to HCRA meetings for the remainder of 2016. Since the program started this past January lots of good stuff has changed hands, people have gone home with either cash in their pocket or a new trinket to play around with in the shack and HCRA added a few dollars to the…

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  • HCRA is READY for Field Day – are YOU!

    About seven days from now HCRA will be blasting the airwaves with “CQ Field” day from School St. Park in nearby Agawam, MA. Our plans have solidified to a 5A operation, perhaps even 6A, the usual superb four towers with beams on 40, 20, 15 and 10 and dipoles for 80/75. a Saturday VE session, lots…

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