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See below for the latest blog posts and news about our activites and events. You can also follow the links above for more information about specific aspects of the club. If you’re brand-new at all this, here’s an introduction to what the Hampden County Radio Association is all about.
Latest Blog Posts
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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…
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DX Bulletin 39
QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 39 ARLD039 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 25, 2014 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD039 ARLD039 DX news This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by HA3JB, ZL4PW, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL…
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Weekly ARRL DX news
QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 38 ARLD038 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 18, 2014 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD038 ARLD038 DX news This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by I3VJW, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest…
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Win A MFJ-266B Antenna Analyzer!
Win A MFJ-266B Antenna Analyzer From HCRA All you have to do is join or renew your membership before the end of Octobers meeting (10/3/2014) and it’s possible that you can walk away with an MFJ-266B Antenna Analyzer. Specs on The MFJ-266B can be found HERE. It’s similar to the 266C but does not support…
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Board Meeting Minutes Aug 12, 2014
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…
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Welcome to the 2014 – 2015 Year
OK, here we go. It the first meeting of the year tomorrow night at the Holyoke Medical Center at 7:30. There will be the usual camaraderie, 3 that’s right 3 guest speakers. KK1W, W1MSW, and W1MOR. All have short presentations on these summers’ activities that the club participated in in one way or another, They…
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Down with the old & up with the new @ W1MOR QTH
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.…
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Some Of HCRA’s received QSL cards – Part 1
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.…
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Board Meeting Minutes – June 12th, 2014
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…
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Board Meeting Minutes – May 6th 2014
HCRA Board of Directors Meeting May 6, 2014 Officers Reports President – KK1W Jim submitted a plan for the transfer of officers responsibilities to the new incoming officers. Retiring officers were asked to mentor the new officers for a couple of months to be sure that the new officers were up and running in their…