Hampden County Radio Association

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Latest Blog Posts

  • Board Meeting Minutes 08/26/2012

    HCRA Meeting Minutes 8-26-2012 Officer Reports Vice President – KB1NWH not present due to illness Report – KY1T Camper has been cleaned.Field Day worked out well in it. It also doubled as a shelter during times of inclement weather. Treasurer’s Report – AA1YW Current Financial report – (To include Dufresne Park refund and all incomes/expenditures…

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  • Holiday Party Tickets

    Greetings, I hope that all is well with you and yours and that you have enjoyed the rather pleasant transition from the Indian summer into the colder fall weather, a chilling prelude to yet another New England winter; but, at least there is the bonus of increased sunspot activity and the phenomenal HF activity experienced…

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  • November Zero Beat has “hit the streets“

    This month’s meeting is only a few days away. Take a look at the latest  Zero Beat so you can be up to date on what our members our doing. Be sure to come early to the meeting for Tech Corner with Bob/K1YO. This month’s subject is magnetic loop antennas. Don’t know what they are?…

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  • Fox Hunt Coming Soon – Sun, Nov 3rd – BE THERE!

    That’s right folks, time to break out your RDF equipment because there will be a fox loose on Sunday, November 3rd, 2013. When: Sunday, Nov 3rd Where: Forest Park, Rt.5 Picknelly Field (RT. 5 Enterence To Forest Park @ Indian Sculpture) Columbus Ave, Springfield, MA 01106 Starts at 2pm and should last a couple hours.…

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  • 2013 H.C.R.A./M.T.A.R.A Holiday Party

     Directions/Map to the Steaming Tender [google-map-v3 width=”600″ height=”350″ zoom=”12″ maptype=”roadmap” mapalign=”center” directionhint=”false” language=”default” poweredby=”false” maptypecontrol=”true” pancontrol=”true” zoomcontrol=”true” scalecontrol=”true” streetviewcontrol=”true” scrollwheelcontrol=”false” draggable=”true” tiltfourtyfive=”false” addmarkermashupbubble=”false” addmarkermashupbubble=”false” addmarkerlist=”28 Depot Street Palmer, MA 01069{}barbecue.png{}Steaming Tender” bubbleautopan=”true” showbike=”false” showtraffic=”false” showpanoramio=”false”]      

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  • A message about our “Annual Auction“

    The former HCRA auction, usually held the first Friday of November at the Feeding Hills Congregational Church is NO LONGER BRING HELD. A combination of change of meeting location and the shrinking of vendors/buyers has led us to this decision Many thanks to all the vendors and buyers who had fun over the years. Jim/KK1W

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  • WRTC Equipment Sale – UPDATED!

    WRTC EQUIPMENT SALE – October Update NEWS FLASH – The Honda Generators are *** SOLD OUT *** We are only one month into the sale and already half the Honda generators and almost half of the coax have been purchased! How cool is that? Unfortunately this also means if you’re contemplating purchasing a generator or…

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  • Next HCRA Meeting–Indoor Tailgate Party

      In lieu of a tailgate party in the parking lot, we are going to have a small-scale flea market at our October 4th meeting at the Auxiliary Conference Center at the Holyoke Medical Center. As long as space permits, we will allot up to 12 square feet of table space to each club member that…

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  • Nutmeg Hamfest

    The correct date and time for the Nutmeg Hamfest in Meriden, CT is Sunday, October 13th, 2013 8AM – 2PM. In September and October Zero Beat it was incorrectly shown as October 7.  For further information, go to http://www.nutmeghamfest.com/   73,   Frandy, N1FJ Zero Beat Editor

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  • Next Meeting: October 4th – Hamsource and New Tech Corner.

    Now that October is near, it means we have another HCRA meeting to look forward to attending. We’ll have John (N1OLO) from Hamsource.com. He will be giving a presentation on some of his new products like the Ezgate 80 and EX Power Strip as well as other solutions. Also starting with our October meeting, Bob…

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