Welcome!
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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WN1E brings home the HCRA Plaque for NEQP 2012!
Putting in a major effort last year Dave ‘brings home the gold‘ (or at least the plaque) for High Score, Single Operator in Hampden County. Battling it out with eleven other entries Dave’s 31,850 points almost doubled the next closest score of the W1NY club call operated by Ed/KB1NWH. Here’s Dave’s soapbox comment: WN1E –…
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Live Stream Of April 2013 meeting
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!
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K1DG to speak tonight at HCRA meeting!
On hand, all the way from New Hampshire, is Doug Grant/K1DG. Besides being as close to ‘professional’ as an amateur radio operator can get Doug is also the president of WRTC2014. That’s the group that is responsible for bringing the “Olympics of Amateur Radio to New England in 2014. Doug will give us a brief…
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Zero Beat Archives Updated (1991-1998)
Thanks to the efforts of John Balboni (AC1T), we now have issues of Zero Beat from 1991 through 1998 and some of 1999 and 2001. You can take a stroll down memory lane or see what HCRA was doing during the 90’s. Please check out our Zero Beat Archives page to see all the action…
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Next meeting is this Friday, April 5th!
Only two days until the April HCRA meeting. It’s no April fool either. Our special guest speaker is Doug/K1DG. Doug is traveling all the way from NH to chat with us about the World Radiosport Team Championship coming to New England in 2014. There are a lot of moving parts to hosting an international competition…
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April 2013 Zero Beat now available
Here is the link to the April issue of Zero Beat. Lots of good stuff this month, enjoy it and see you at the meeting Friday night! Zero Beat Apr 2013
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I need articles and photos for Zero Beat!
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!)…
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2014 Election draws near, nominations entertained.
Hi folks, The 2014 Election will be held at our June 7th meeting. As in years past many board members have once again raised their hands to help guide HCRA through another year of fun and excitement. For many of them this will be another year of many serving HCRA. Wouldn’t it be great if…
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WRTC is coming in 2014 – are you ready to pitch in?
WRTC is just around the corner. We’re looking to field (literally) a second station this year. Who’s game to give it a go? So what exactly is WRTC and more importantly WRTC-2014? Read on. In short you could consider it the ‘Olympics of Amateur Radio’. Read all about the competition and its history here. The…
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March Board Meeting Minutes
HCRA Board meeting 3/5/2013 Official minutes 7:20pm Vice President report -KB1NWH KX3 Raffle won by K1MA 234 tickets sold $1300 net profit 7:30pm Treasurer Report – AA1YW Income silent auction – $40.00 KX3 raffle – $1630.00 membership – $105.00 party – $731.67 50/50 raffle – $34.50 Expenses p.o. box -$86.00 FD deposit -$50.00 Total income…