Tag: HCRA
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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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HCRA Is Now On Club Log
HCRA is now listed as a club on ClubLog.org. This allows HCRA members who use clublog to see how they rank against other HCRA members in DXCC standings. HCRA could also compete with other clubs. This could create friendly competition within the club as well as with other clubs. It can also benefit knowing that if…
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HCRA’s 2014 10M Contest Results
ARRL 10M Claimed Results For HCRA. This year propagation was really good. According to some people, you may never see 10 meter band conditions this good for a long time. The band was alive with decent windows to EU and SA. I hope you all had a great time on the air! [table] Call Used,Operators,CW,SSB,Mults,Total…
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Homeland Security’s 2014 National Emergency Communications Plan Incorporates Amateur Radio
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Communications (DHS-OEC) has released the first updated National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) since the original publication in 2008. According to the Department, the DHS-OEC developed the NECP in cooperation with more than 150 public and private sector emergency communications officials. Of interest to Amateur Radio Operators, is…
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HCRA Badges Still Available
Badges are no longer available through HCRA. Please check out http://www.hamstuff.com/Badges_html/Badges.html
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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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Propagation Forecast Bulletin 24 ARLP024 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 13, 2014
To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP024 ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA Last week’s bulletin opened with your author (me) moaning about a decline in solar activity, but this was short lived. The current week saw average daily sunspot numbers more than double, rising from 60.1 to 144.3, and average daily solar flux rise from…
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60th Anniversary of HCRA Field Day Inferno
This year’s Field Day will mark the 60th anniversary of HCRA’s Field Day that didn’t happen. In 2010, Jim/KK1W asked Jack/W1WEF, an HCRA member in 1954, to give an account of the event. Jack gives a wonderful narrative on ham radio in Hampden County at that time, as well as what happened that day. The…
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Ham Radio Classes – Coming Soon
The Hampden County Radio Association will be holding an Amateur Radio Technician Class along with General and Extra Study Groups at the Holyoke Hospital Auxiliary Conference Center (auditorium), 575 Beech Street, Holyoke, Mass. This classes and study groups are open to everyone of all ages and affiliations. There will be three different meeting dates: Class…
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ARRL 10 Meter Contest This Weekend!
Hello Fellow HCRA Members, This is a reminder that the 10 meter contest is this weekend and we will again be participating not only as individuals, but also as a club. The band has had some great openings over the last couple months, so there is some potential to see quite a bit of activity…