Hampden County Radio Association

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  • Yes, Swap & Sell will be at Show & Tell!

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      Here’s a chance to make money on your project. After you win one of the prizes put your hand crafted watchamcallit’ on the swap table and go home with to cash along with your prize 🙂 Or maybe find something on the table for your next creation? Once again the Swap & Sell table…

  • HCRA BOD meeting notes for January 20th, 2016

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    HCRA BOD meeting notes for 20-Jan-2016 Attendees: President: NT1K Vice President: N1FTP Treasurer: NV1Q Membership: K1VOI Program Dir: W1AST ZB Editor: WA1MOW Tech Dir: K1YO Absent: At-Large: W1MOR Secretary: WM1B President Report: – Jim Mullen has volunteered to help out with updating our Website. – A Web Forum has been created at “members.hcra.org”. The site…

  • Links and slides from this past meeting

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    Big thanks to Steve Dick (K1RF) for making the trip up to Hampden County to talk about speaker design for the amateur radio operator. It was very interesting. Steve referenced a lot of websites and products. He has sent us a PDF of his presentation. Loudspeaker Design Considerations for Amateur Radio RevD With this PDF,…

  • Win A MFJ-266B Antenna Analyzer!

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    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…

  • Welcome to the 2014 – 2015 Year

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    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…

  • Show & Tell Meeting – March 7th

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    There are less than two months left before Hampden County Radio Association’s Annual Show & Tell meeting. During this meeting members bring in projects they have either completed or have made progress on over the last year and give a short presentation to the membership. This is a great opportunity to show others what you’ve…

  • Next HCRA Meeting Friday, January 3rd

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    Next HCRA Meeting Friday, January 3rd Guest Speaker Fred Hopengarten – K1VR Bundle up and come on out to HCRA’s January meeting where guest speaker Fred Hopengarten – K1VR will discuss the legal aspects of antennas and towers. Fred is the author of the book Antenna Zoning published by the ARRL and has been a…

  • November Zero Beat has “hit the streets“

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    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?…

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

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    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…

  • Indoor Tailgate Party Tonight!

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    Aren’t you glad we decided to hold it INDOORS this year! Table space is free, bring your stuff and have fun. Please, no PC’s, monitors, printers – you get the idea. First come gets the best spots! Suggested donation to HCRA for helping you sell your stuff – 10% Raffle tickets go on sale for the…