Tag: meeting
-
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…
-
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…
-
2013 Annual HCRA Show & Tell Meeting a Success
Last Friday’s Show & Tell meeting was a great success. We had 9 members bring projects that were either completed or close to completion. All of the presenters did a great job explaining their projects in detail to the club and the audience had good questions for the presenters. Congratulations to Juergen – AB1SU (DK1TM)…
-
From the Shack – March 2013
Next Meeting March 1st – Our annual Show & Tell night! It is March Madness again at HCRA with our annual Show & Tell event. I’ve heard a lot of members are putting the finishing touches on their projects and expect we will see a grand assortment of ham radio, or not so ham radio, contraptions…
-
SOTA Jerks “Introduction to SOTA” Presentation
Here is the presentation the SOTA Jerks present to local clubs (or anyone else willing to listen to us). Besides an introduction to SOTA the most important part could be the resource links at the end of the presentation. Feel free to download and use at your club meeting or event. Modification is fine, please…
-
Get ready for HCRA ‘Show and Tell’ Friday, March 1st
It’s time to finish up that project you’ve been working on over the last year and bring it to the annual HCRA Show & Tell meeting in March. No project is too small or too big (but it does have to fit through the door). Do you have something that’s not finished, but close enough…
-
Foxhunting Meeting Follow-up
Hey folks, Thanks to everyone that braved the cold and turned out for February’s Foxhunting and Build-A-Beam meeting. Jeff did a fine job organizing the beam building and with help from George/KC1V and Doug/KB1ZGL fifteen people went home with a cool, 3 element two meter beam. Up front the Foxhunting presentation excited over a dozen…
-
NEWS FLASH: New Hams In Western Mass
NEWS FLASH: New calls and upgrades hot off the FCC website Eric LaCombe KB1ZGJ Thomas Isham KB1ZGK Douglas McLean KB1ZGL Cynthia Forbes KB1ZGM Official Upgrades Diane Shipee KB1KST Extra Ralph Gedney KB1LEW General Eric LaCombe KB1ZGJ General Congrats, KUDOs, and all the bells and whistles to all
-
Foxhunting meeting tomorrow night – don’t miss it!
February first is indeed tomorrow – also the date of our next HCRA meeting. We’re putting on an ‘all about foxhunting’ presentation by a few of our members. If you’ve never heard of foxhunting this will be the time to learn. If you have foxhunted in the past that’s OK, we’re going to cover some…
-
From the Shack – February 2013
Next Meeting February 1st Foxhunting presentation and ‘Build a Beam’ Workshop Meeting number two of the year is another ‘double header’ thanks to the efforts of Jeff/NT1K and Rich/N1KXR. Read on and see what we have in store for you this February. We will be running two concurrent activities Friday night. At the front of…