From computercare at comcast.net Sat Sep 1 09:05:56 2018 From: computercare at comcast.net (Larry Krainson) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 09:05:56 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] First Meeting Announcement of the Season Message-ID: The HCRA will have it's first meeting of the 2018 Fall season this Friday, September 7th. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm with doors opening around 7 pm. Coffee and donuts will be available The Guest Speaker is John Ellsworth from the Vintage Communications Museum in Windsor, CT. John was supposed to visit us this past Spring, but sudden very bad weather kept him home at the last minute. John always gives extremely interesting talks to the club on history or radios and brings some samples of some very cool radios with unique history. A meeting to not be missed! Here is the meeting location details: http://www.hcra.org/meeting-location/ The HCRA BIG Raffle of a ICOM IC-7300 tickets will be on sale at the meeting too. $10 buys you a chance at this amazing rig which is valued at $1349. It's also time to pay your dues. $15 gets you another fantastic year of HCRA activites and events. Checks should be made out to HCRA and have your call on them and cash is accepted too. If you are unsure of your membership status, go to: http://www.hcra.org/current-members/ and check. If you are listed, September is time for you to pay your dues. Juergen, NV1Q and John, K1VOI will be collecting dues at the meeting Friday night. I look forward to seeing everyone there! Have a fun and safe holiday weekend! Larry, W1AST HCRA Vice President From computercare at comcast.net Sat Sep 1 15:58:30 2018 From: computercare at comcast.net (Larry Krainson) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 15:58:30 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] September Meeting Speaker & Subject Change Message-ID: Our September speaker from the Vintage Communications Museum told me today that he had spinal surgery and is stuck home recovering and therefore would not be able to do the September meeting. Instead, the HCRA will have Najm, AB1ZA who will do a presentation on SDR (software defined radio) using GNUradio an open source software package. Najm will show how to build an FM receiver and in the process give a tutorial on how to use the software and explain how frequency selection, shifting, filtering, demodulation is done to produce the final audio. Come and Join us for what should be a fascinating meeting on SDR design. From wb1dby at comcast.net Sat Sep 1 16:32:52 2018 From: wb1dby at comcast.net (Larry Krainson) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 16:32:52 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Fwd: SARATOGA COUNTY HAMFEST - SUNDAY SEPT 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You?re invited to the 33rd annual Saratoga County Hamfest on Sunday, September 9 at the county Fairgrounds in Ballston Spa, NY. *Check out the attached (2-page) flyer* ? you?ll find something for everyone: new gear, used gear, parts and pieces, door prizes, bucket prizes, a VE Test Session at 8:30 in the village, a fox hunt, and, of course, delicious food all day! RW Antenna Store will be there, as well as many other buyers and sellers. Bring your Saturday ticket from the Boxboro hamfest, and we?ll cut our admission price in half! Hope to see you there! 73, Peter ? W2BEW Virus-free. www.avg.com <#m_5076478436917542826_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> From computercare at comcast.net Wed Sep 5 15:47:22 2018 From: computercare at comcast.net (Larry Krainson) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 15:47:22 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] HCRA Zero Beat Editor Message-ID: The HCRA is still looking for a new ZeroBeat Editor. Gary, W1MOW has officially stepped down and is no longer doing ZeroBeat. The newsletter does not have to be fancy. It can be as simple as typed pages. It does not have to be fancy desktop publishing. If you are interested and want more infortation, please contact Larry, W1AST at wb1dby at comcast.net or on Facebook or at Friday's meeting. From nt1k at nt1k.com Thu Sep 6 09:51:27 2018 From: nt1k at nt1k.com (Jeffrey Bail - NT1K) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 09:51:27 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Free Amateur Radio Examination On Monday (Sept 10th) Message-ID: Hello All, The Pioneer Valley VE Team will be hosting amateur radio examinations on Monday (September 10th) at the West Springfield Public Library. Doors open@ 5:30, exam starts at 6pm. Applicants must obtain a FRN and pre-register at the PVVET's website prior to the exam. It's fast and easy! It's FREE to everyone. There are NO FEEs associated with the examination. Depending on the FCC, results from PVVET exams are usually live in the FCC within 48hrs of the exam. Our last exam results were live in the ULS within 1hr. For registration and detailed information about the exam, venue and the PVVET, please visit our website below. https://pvvet.org/exam-coming-soon-in-west-springfield-monday-sept-10th/ Hope to see you at the HCRA meeting this Friday! Thank you, Jeffrey Bail (NT1K) Pioneer Valley VE Team Http://pvvet.org From computercare at comcast.net Fri Sep 7 10:04:52 2018 From: computercare at comcast.net (Larry Krainson) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 10:04:52 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] New Benefit of Being a HCRA Member - Outgoing DX QSL Service - read below Message-ID: The Hampden County Radio Association provides ?pooling? of outgoing QSL cards as a benefit to members, who are also members of the ARRL, and who wish to send their DX cards through the ARRL?s Outgoing QSL Service. The submission form and instructions are attached and QSL cards can be dropped off at our regular meetings or to Paul Kelliher, NF1G (address and contact information is on form). Hampden County Radio Association QSL Card Submission Form Name: _____________________________ Callsign: ____________________________ ARRL Membership No.: ________________ Mailing Address: Street or P.O. Box ____________________ City/Town: __________________________ ZIP Code: ___________________ Email: ______________________________ Telephone: (H) _______________________ (C) _______________________ Number of Cards Enclosed: _____________ Note: 1. Address, Telephone and Email are requested in case we need to contact you. Only Name, Callsign and Membership Number will be included with submission of cards to ARRL. 2. You must be a Member of BOTH the ARRL and HCRA to use this service. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Complete this form in its entirety and include the first page with your cards. 2. Please sort your card in accordance with the ARRL Outgoing QSL Service rules. (See ARRL website for instructions). 3. Only include cards for countries with Incoming QSL Bureaus. The ARRL website also includes a current list of those countries which do NOT have an incoming bureau. 4. If your QSO contact uses a QSL Manager (often the case if the country does not have a bureau) please indicate the manager on the same side as the QSO information, preferably in the upper left corner and the word ?VIA? followed by the manager callsign. Then, sort the card by the QSL manager?s country. 5. Finally, consult a site such as QRZ.com for QSL instructions. You may find the station states ?No Bureau? particularly if they do not belong to their country?s amateur radio society or group that runs their bureau. In these cases, they may never receive your card. Questions?? Please contact: Paul Kelliher NF1G P.O.Box 399 520 Audubon Road Leeds, MA 01053 paulkelliher at comcast.net (C) 413-530-5122 From computercare at comcast.net Fri Sep 7 10:28:13 2018 From: computercare at comcast.net (Larry Krainson) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 10:28:13 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Fwd: QSL Information In-Reply-To: <1496430875.136445.1536165437125@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1496430875.136445.1536165437125@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: New HCRA Perk of Membership. See attached docs. I have attached two documents to this email. The first is labeled "Preamble" and is a simple introductory paragraph to explain the QSL "pooling" concept. The second is the submission form to accompany a members card when providing them to me and instructions. From k1nz at arrl.net Tue Sep 11 16:31:58 2018 From: k1nz at arrl.net (Nick Maslon - K1NZ) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:31:58 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Fwd: QSL Information In-Reply-To: References: <1496430875.136445.1536165437125@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Hi Larry, The attachments did not survive the reflector. Could they be uploaded to the website instead? That way the current versions could always be readily available instead of relying on searching through piles of email. Thanks and 73, Nick K1NZ On the Droid. On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 10:29 Larry Krainson wrote: > ______________________________________________ > -------Hampden County Radio Association------- > -----------e-mail list (reflector)------------- > ______________________________________________ > New HCRA Perk of Membership. See attached docs. > > > I have attached two documents to this email. The first is labeled > "Preamble" and is a simple introductory paragraph to explain the QSL > "pooling" concept. The second is the submission form to accompany a > members card when providing them to me and instructions. > ______________________________________________________________ > HCRA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcra > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCRA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From paulkelliher at comcast.net Tue Sep 11 16:46:01 2018 From: paulkelliher at comcast.net (Paul Kelliher) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:46:01 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Fwd: QSL Information In-Reply-To: References: <1496430875.136445.1536165437125@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <872C6495-23E4-44A8-A475-F86455EF622D@comcast.net> Nick, That is the plan as soon as the new webmaster gets things sorted out. If you want, I would be happy to send one to you directly. Paul NF1G Sent from my iPad > On Sep 11, 2018, at 4:31 PM, Nick Maslon - K1NZ wrote: > > ______________________________________________ > -------Hampden County Radio Association------- > -----------e-mail list (reflector)------------- > ______________________________________________ > Hi Larry, > > The attachments did not survive the reflector. Could they be uploaded to > the website instead? That way the current versions could always be readily > available instead of relying on searching through piles of email. > > Thanks and 73, > Nick K1NZ > > > On the Droid. > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 10:29 Larry Krainson wrote: > >> ______________________________________________ >> -------Hampden County Radio Association------- >> -----------e-mail list (reflector)------------- >> ______________________________________________ >> New HCRA Perk of Membership. See attached docs. >> >> >> I have attached two documents to this email. The first is labeled >> "Preamble" and is a simple introductory paragraph to explain the QSL >> "pooling" concept. The second is the submission form to accompany a >> members card when providing them to me and instructions. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> HCRA mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcra >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:HCRA at mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > HCRA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcra > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCRA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From paulkelliher at comcast.net Tue Sep 11 16:49:50 2018 From: paulkelliher at comcast.net (Paul Kelliher) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:49:50 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Sorry Message-ID: My apologies. Did not mean to send that last email to the whole list. Paul NF1G Sent from my iPad From kk1w.jim at gmail.com Tue Sep 11 16:50:41 2018 From: kk1w.jim at gmail.com (Jim Mullen) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:50:41 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Fwd: QSL Information In-Reply-To: References: <1496430875.136445.1536165437125@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Simply copy and paste the procedure into a mailing list post. Then folks won't have to wait until the website is fixed/available/usable? The procedure should also be in the files section on our FB page too. Why is this so hard??? Jim On Tue, Sep 11, 2018, 16:32 Nick Maslon - K1NZ wrote: > ______________________________________________ > -------Hampden County Radio Association------- > -----------e-mail list (reflector)------------- > ______________________________________________ > Hi Larry, > > The attachments did not survive the reflector. Could they be uploaded to > the website instead? That way the current versions could always be readily > available instead of relying on searching through piles of email. > > Thanks and 73, > Nick K1NZ > > > On the Droid. > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 10:29 Larry Krainson > wrote: > > > ______________________________________________ > > -------Hampden County Radio Association------- > > -----------e-mail list (reflector)------------- > > ______________________________________________ > > New HCRA Perk of Membership. See attached docs. > > > > > > I have attached two documents to this email. The first is labeled > > "Preamble" and is a simple introductory paragraph to explain the QSL > > "pooling" concept. The second is the submission form to accompany a > > members card when providing them to me and instructions. > > ______________________________________________________________ > > HCRA mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcra > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:HCRA at mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > HCRA mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hcra > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:HCRA at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From john at w1ja.com Thu Sep 13 15:17:38 2018 From: john at w1ja.com (John Pelham) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:17:38 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] Large collection of 73 magazine issues for free Message-ID: <032501d44b96$6f8bd680$4ea38380$@w1ja.com> FYI. On Craigslist. The seller says they're new, and that he got them from the estate of Wayne Green. He also says "These are free to anyone interested but you must take them all." In southwest N.H. https://nh.craigslist.org/zip/d/ham-radio-mags-large/6695351559.html 73, John, W1JA -- Email john at radiophile.com Websites http://www.radiophile.com http://www.w1ja.com From kb1vky at gmail.com Sun Sep 16 12:40:11 2018 From: kb1vky at gmail.com (Jeff) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 12:40:11 -0400 Subject: [HCRA] For potential new members Message-ID: <508C7344-868C-4A3C-BA04-8C9ABDAA6804@gmail.com> Greetings all. A ham club out in California gives the beofeng ht 2m/440 to any potential member who goes to one of their meetings and was invited by a club member. He claims it has increased membership and cost the club very little money. About $25. This is just a thought for us to try. Jeff Ab1wt " Chance Favors The Prepared Mind "