From wb1dby at gmail.com Wed Dec 6 18:55:30 2023 From: wb1dby at gmail.com (Larry Krainson) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 18:55:30 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] Astronaut Owen Garriott W5LFL Message-ID: ARISS Webinar: ?Owen Garriott, W5LFL,? December 7, 2023 ? ARRL New England Division https://nediv.arrl.org/2023/12/06/ariss-webinar-owen-garriott-w5lfl-december-7-2023/ From wb1dby at gmail.com Fri Dec 8 09:20:57 2023 From: wb1dby at gmail.com (Larry Krainson) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 09:20:57 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] The ARRL 10m Contest starts tonight Message-ID: Join the HCRA as we participate in the annual ARRL 10m contest starting tonight at 7:00 pm and ending at 6:59 pm Sunday night. This is both a SSB and CW contest. This is also a contest where your home score can also credit the club as a joint participation, just like we do with the Field Day scores. Please make sure to mark your club as the Hampden County Radio Association. Do NOT put HCRA. Spell the club name out in full. Your log MUST be turned in no later than 7 days after the contest is over. The best bet is right after it ends or the very next day, so you do not forget. The report is simple: report and state. For example: 59 MA or 59 CT. DX stations will also send a serial number Computer logging via N1MM or N3FJP or any contest logger. https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com https://n3fjp.com/10meter.html The full rules can be found here: https://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/10M-Rules.pdf You can check your scores and certificates here: https://contests.arrl.org/certificates.php This is a great contest to open your shack and let others experience this fun contest and help get others on the air. Share your fun with others. I hope to work you on the air! Larry, W1AST - HCRA President - Visit my Ham Radio club website at: www.HCRA.org From kd1ku at yahoo.com Sat Dec 9 20:35:50 2023 From: kd1ku at yahoo.com (Ken, KD1KU) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 20:35:50 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] The Next HCRA 10-meter Net, 12/11/23 References: <059cde46-24b6-4b43-9a44-a848001b44bb.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <059cde46-24b6-4b43-9a44-a848001b44bb@yahoo.com> The next HCRA 10-meter net will be held on Monday, 12/11 at 7 pm, on 28.375 usb Nets are held on Monday evenings at 7pm. On the 4th Monday of each month there will be a guest Net Control with his/her choice of topics. If you would like to be a guest Net Control on any 4th Monday contact kd1ku at yahoo.com Topic: Do you chase DX? Counties? WAS or something else? 28.375 is within the Technician's privileges so come join in on the fun! This net is open to ALL licensed hams regardless of affiliation or location Hope to hear you on Monday! 73, Ken, KD1KU From kd1ku at yahoo.com Sun Dec 10 15:31:07 2023 From: kd1ku at yahoo.com (Ken, KD1KU) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:31:07 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] January Zero Beat Cutoff Date In-Reply-To: <9417b8bd-f51c-4d52-aa2f-38b62b6f933e.ref@yahoo.com> References: <9417b8bd-f51c-4d52-aa2f-38b62b6f933e.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <791d36fd-e7d3-4ed3-9490-aa026e821bfe@yahoo.com> The Zero Beat submission cutoff date is December 15th unless prior arrangements have been made. Please have any articles to me by the December 15th. If you have any questions or submissions contact: kd1ku at yahoo.com Thank You, 73, Ken ~ KD1KU Zero Beat Editor From kd1ku at yahoo.com Sun Dec 17 10:33:24 2023 From: kd1ku at yahoo.com (Ken, KD1KU) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 10:33:24 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] The Next HCRA 10-meter Net, 12/18/23 In-Reply-To: <059cde46-24b6-4b43-9a44-a848001b44bb.ref@yahoo.com> References: <059cde46-24b6-4b43-9a44-a848001b44bb.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <044d9266-55ba-40d8-a234-0507615e748d@yahoo.com> The next HCRA 10-meter net will be held on Monday, 12/18 at 7 pm, on 28.375 usb Nets are held on Monday evenings at 7pm. On the 4th Monday of each month there will be a guest Net Control with his/her choice of topics. If you would like to be a guest Net Control on any 4th Monday contact kd1ku at yahoo.com Topic: Do you participate in any Special Event Stations? Which ones? Holiday ones? 28.375 is within the Technician's privileges so come join in on the fun! This net is open to ALL licensed hams regardless of affiliation or location Hope to hear you on Monday! 73, Ken, KD1KU From kd1ku at yahoo.com Mon Dec 18 11:50:48 2023 From: kd1ku at yahoo.com (Ken, KD1KU) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:50:48 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] The Next HCRA 10-meter Net is TONIGHT at 7pm In-Reply-To: <059cde46-24b6-4b43-9a44-a848001b44bb.ref@yahoo.com> References: <059cde46-24b6-4b43-9a44-a848001b44bb.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5e6a90f2-c21e-4a7e-b45c-ee48ca2a03ea@yahoo.com> Reminder: The next HCRA 10-meter net will be held tonight, Monday, 12/18 at 7 pm, on 28.375 usb Nets are held on Monday evenings at 7pm. On the 4th Monday of each month there will be a guest Net Control with his/her choice of topics. If you would like to be a guest Net Control on any 4th Monday contact kd1ku at yahoo.com Topic: Do you participate in any Special Event Stations? Which ones? Holiday ones? This net is open to ALL licensed hams regardless of affiliation or location Hope to hear you tonight! 73, Ken, KD1KU From wb1dby at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 08:35:15 2023 From: wb1dby at gmail.com (Larry Krainson) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 08:35:15 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] New Years Day Foxhunt Message-ID: Greetings Foxhunters, Keeping with tradition, I will be hosting a Foxhunt on New Years Day at 1pm. This hunt will be conducted in the same manner that we have previously conducted live foxhunts. The hunters will assemble at the 91 Ayers Road in South Windsor, CT, home of the old Wapping Elementary School, be set up and ready to start by 1pm. The fox will take a roll call at 1pm on the BEARS repeater, 145.110 MHz, PL tone is 77.0 Hz. This hunt will be conducted using the repeater for all communication and information sharing. I encourage communication between participants and any base stations that can supply helpful information to the hunters. Once you have spotted the fox you should stop all transmissions. Pay attention, if someone says they are going to check an area and you never hear from them again, that might be a clue. Remember not to hunt the repeater output frequency as that will just lead you to the repeater. I will not be there. You will want to listen on the repeater input frequency, 144.510MHz. That is the frequency the fox will be transmitting on. The fox will be located within 20 air miles of the starting point and not within Hartford or Springfield. The fox will be on publicly accessible property that will not require anything other that a standard passenger car for access. The fox will host a "tailgate" party at the end of the hunt at the "den". If this is your first hunt, I would recommend riding along with someone who has done this before. Dress warmly as you will be outside at the end for the party, the rest of the time you will be in and out of the car taking bearings etc. Experience has shown that hunters will start arriving in the den about 1 hour after the start. The event has a two hour time limit not including socializing in the den at the end. Current information regarding this and other foxhunts in Connecticut are on groups.io. If you are not already a group member, you may want to consider signing up for the groups.io CTFOXHUNTER so that you do not miss any important foxhunt related news. 73, Paul, N1TUP From wb1dby at gmail.com Thu Dec 28 19:32:16 2023 From: wb1dby at gmail.com (Larry Krainson) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:32:16 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] New Years Day Fox Hunt Message-ID: Greetings Foxhunters, Keeping with tradition, I will be hosting a Foxhunt on New Years Day at 1pm. This hunt will be conducted in the same manner that we have previously conducted live foxhunts. The hunters will assemble at the 91 Ayers Road in South Windsor, CT, home of the old Wapping Elementary School, be set up and ready to start by 1pm. The fox will take a roll call at 1pm on the BEARS repeater, 145.110 MHz, PL tone is 77.0 Hz. This hunt will be conducted using the repeater for all communication and information sharing. I encourage communication between participants and any base stations that can supply helpful information to the hunters. Once you have spotted the fox you should stop all transmissions. Pay attention, if someone says they are going to check an area and you never hear from them again, that might be a clue. Remember not to hunt the repeater output frequency as that will just lead you to the repeater. I will not be there. You will want to listen on the repeater input frequency, 144.510MHz. That is the frequency the fox will be transmitting on. The fox will be located within 20 air miles of the starting point and not within Hartford or Springfield. The fox will be on publicly accessible property that will not require anything other that a standard passenger car for access. The fox will host a "tailgate" party at the end of the hunt at the "den". If this is your first hunt, I would recommend riding along with someone who has done this before. Dress warmly as you will be outside at the end for the party, the rest of the time you will be in and out of the car taking bearings etc. Experience has shown that hunters will start arriving in the den about 1 hour after the start. The event has a two hour time limit not including socializing in the den at the end. Current information regarding this and other foxhunts in Connecticut are on groups.io. If you are not already a group member, you may want to consider signing up for the groups.io CTFOXHUNTER so that you do not miss any important foxhunt related news. 73, Paul, N1TUP From kd1ku at yahoo.com Sun Dec 31 00:38:55 2023 From: kd1ku at yahoo.com (Ken, KD1KU) Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:38:55 -0500 Subject: [HCRA] Your 2024 January Zero Beat is Ready to Enjoy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8e5d1e50-ca57-4f0c-a189-c1502ecc6ab7@yahoo.com> Here is your 2024 January Zero Beat for your enjoyment! This link will open the Zero Beat page on https://hcra.org where you can choose to download or view it directly. https://hcra.org/zero-beat-2022/ The following links will allow you to download Zero Beat to your computer or open it directly for viewing. Download Zero Beat: https://hcra.org/zb/download.php?file=jan24.pdf Open Zero Beat for viewing: https://hcra.org/zb/jan24.pdf 73, Ken - KD1KU Zero Beat Editor