A bit late, but good news, nonetheless.
Congratulations to the Hampden County Radio Club for coming in first place at this year’s ARRL New England Club Newsletter Awards.
More details here:
https://nediv.arrl.org/2024/08/27/new-england-club-newsletter-award-2024/
Originally posted on the New England Division ARRL website:
Alan Dove, AB1XW, has released a new game for learning or practicing Morse code. The free game combines several different training options into a single, minimalist control panel. An HTML version that runs in most modern browsers is available, or users can download native versions for Windows, Mac, or Linux to play offline.
The default starting mode uses the popular Koch method for learning the code from scratch, sending characters at 22 words per minute but introducing them one at a time. Once a player is comfortable receiving the current character set, they can adjust the game level to add another character. The game will also level up automatically when the player is receiving the current characters consistently with at least 90% accuracy.
For intermediate and advanced users who already know the code, there are three modes that send random words from different lists. Players can also turn the speed up or down, adjust the audio tone, or randomize the tone so each new character or group gets sent at a different pitch.
All versions, and a full description of the game’s controls and options, can be found at https://radiovoice.itch.io/less-is-morse.
Alan, AB1XW is a member of the Hampden County Radio Association and lives in Longmeadow, MA with his family. He’s been a ham for over 30 years.
The Hampden County Radio Association will be holding its Annual Auction. It’s a good chance for you to free yourself of unused gear, discover the classic you have been longing for, meet old friends and have fun.
Rules:
For additional info contact Larry, W1AST at w1ast@arrl.net club president.
73,
Larry, W1AST
The Hampden County Radio Association will be running an Online Technician Licensing Class starting this February. The classes will be conducted over Zoom.
The class will run weekly for 5 weeks on Wednesday evenings from 7 PM to 9 PM. The class will start on February 3 and conclude on March 3.
For more details or to register for the class, please see the sign up form on the HCRA website.
Please spread the word!
Over the past 2 weeks check-ins to the HCRA Health & Welfare net have tailed off considerably. After discussing this with Rich KC1AEO, we’ve decided the net has served its purpose as people get back to a more normal life. Therefore, we will close the net for now with the idea that we will begin again if or when a need arises.
We want to thank HCRA for the use of the W1NY club callsign we used on the net over the last 2 months and for the club’s support. We also want to say thank-you to W1BR for his support and the use of the 146.715 repeater. Finally, we ask that everyone keep the residents, their families and the staff of the Holyoke Soldier’s Home in mind as they recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Respectfully,
Richard Laviolette, KC1AEO
Marcel Lapierre, AA1WH
Congrats to the Hampden County Radio Association for once again has achieving ARRL Special Service Club designation.
SSCs are clubs that go above and beyond for their communities and for Amateur Radio. They are the leaders in their Amateur Radio communities who provide active training classes, publicity programs and actively pursue technical projects and operating activities.
Keep up the excellent work, HCRA!
The Mount Tom Amateur Repeater Association is holding its annual Amateur Radio and Electronics Hamfest on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Castle of Knights, 1599 Memorial Drive in Chicopee. All amateurs and those interested are invited!
Admission is $5 for adults and children 12 and under are free. Doors open at 6:30 AM for vendors only and 8:30 AM for general admission.
The hamfest will feature:
Those wishing to reserve a table for selling, please contact Brian Mullarney N1FI. Mail-in registration is also available using the form in the official MTARA Hamfest flyer.
Talk-in for the hamfest will be on the W1TOM repeater (146.940 MHz, PL 127.3).
In connection with the MTARA Hamfest, the Hampden County Radio Association is presently selling tickets for their annual raffle. There will only be 250 tickets sold for HCRA’s raffle at $10 each. The raffle will be for brand new Icom IC-7300 transceiver. The raffle winner will be drawn at the MTARA Hamfest.
WMA Section Manager Ray Lajoie KB1LRL is planning on attending the hamfest.
The Hampden County Radio Association will be sponsoring an amateur radio class for those looking at getting their Technician license.
The class will run on Tuesday evenings from
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM running from January 15 through February 26. The class will be held in the Auxiliary Conference Center at the Holyoke Medical Center at 575 Beech Street in Holyoke.
The class costs $30 and includes a copy ARRL Amateur Radio License Manual.
It is suggested that you pre-register for this class with HCRA Vice-President Dave Fant WM1B to ensure that a copy of the manual is available to you at the time of the class. Any other questions about the class can also be directed to Dave.
Good luck to all and hope to hear you on the air soon!