Hampden County Radio Association: We’ve got a Facebook page up and running for New Hampshire ARES. If there is anything that you would like me to post on the page please get it to me and I’ll take care of it. For those clubs and ARES units that I found have Facebook pages, I’ve either followed or joined your pages to link us all together. Please pass this on to your members so that they can view and participate in the Facebook page. Hopefully this outreach effort will gain some traction and interest in ARES and boost out unit membership as we definitely need some help.
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The Big E – A Note from Larry W1AST
[Editor’s note: Some of us are not familiar with The Big E. I did some searching, and it appears to be an event in West Springfield, MA. The URL later in this message took me to a website for 2022. If this is something in which you are interested in participating, please contact Larry (W1AST) for more information.]
We are doing another ham radio booth at the Big E this September. The dates are Friday, September 15th through Sunday, October 1st. The goal is to introduce Ham radio to the general public, show that it is still relevant, and to interest the public in signing up for ham courses. Just like last year there are two shifts per day with each one being 6 hours long. Each shift requires 3 people in the booth this year. We are making changes in the layout of the booth to make it more friendly to the public in the hopes to draw more people in.
Continue reading The Big E – A Note from Larry W1ASTPublic Service Announcement September 2023
What is Ham Radio?
What is Ham Radio? It’s the most fun you can have with a radio. You can talk to people around the world, and even orbiting the earth, learn about electronics and be of service to your community.
There are thousands of amateur radio organizations across our country serving over 760 thousand licensed Hams, interacting with about a million more Hams worldwide.
Contact us to learn more about our local ham radio organization.
Lakes Region Repeater Association
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2023 Fourth of July Parade
4th of July Parade Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Ham Radio Field Day 2023
LRRA Fourth of July Parade Float 2022 and 2023
4th of July, 2022 Parade Float
President Bob Nelson N1EUN with Ryan and Mark
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4th of July Parade, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 2021
Hello everyone. Thank you David N1DOU, Rich K1RBC, Don W1DND, Brian K0BCL, Frank W1WU, Jane W2REX, Jim NX3Z, John K1UAF and Ryan for your help on the 4th of July parade. Our efforts contributed to the parade’s success. Also, we had positive feedback from our first ever LRRA parade entry. Bob N1EUN President of LRRA
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2021 Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
As required by our constitution, the 2021 Annual Meeting and Biennial Election of Officers was held on Saturday Oct 23rd at the Town Hall in Center Ossipee, NH. Over twenty members and guests attended and enjoyed a wonderful dinner catered by our very own Jason/KB1RFS (who was also celebrating a birthday that day) and his wife Nikki.
The current slate of officers ran unopposed in the election and were re-elected via a unanimous voice vote.
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LRRA BUSINESS MEETING
1-25-19
Lakes Region Repeater Association held a business meeting at Hart’s Turkey Farm in Meredith, New Hampshire. We had 26 people in attendance and the food was excellent. Our secretary Sarah Silk read the Minutes of 11-13-18. With a motion from Rick Zach, K1RJZ, and a second from Sandy Percy, W1SND, the Minutes were accepted and approved as written.
The Treasurer’s Report was not presented, the Treasurer Jane Greer, W2REX was unable to make it due to bad weather.
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Our first Ham Radio Flea Market was a great social event and place to find good deals on equipment and parts. We even had a drawing for a door prize.
Our goal was to have two a year, one in the spring and the other in the fall. Most ham radio clubs sponsor at least one flea market a year.
The LRRA Flea and Ve was very well attended and a great place to connect an entire community. Our ham radio flea market ended up being a multi-purpose event.
People were buying and selling equipment and parts. Many new hams get their first radio at a flea market. Quite a few old and newer radios changed hands at good prices. Equally important is finding parts and test equipment. We hams usually stock up on hard to find parts for future projects and repairs.
There was a lot of information on local club activities. It was a great time to find out what groups were active in our neighborhood and what they were doing. Lots of memberships got sold at our flea market.
Entry fees were five dollars which covered our costs. Vendors usually donate prizes and we had a door prize. The admission ticket entered you on our drawing plus we offered a 50-50. These events were fund raisers for our club. Often, you can win a new radio, sometimes an expensive one.
At 1pm we held a Ve session for testing. We were happy to announce our testers passed their tests.
In the earlier days of amateur radio, most people built most of their own equipment. New parts were expensive, so hams started holding flea markets to share the wealth in their community. Sometimes they are also combined with auctions. In addition, many larger clubs hold a “hamfest” or “swap meet” which is the same idea. Our first LRRA Flea and Ve was a success!