QRA Home Page

THE QUANNAPOWITT RADIO ASSOCIATION

Wakefield, Massachusetts

Over 58 Years of service to our community!

Next QRA Meeting May 17th at the Reading Senior Center

An ARRL Affiliated Special Service Club

Join the QRA net every Tuesday at 8:00PM on 145.29

How to Join QRA and how to find our meeting place.

Current Newsletter

Back Issues of the QRA Newsletter

2006-2007 Club Officers

President - Tim MacDonald, W1WCI
Vice President - Randy Bishop, KB1EDJ

Secretary - Bob Reiser, AA1M
Treasurer - Jeff Hollis, W1CKH

Board of Directors

Tom Charbonneau, NZ1X (2005-2007)

Bob Daigle, KD1ZT (2005-2007)

Barbara Day, KA1EDV (2006-2008)

Maurice Martini, N1UV (2006-2008)

Mike Rioux, W1USN (2005-2007)

Ray Sylvester, NR1R (2006-2008)

Newsletter Editor - Bob Reiser, AA1M
Quartermaster - Mike Riordan, W1HFR

The QRA is an organization open to all interested in radio communication. Its goal is to further develop and help expand Amateur Radio ("Ham Radio") while enjoying ourselves. The QRA was founded in Wakefield, Massachusetts on November 18, 1948 and is still based in the same geographical area, though it has members throughout the United States. Everyone interested is invited to attend QRA meetings and other activities as well as join the association. You do not need to hold an Amateur Radio license to participate.

The meetings of the QRA are held in the Reading Senior Center, 49 Pleasant Street. Pleasant Street meets route 28 in Reading Center opposite the CVS drug store. You'll see a traffic light atop a concrete pillar in the middle of the intersection. The Senior Center is located in an old fire barn, approximately half a block from route 28. Some members will remember it as the place where we once held classes. Parking is available in back.

The meeting starts at 7PM, on the third Thursday of the month, excluding the summer vacation months of July and August.

The club provides interesting and informative programs, repeater (145.29 MHz), Amateur Radio license classes and examinations, an interesting monthly Newsletter, and mini-auctions. We also sponsor a Field Day event each year.

Each winter, a group of QRA members make a mini-DxPedition to the Caribbean for a week of operating radio and sightseeing. Some of the places they have been to are: Cayman Island (ZF); Belize(V3) 1996; Aruba (P4) 1993-94, 2002; Barbados (8P) 1997; Antigua (V26) 1998; Little Cayman Island; Anguilla (VP2E) 1999; Saint Maarten (PJ8) 2000-2001; Dominica (J75) 2003; and Grenada (J3) 2004. We went to the island of St. Kitts (V4) in February and March 2005, and returned to the island in 2006. In 2007, we returned to Aruba.