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Membership Meeting:  Friday, June 1st

[First Friday of each month.]

As is our tradition, the June meeting will be held at 7:00 PM at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds.  That gives us a chance to share in the IRA Hamfest setup, enjoy a super potluck dinner and bask in the camaraderie among our ham radio friends.

We will also be making the final arrangements for ARRL Field Day at this meeting and swapping stories about our good times at the Dayton Hamfest.  Hope to see you there!


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2012 Annual IRA Hamfest

Saturday, June 2, 2012 8:00 AM until about 1:00 PM
Hudsonville Fairgrounds, 5235 Park Avenue
Hudsonville, MI 49426

Click Here for 2012 Hamfest Brochure


Change that Resolution into Reality....

Next Official ARRL License Testing Sessions
May 11th, 6:30 PM.
At the Red Cross Building.

[Second Friday of each month.]

Click Here for More Information
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April Fox Hunt

Saturday, April 28th 2012
9:00 am to 11:00 am

Click Here for Fox Hunt Results

   

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ARRL Michigan Section Presents the 14th Annual

Michigan Summer Family Outing
July 5-8, 2012

Woodland Conference Center and Campground - Hale, MI

Includes a tape measure antenna building project and a 4-transmitter fox hunt

Click Here for project website and schedule
Click Here for Family Outing Brochure


Red Cross Radio Room Telephone Number

During Business Hours: (616) 456-8661 ext 5405
After Business Hours: (616) 456-8661 then 6 and 723

Updated: 4/8/2012


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Are you ready?

2012 ARRL Field Day,
Grand Rapids Style!

Saturday, June 23 and
Sunday, June 24th

Once again this year, field day will be held at Calvin College, back behind the Conference Center. We had a lot of success in the spot last year. Setup will start Saturday in the morning and tear-down will be around noon on Sunday.

Are you ready to have some fun?
And ready to maybe learn something new?

 
ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada.  Each year over 35,000 amateurs gather with their clubs, friends or simply by themselves to operate.

ARRL Field Day is not a fully adjudicated contest, which explains much of its popularity.  It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest, most groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities.  It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to local elected community leaders, key individuals with the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public. For many clubs, ARRL Field Day is one of the highlights of their annual calendar.

Last Year's GRARA Field Day at Calvin College


Photos provided by Peter Helder, W8PD and Jim Leys, KD8CAN.

Click Here for More Great Pictures

Tent and Beam bobs shack

Just two of our operating stations on the campas of Calvin College, Grand Rapids

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Getting Ready for the 2012 GRARA Hamfest!
Saturday, September 8, 2012

Click Here for 2012 Hamfest Brochure

Click Here for 2011 Hamfest Pictures

bobs shack

See you at the.....

2012
GRARA
Hamfest

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Same convenient location as the past two years

The Home School Building
5625 Burlingame, SW
Wyoming, MI 49059

Click Here for 2011 Hamfest Pictures


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Keep track of daily club activities.

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What is the GRARA Yahoo Group, you ask? It's a bulletin board specifically made to keep members and friends up to date on club activities, treasures for sale, questions and comments on a daily basis. You can keep track of "what's happening" in any of three ways.

The first way is to go to the yahoo site by clicking the link above. If you join the free group, you will also be able to select getting an email every time someone posts a message, once a day in a digest or only if a moderator sends out a special message. (Most members get a single daily digest, some choose not get any email at all.)  You can also return to the site and search for whatever "tickles your fancy."

How do you join our Yahoo Group so that you can post messages and receive email? Find the answer under the FAQ menu above.

This is a moderated group. Moderators reserve the right to remove "unfriendly postings" especially spam.

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