Hiawatha Amateur Radio Association

12/18/2025

FYI- since we can’t seem to change this page off business/community organization to allow people to post on it directly, I’m going to work on creating a new Group page for HARA. I’ll be doing that between Christmas and New Year’s. I hope to set up a link between the old page and new one by the first of 2026. Bear with me, and I’ll post updates as they happen.

New Facebook group page will be found here: hara - hiawatha amateur radio association

12/14/2025

Suggestion from Lucille Scotti-

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1362383278674098/?fs=e&fs=e

12/04/2025

It’s TONIGHT!!!
HARA’s Christmas Potluck:

UPDATE, UPDATE as of 25 November 2025:

Hara's Christmas Party/Potluck Diner will be hosted at the Sands Township Hall

Event Info:
Date: 04 December 2025
Time: 5:30 pm (doors open) 6:00 pm (meal)
Location: Sands Township Hall

Additional info: bring a dish to pass, bring our own table settings, bring any desired drink (HARA will supply coffee)

See you there.

11/25/2025

UPDATE, UPDATE as of 25 November 2025:

Hara's Christmas Party/Potluck Diner will be hosted at the Sands Township Hall

Event Info:
Date: 04 December 2025
Time: 5:30 pm (doors open) 6:00 pm (meal)
Location: Sands Township Hall

Additional info: bring a dish to pass, bring our own table settings, bring any desired drink (HARA will supply coffee)

See you there.

11/22/2025

HARA’s Annual Christmas Potluck

In lieu of the monthly club meeting, December 4th will be our annual HARA Christmas party.

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the late notice about HARA's Christmas Party/Potluck dinner but we are having a problem confirming the location we have used for many years for this event but, regardless the event is still scheduled for December 4th.
We have two back up locations (Sands Towship Hall and West Branch Township Hall) reserved in case one of them is needed.

Location:??
Date: December 4th
Time: 5:30pm (doors open) 6:00pm (meal time)
Note: Bring a dish to pass. Be sure to bring your own table settings, any special drink,etc. HARA will supply coffee.

We will keep you informed of the location as soon as it is confirmed.
Hope to see you there.

11/11/2025

We're getting rid of this hutch that was up at the EOC. It's very heavy. Let me know if you're interested. It's free!

[email protected]

11/03/2025

REMINDER

Reminder: This coming Thursday November 6th at 7:00pm will be holding our monthly meeting.
Location is the county EOC/SAR building on the east end of the Marquette County Health Dept. parking lot.
The program this month will be about Dummy Loads presented by Steve KE8HEP.
This will also give you an opportunity to see the EOC radio room set up and the progress on it.

10/20/2025

From: ARRL Members Only Web site
Date: October 20, 2025 at 10:15:20 AM EDT
To: [email protected]
Subject: Help Us Get The Needed Letters To Washington.... We need you to step up and be a part of our Legislative Action to pass the HOA Bill


Hey, all Michigan Hams and Clubs,

Your dedication to Amateur Radio and public service is truly inspiring.
But… I will say this; you’re not holding a candle to the folks in
Ohio for getting your letters into Washington. Right now, Ohio is
beating the pants off of you for getting letters submitted both by hams
as well as by clubs and I’m really sure that you won’t let that
continue.

Now, how to fix this situation. We need YOU to harness that collective
power and get EVERY ham in Michigan to sign the letters, AND we need
your clubs to also do the same by using the preformatted form that we
have and just file in a few simple spaces, scan and send to our website
moderator. It’s really just that simple…

Michiganians, are you truly willing to let my Buckeyes defeat you? I
suspect not. Now is the time to
demonstrate your determination and start writing those letters. The
pivotal moment is here—step up your efforts to help ensure the Amateur
Radio Emergency Preparedness Act (HB 1094 / S 459) passes this year.
Thanks to the government shutdown, we have a few extra weeks to send in
those letters. Don’t wait until it’s too late; take action today!

Hams, just visit https://arrl.org/HOA enter your call sign, and the
form will auto complete in seconds. Just hit the send button and
you’re done!

Clubs should download the letter from https://send-a-letter.org/club
add club information, and have it signed by an officer. Scan each
completed letter (one for your Representative and each Senator) into
separate PDFs and email all files to Director John Robert Stratton
([email protected]), who will review and send them to Capitol Hill.

I am challenging all Michiganians and Michigan clubs to step up and be
an integral part of this crucial legislative push. Show me you can
really beat Ohio.

73,

Scott

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ARRL Great Lakes Division
Director: Scott D Yonally, N8SY
[email protected]

How to Complete The Congressional Club Letters The letter that is to be used by each club (including ARES groups) to request that their Representative and Senators support and co-sponsor H.R. 1094/S. 459 can be found at this link: https://send-a-letter.org/clubletter.docx. Clicking on the link will....

10/14/2025

I think this fits many of you….

That’s how we are 😄

10/04/2025

Something you may find of interest: ( suggested by John Forslin)

The US Navy’s 250th Birthday SE The founding of the U.S. Navy dates back to the Revolutionary War. George Washington created the United States’ first naval fleet by converting three Massachusetts schooners into warships. The makeshift fleet’s purpose was to intercept an unarmed British...

10/04/2025

John Forslin- whatever you were trying to send to be posted is not coming through. Can you try again? Maybe text the link to me if needed ( Judi Mouser) and I can get it from there….

10/03/2025

Election has been completed.

President Tom Perry KE8TPT
Vice President Scott Machalk WU8H
Secretary Joshua Kadotte KF8DNQ
Treasurer Mike Beltz KD8JIR

Congratulations and thank you.