Today, there are nearly 100 HARA members and more than 150 ham radio operators in Highland County, OH.
One of the original members was John Levo W8KIW whose interest in radio goes back to a day when he was in junior high school and hanging out with his dad and other farmers at the Faris Implement Store in New Vienna.
It was 1963 when Levo took a class in Blanchester that gave him his ham radio license.
On 22 April 2017, HARA will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a dinner at the Hillsboro First United Methodist Church. Levo said an invitation is extended to current members, past members, former licensed hams, and others interested in amateur radio and radio communications.