PCARS (K8BF)

Hello PCARS Members,

We will be holding a Club Site Clean-Up event this Saturday February 22nd from 9 AM to 11 AM.

We are going to do a general dust up and mop the floors in the VHF and Social rooms. If you have them, bring a mop and bucket. Dust rags will be provided.

We also have a large amount of stuff to take to the dumpster. Mostly cardboard.

A BIG thank you to Paul, KE8EGF for his fine work fixing the ceiling in the VHF room. He did an outstanding job!!

YOUR HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED!!!!!!

Jim, AC8NT

Hi Skywarn Spotter Registrants,

We regret to inform you that the upcoming in-person Skywarn Spotter classes have been temporarily suspended due to unforeseen circumstances. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

Despite this setback, we are still offering two basic online Skywarn Spotter classes on March 3rd and March 10th, as well as an online Advanced Skywarn Spotter Class on April 21st. Each class requires its registration, which can be accessed through these registration links:

Please register for NWS Cleveland OH Basic SKYWARN Class 2025 on Mar 3, 2025 4:00 PM EST at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5517998504547108956

Please register for NWS Cleveland OH Basic SKYWARN Class 2025 on Mar 10, 2025 4:00 PM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5269909098902374485

Please register for NWS Cleveland OH Advance Spotter SKYWARN Class 2025 on Apr 21, 2025 4:00 PM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/948156600138192726

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

We look forward to seeing you at one of the upcoming sessions!

I appreciate your patience, and once again, we apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

Thank you,

Freddie

Freddie Zeigler

Warning Coordination Meteorologist

Weather Forecast Office Cleveland, OH

NOAA – National Weather Service

925 Keynote Circle, Suite 314

Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131

Office: 216-416-2914 ext. 223

Email: Freddie.Zeigler@noaa.gov

Hello PCARS DXers & Contesters:

The DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 25th at 7PM at our World Famous headquarters. If we have bad WX, we can always meet on ZOOM.

Among our topics of discussion will be the Idaho and Wisconsin QSO Parties that take place March 8-9. We will be going over the Rules and how we will be operating for these contests.

We will also review our QRP event, Freeze Your Acorns Off, which took place this year on Feb. 15. We want to see if there is any interest in having members work from their own QTHs for any of the contests that we will be doing this year. Our last contest from the clubsite offered some glitches with our rigs and/or the software, so we also want to discuss those.

As always, the meeting will be available on ZOOM. So I hope to see a lot of members either in person or on ZOOM. We also want to discuss the vagaries of the ZOOM App and the slight problem it presents.

Hope to see many of you at the club site or on ZOOM.

Event: DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting

Topic: Various topics as listed above

Time: Feb. 1, 2025 at 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/96686108444?pwd=hN5hDgTGWwdLBLXkLSeAfVOfSa4nGq.1

Meeting ID: 966 8610 8444

Passcode: 915088

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73 – Chuck W8PT

The next Antenna Special Interest Group meeting will be held tomorrow Tuesday February 18th at 7 PM. The meeting will be held at PCARS world headquarters in Ravenna.

Bring your questions and comments. We always have a great time. I will be discussing a couple of new antennas. One potentially for the Field Day GOTA station and the other of radio astronomy.

If you can’t attend in person use the Zoom information below.

PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Antenna SIG

Time: Feb 18, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/96686108444?pwd=hN5hDgTGWwdLBLXkLSeAfVOfSa4nGq.1

Meeting ID: 966 8610 8444

Passcode: 915088

73

Jim, AC8NT

Saturday February 15th

Attn All you Winter hardy QRP Ops:

As promised, here’s a reminder: This Saturday, Feb. 15, we will once again venture out to Fred Fuller Park in Kent and congregate in the Roy Smith Shelter House to hold our Yearly QRP event…namely FREEZE YOUR ACORNS OFF.

This will be our 20th year doing this so let’s make it a real BIG FUN event. Come prepared to brave whatever Mother Nature throws at us. Make sure that your portable stations are set to handle snow, ice, wind, and frozen acorns.

And don’t forget, there is that other contest within the event. The Best Recipe Cookoff. Those of you who may not be braving the elements, will want to bring something scrumptious to eat. We will have “impartial” judges to grade your offerings. Soup, stew, chili, Mac & Cheese, or something we haven’t seen before. Again, let’s simply get together and have some fun.

Festivities start with set up at 9AM and the contest will begin at 10AM and go until 3PM. I’m hoping to see many of you there.

Here’s a link to more FYAO Info: https://www.portcars.org/wp/activities/freeze-your-acorns-off/

And let’s thumb our noses at February WX by not forgetting to wear our Hawaiian or Aloha shirts.

73 – Chuck W8PT