PCARS is an ARRL Affiliated, Special Services Club. We are a group of Amateur Radio hobbyists located in Portage County, Ohio who believe that the whole point of being in the hobby of Amateur Radio is to have fun with it. Whether you are a new ham or an “old timer”, PCARS has something to offer you. The PCARS monthly meeting is held the second Monday of each month and the meetings start at 7:00 PM. We meet at The American Legion Post 496 – 1945 Mogadore Rd, in Kent. Click for more info!!
Welcome to the latest members of PCARS!
| Roger KE8TEJ | Kent, OH |
| Ray KO6FYU | Auburn, CA |
| George AC8KJ | Akron, Ohio |
| James AB8YK | George AC8KJ | Gia AG8GM |
| Michael KC8LJY | James KC8YYS | Ray KD8DFL |
| Carl N4IT | David W8HFY |
It’s time again to collect Inputs for the upcoming edition of The Radiogram!
Have you come across something interesting that you’d like to share with the group? Have you built a new kit? Acquired some new gear that you’d like to talk about? Had some fun with portable operations? Send it in with pictures!
If you’ve never contributed to The Radiogram or if it’s been a while, now is a great time to share something with the club.
February is one of those months that has our PCARS calendar saying inputs are due the day before the newsletter goes out. As you might imagine, that doesn’t work well in practice. Please get your inputs to me by Wednesday, February 26th.
Send your inputs in a plain old text file with full size pictures to kc8jc@portcars.org
Thank you and 73!
J.C. Wilson, KC8JC
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
