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 newest PCARS members
K4YJ, Dwight Kelley
| Rick, K8CAV | Mark, KE8UKK | Michael, N8WCP |
| Karl, W8KFW | Jeff, WA8SAJ | Bob, K8AAB |
| Donald, K8DER | James, KC8RKD | John, WG8X |
| Dwight, K4YJ | Vern, KE8VS | Andrew, KE8BWA |
| Michell, W3MLS | Gene, W8NET | Paul, KE8EGF |
| Anthony, WA8AR |
Hello fellow BSD fans!
Our next Linux & Raspberry Pi SIG meeting will be on Tuesday October 7, 2025 @7:00pm at PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna.
I will have 3 examples of Linux laptops to explore. One can be yours if you need!
If you can’t attend in person, this is the Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/96686108444?pwd=hN5hDgTGWwdLBLXkLSeAfVOfSa4nGq.1
73 de W8NET Gene
The October meeting of the PCARS Board will be held at PCARS World HQ at 7 PM tomorrow. If you can’t attend in person please join us using Zoom. Zoom links are below.
PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: PCARS K8BF’s October Board Meeting
Time: Oct 6, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93196356823?pwd=T0Ea6QmcDNj0McOBpIsxWxwBCUqURE.1
Meeting ID: 931 9635 6823
Passcode: 576617
Jim, AC8NT
Just another reminder: This coming weekend (Oct. 4-5) we will be participating in the California QSO Party. We will be trying to repeat last year’s performance in which K8BF took first place in the United States, in our category. We have done this a few years in a row now and I want to see if we can keep this string going.
We are looking for operators to put our 4 operating positions on the air. We will be in the Multi-Multi category once again. And if we can get some ops who are handy with CW, that would be absolutely awesome.
We will start to gather at 10AM on Saturday with the contest starting at Noon (1600 UTC Saturday) and ending at 6PM (2200 UTC) on Sunday.
Hope to see many members come out to help us.
73 – Chuck W8PT
Greetings PCARS Members, ARRL Officials, Amateur Radio Clubs and all interested people.
The latest issue of THE RADIOGRAM is on the web and ready for you to enjoy. Check out all of the latest happenings with PCARS!
In this action packed issue: Club Officer updates – 3905 Century Club Eyeball Trip – A Wattmeter For Your Microwave – Links from Around The World – Upcoming Events – And much, much more!
Please feel free to share this newsletter with anyone who has an interest in ham radio or the Portage County Amateur Radio Service in Ohio (PCARS).
Thanks & 73!
J.C. – KC8JC
PCARS Newsletter Editor
Please join us 7:00 p.m. at the club site 705 Oakwood St. in Ravenna tonight Tuesday Sep 30 for the Could Be Anything SIG.
We will meet to learn more about working a POTA activator in CW. Please join us regardless of your level of proficiency in Morse Code. Last time we had people with zero code experience all the way through club members who actively contest at the club station. We learned a lot and had a good time.
POTA stations generally want your contact so they will often slow down to your speed in order to complete the contact.
Working a contest is said to be a good way to improve your CW skills, since if you’re working search-and-pounce you can get the other station’s information before you respond with your own.
If you have a Windows laptop, bring it and we’ll install Morserunner on it. Morserunner is a free program that lets you practice CW contesting off-the-air.
Thanks and 73 de Rick KD8WCK
