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 |
| Dennis AD8OL | Niles, Ohio |
| Christopher KD8QDZ | Shaker Heights, OH |
| Dan KF8CCX | Streetsboro, Ohio |
| Bryan N8OQQ | Cuyahoga Falls, OH |
| Kyle W7KFR | Cody, WY |
| Jeffrey K8JJM | Matt K8WTF | Peggy KB8SZI |
| Jeff KB8ZWT | Janice KE8BFA | Mara KE8KBJ |
| Brian KE8NNC | Roger KE8TEJ | Christopher N1CJW |
| John N8GIE | David N8NB | Russell NR8W |
| Rex NX8G |
Hi POTA fans (and other radio enthusiasts)!
This Saturday, January 18, 2025, we will be at Wingfoot Lake SP from 10:00am to 3:00pm – set up will be 9:00am (a few will be earlier, 8:30am-ish).
At our Tuesday POTA SIG meeting, we set everything (hopefully!) for cups, bowls, spoons, napkins, etc. Looks like we will have smoked oyster stew, sauerkraut/pork or sausage, hot cocoa, coffee (Puerto Rican coffee – thanks Mike!), and more.
The tents and heaters are ready. The weather will be LESS COLD than last year, but could have some snow/ice/rain/crud. Well, it’s January in northeast Ohio – we know the drill! Just be careful on the road.
Stop by for the whole duration, for a few hours, or even for a few minutes. We would love to see you!
If you have any questions or concerns or just want to say “Hi”, call me at (330) 619-9194 anytime.
CYA THERE!!!
The Portage County Parks District will be holding its 2025 Headwaters Adventure Race on Saturday June 7th and has again asked for assistance in providing communications on the course. The event consists of a 2-mile run, followed by a 10-mile bike ride, followed by a 5 mile canoe ride. The race starts at 8:00 AM and is finished at approximately 12:30 PM.
If you can help out with this event please contact me by email at k8cav.coms@gmail.com.
73, Rick K8CAV
Greeting POTA fans!
Our next meeting of the POTA SIG will be in Tuesday 1/14/25 7:00pm at PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna.
The main topic will be our Winter POTA “ParkPedition” on Saturday 1/18/25, 10:00am-3:00pm. We have tents, heaters, food, etc but want to discuss details and other ideas. Your input is very welcome and appreciated!
As always, if you can’t go to club site, please join us on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96687118167?pwd=M40XjSbLcaP4Ui3KNWNGGDBc9DF6qR.1
Meeting ID: 966 8711 8167
Passcode: 183655
73 de W8NET, Gene
Please join us for the first PCARS meeting of 2025 on Monday January 13th at the American Legion post 496 located at 1945 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240. The meeting starts at 7:00PM sharp!
For our first meeting of the new year we will welcome Mr. Hal Turley – W8HC of St Albans, WV. Hal is a world class Dxpeditioner, recently participating from N5J – Jarvis Island in August of 2024; CB0ZA – Robinson Crusoe Island in February of 2024 and E51D – North Cook Island in July of 2023 (among others!).
In February 2025 Hal will be participating in the TI1RRC; YN6RRC; H7RRC and 3F3RRC Central American RRC Tour: https://www.qrz.com/db/TI1RRC .
Most of us will never get the opportunity to hear the “pile-up” as the rare DX station being called – HAL will give you an idea of what it’s like being on that end of the QSO and what it takes to get there, and back home!
Join us in Welcoming Hal to PCARS – Hal was last with us for the June meeting in 2019!
If you can’t attend in person, please attend using Zoom
PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: January Monthly Meeting
Time: Jan 13, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 969 5955 8182
Passcode: 460461
Greetings PCARS Contesters:
On Saturday, Feb 1, we will be putting K8BF on the air from our club site and entering the Minnesota QSO Party. The contest runs from 9AM until 6PM.
We would want those planning to operate to be present about a half hour before the start of the event. We will be going over the rules to make sure all of us are on the same page. We plan to have all 4 op positions running (10,15,20 and 40m)
We finished first in the US/World last year, so I am hoping we can have a repeat performance. And even though there’s no difference in point count between CW and SSB in this contest, I would like to see a few CW ops come out to help.
So let’s get together for a fun time and make some noise on the bands.
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73 – Chuck W8PT
