PCARS (K8BF)

It’s time again to collect Inputs for the upcoming edition of The Radiogram!

Have you been working on a project? Made some exciting new contacts? Tried something new? Made a change to your shack? Your fellow PCARS members want to hear about it! Share what you’re enjoying in The Greatest Hobby On Earth.

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.

Please send your inputs either in a plain old text with full size pictures to kc8jc@portcars.org by Friday, 30-Aug-2024.

73!

J.C. Wilson

Hi everyone,

I’m doing something different for OSPOTA this year. I was asked if I could organize a group activity for OSPOTA.

So this year, we’ll have 1 (maybe 2) OSPOTA stations set up at West Branch SP. Operation is open to all who want to get on the air. We’ll be set up at the shelter by the East boat ramp off of Gilbert Road.

I’ve applied for a 1 by 1 callsign (N8P) to use.

You’ll hear more about this as the day approaches, but for now, I need help.

Setting up two stations, and food for the day is a big undertaking for one person, so what I’d like is a volunteer or two to handle the food end of it. It doesn’t have to be fancy. I don’t expect huge crowds. It can involve someone making a pizza run, or grilling hot dogs. Your choice.

We will also need a generator; something RF Quiet. It doesn’t have to be large. a 1KW would be sufficient.

If someone can give me a hand, I would really appreciate it. You can reach me at WG8X.radio@gmail.com. My phone # is 330-936-5021.

73,

John Myers, WG8X

wg8x.radio@gmail.com

330-936-5021

Don’t miss out on our upcoming PCARS meeting, which is just around the corner! Be sure to mark your calendars for Monday, August 12, and join us at American Legion Post 496 on Mogadore Rd in Kent. The meeting will commence promptly at 7:00 PM.

LTC Shaun Robinson, Garrison Commander, Camp James A. Garfield Joint Maneuver Training Center (C-JAG), Ravenna Ohio will be delivering a presentation on the history and future of the Arsenal. Feel free to ask any questions you may have!

Zoom meeting information
Topic: PCARS Monthly Meeting
Time: August 12, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97799867749?pwd=VFovbkFxSXhzMnF1Qm9kUDhDaksydz09

Meeting ID: 977 9986 7749
Passcode: 575209

Mike – KP4VZ
PCARS President

The next PCARS Flex Net will be held on Wednesday August 14th at 8:00 PM. This month’s net will be a Digital-Only net using the OLIVIA 8/500 mode, on 6 meters. Tune your transceiver’s dial frequency to 50.350 MHz USB and center the OLIVIA 8/500 cursors at 1,500 Hz on the waterfall.

As this is a digital-only net, we will be using prosigns and Q signals to streamline net operations. A review of the use of prosigns and Q signals named ” Flex-Net-Digital-Operations.pdf” can be found on the PCARS groups.io site, here: https://groups.io/g/PCARS/files/Flex-Net-Digital-Operations.pdf

73, Rick K8CAV

I’m still looking for volunteers to help out with providing communications support for the Mantua Potato Stomp race on Saturday morning September 7th. If you can help out, please send an email to k8cav.coms@gmail.com. Thanks!

73, Rick K8CAV