The July Digital Special Interest Group meeting for July is CANCELLED! The next Digital Special Interest Group meeting will be on Tuesday September 2nd at 7:30 PM. Note the time change due to the Board Meeting being held immediately prior to our meeting.
73, Rick K8CAVkb8uuz@gmail.com
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 file with full size pictures to kc8jc@portcars.org by Friday, June 27th.
Note: ALL contributions MUST be in by the 27th to be included due to scheduling complexities this month.
73!
J.C. KC8JC
Tuesday June 24th 7 PM
Hello PCARS DXers & Contesters:
Here is a friendly reminder that the DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting will take place Tuesday evening, June 24nd at 7PM at our World Famous headquarters.
Among our topics of discussion will be the North American QSO Party – RTTY Mode that takes place July 19-20 We will be going over the Rules and how we will be operating for this contest. We will also discuss any other topic(s) that members bring up including upcoming contests in May.
As always, the meeting will be available on ZOOM. So I hope to see a lot of members either in person or on ZOOM.
Event: DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting
Topic: Various topics as listed above
Time: June 24, 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
This award is open to all PCARS Net Participants
The award period will run from July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. There will be a PCARS net every Thursday evening during the award period EXCEPT July3rd, November 27th and December 25th. Therefore, there are 23 nets you can check into to qualify for the award. In addition, all 4 nets in June 2025 are considered “bonus” nets, and you can use up to 2 of them that you checked into to count for nets you miss during the award period.
There are 3 awards:
That’s it. Pretty simple. The whole point is GET ON the PCARS Thursday night 2-meter nets! All awards will be distributed at the January 2026 PCARS meeting.
73,
Tom WB8LCD
RESERVATION REQUIRED – Please register early if possible
PCARS 2025 Field Day Dinner will be served Saturday June 28th starting between 5:45 and 6:00 pm. Dinner will be delivered to on duty station operators/loggers first. Dinner for PCARS members and guests will start immediately after.
Dinner is free to all pre-registered PCARS Members. Guests will be charged $5.00 each. I am requesting that everyone who wants to share FD Dinner with us please register by June 23rd so that we can have enough food available for everyone.
To register on-line for FD Dinner Go to the PCARS web site at: www.portcars.org – Front Page just below the Donate to Field Day Button
2025 PCARS Field Day Dinner
Dinner Menu: Rigatoni; Fried Chicken; Parsley Potatoes; Green Beans; Rolls & Butter. Bottled water will be available (no charge); soft drinks may be available (no extra charge).
Please note that to have dinner with us you must be on the dinner registration list. Those on this list will be served first. PCARS members (and paid guests) not registered for dinner may be served after registered members have eaten (if extra food is still available).
Tony WA8AR, Field Day Chairman
