PCARS (K8BF)

Hi POTA fans!

Our next PCARS POTA SIG meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday 4/8/2025 7:00pm at PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna.

Our next POTA shindig will be at Cuyahoga Valley National Park on Saturday April 19, 2025 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. This is our “World Amateur Radio Day + 1 Day” event AND the “Spring POTA Support Your Park” weekend. We will be at Shady Knoll Picnic Area, with spill over (if needed) at Boston Run Trailhead.

Shady Knoll

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rTmmakeQUT5eSWyBA?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

Boston Run Trailhead

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MU1cJUexopRPqYZ9A?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

Both areas are just west of Rt 8 on 303.

We still need some volunteers for food, drinks, paper towels, etc. Contact me or be at the POTA SIG meeting.

73 de W8NET Gene

Hi everyone,

I have to cancel the meeting tonight. Sorry for the late notice.

73 de W8NET Miles “Gene” Marsh
ARRL A1 Operator
3905 Century Club Master #47
3905 Century Club 8th Area Director
Hurricane Watch Net member
Portage County Amateur Radio Service trustee

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!

www.portcars.org/wp/go/april-2025-radiogram

In this action packed issue: Club Officers share their updates – A New Decoration For The Club Site – Tips And Tricks – 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

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? Have some neat links? 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 Saturday, March 29th.

73!

J.C. Wilson

Don’t let today’s sunshine keep you from checking into tonight’s PCARS 2-meter net!

Mike – N8WCP – will be Net Control Operator.

Net starts at 8:00PM local on the K8IV repeater – 146.895 mhz (PL 118.8) and also on the K8BF-L EchoLInk node. Check in from ANYWHERE and let us know how you’re doing.

And don’t forget, tonight is the monthly “Net Night at the Clubsite” – stop in at the PCARS World Headquarters (706 Oakwood St. Ravenna, OH 44266) for some Ham Radio fellowship, and possibly some beverages and snacks. Mike – KB8TUY will be your host tonight (while I convelese from cataract surgery earlier this week).

73, and I hope to hear you on the NET tonight!

Tom wb8lcd