PCARS (K8BF)

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

https://zoom.us/j/96959558182?pwd=4F72f0svSfNb8dob6EhQNDs2LNYPOA.1

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

I am saddened to report that our club member Wes Ferrell passed on January 3rd at the age of 91. He was a joy to be with. He will be greatly missed.

The calling hours are at the Redmon Funeral Home 3633 Darrow Rd. in Stow on January 15th. Friends can call from 2:00-3:30 PM.

Obituary can be found at the link below:

https://www.redmonfuneralhome.com/obituary/wesley-ferrell

The next PCARS Flex Net will be held on Wednesday January 8th at 8:00 PM. The net will be held on 160 meters Phone on LSB on 1852 kHz. If there are QSO’s taking place at or very near we will adjust up or down to prevent QRM. Look for QST email prior to the net, and also monitor for K8BF calling the net. I hope to hear you there!

73, Rick K8CAV

The Digital Special Interest Group will be meeting tonight January 7th at 7:00 PM at the club site in Ravenna. We will also be meeting by Zoom using the link below.

Tonight we will be discussing setting audio/sound card levels properly for both Spkr/Line In, Mic/Line Out, in various apps. As always we will have time to answer questions or help with any issues you may have regarding digital communications.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/96687118167?pwd=M40XjSbLcaP4Ui3KNWNGGDBc9DF6qR.1

Meeting ID: 966 8711 8167

Passcode: 183655