Our first 2025 Field Day Meeting will be held at PCARS World Headquarters on Wednesday March 19th at 7 PM.
If you can’t attend in person please attend using the Zoom information and link below:
PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Field Day Meeting
Time: Mar 19, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98870151423?pwd=tWACUaSaFwEUC6fjKFPKRQjPehO8FU.1
Meeting ID: 988 7015 1423
Passcode: 636019
The next PCARS Flex Net will be held on Wednesday March 12th at 8:00 PM. The net will be held on 10 meters, USB Phone. The frequency for this net will be 28.350 MHz, +/- QRM. Technician class license holders are authorized to operate in this portion of the band and is a good opportunity to get some HF net experience!
The Flex Net is a great place to contact other PCARS members and QSL for the PCARS A to Z Award. Information about this award can be found on the PCARS web site under the “Awards” tab. The net is a lot of fun and gives valuable feedback on how well your station is operating. I hope to hear you then!
Rick K8CAV
Please join us for the PCARS Monthly Meeting Monday March 10th at the American Legion post 496 located at 1945 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240. The meeting starts at 7:00PM sharp!
Our speaker will be Jim Storms AB8YK current Vice President of the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA). He will be discussing Hamvention logistics and Youth DX Adventure (YDXAdventure) for 2025.
You can review the February meeting minutes using the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-KdKqLvwtByqw_lEfaq6PdltCnkf4jw4/view?usp=sharing
As usual we will enjoy great conversations while meeting with our fellow club members.
If you can’t attend in person, please attend using Zoom. Information for the meeting is below.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Jim, AC8NT
PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: March 2025 Monthly Meeting
Time: Mar 10, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94762902947?pwd=FIx07oet3ipwHgDaDV5iKLkj83sbeA.1
Meeting ID: 947 6290 2947
Passcode: 512149
Hi everyone!
The monthly PCARS POTA SIG meeting will be held at PCARS World Headquarters on Tuesday 3/11/2025 at 7:00pm.
We will be discussing details of our next POTA event on Saturday April 19, 2025 at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. We have drilled down to a few places to hold it – and details will be at the meeting.
Also, we will talk about the upcoming 5/31 POTA multi-club, multi-park event. POTA IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER!
Please join us in Ravenna, or on Zoom:
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
73 de W8NET Miles “Gene” Marsh
Greetings PCARS Contesters:
Welcome to another contest announcement. This one is for the Idaho and Wisconsin QSO Parties that take place this weekend, Saturday, Mar. 8th and Sunday, Mar. 9th. The Idaho party starts at 2PM local time on Saturday and runs for 24 hrs. The Wisconsin party starts at 2PM on Sunday and runs for 8 hrs. (Remember you should have turned your local time clocks ahead one hour. Please leave your UTC clocks alone.)
The modes for these contests are CW and Phone, and Digital is counted as CW but FT8/FT4 is not permitted in either contest. We need to remember to stay clear of the National Calling Frequencies.
Your aim is to work as many Idano and Wisconsin stations as possible and your multipliers are the states’ counties.
Reminders: For those of you who are planning to work either of these contests from your QTH, download the latest versions of your logging program. Make sure you read the rules for the contests. And make sure you list Portage County Amateur Radio Service as your club affiliation when doing your Cabrillo log.
For those of you who plan to join us at the club site to put K8BF on the air, we will be gathering about an hour before each contest to review rules and any last minute items. I hope to see many members attending.
OK contesters….GO GET THEM AND HAVE FUN!!
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73 – Chuck W8PT
