PCARS (K8BF)

The PCARS December meeting will be held at the Kent American Legion Post 496 on Monday, December 11, 2023. Dinner will be served at 7:00 PM sharp!

This is our annual Christmas Dinner meeting, open to all PCARS members and their families. The dinner will be catered by the Kent American Legion Post. The cost is $25 per plate (plus the PayPal processing fees). The entrees for this year’s dinner will be your choice between Chicken Breast or a 7 oz strip steak. Each meal also comes with parsley potatoes, candied carrots, and salad. Beverages will be available from the American Legion canteen. Dessert will also be provided. Don’t forget, dinner will be served at 7:00 PM!

CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

IMPORTANT! You must RSVP by November 30! You can RSVP today on our website!

After the dinner, there will be a short PCARS meeting and our PCARS Gift Exchange! Please bring a ten-dollar gift and mark it for a HAM or a NON-HAM. (Non-ham gifts should be gender-neutral.)

If you are bringing children, please bring a special gift for your own children, and mark the child’s name on the gift so we can make sure it gets to him or her.

The next Digital Special Interest Group will meet on Tuesday November 7th at 7:00 PM at the PCARS club site. The meeting will also be held on Zoom on the link below.

This will be an open forum meeting and we can discuss anything relating to digital communications and ham radio in general. We will also make to to answer any questions or address any issues you may be having involving digital communications by radio.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88355094567?pwd=ZzRvd1hmQWNaYlZEcGFOdVhuNlNiQT09

Meeting ID: 883 5509 4567
Passcode: PCARS2022

73, Rick K8CAV

Here’s the November issue of The RADIOGRAM

Greetings PCARS Members, ARRL Officials, Amateur Radio Clubs and other interested people,

The NOVEMBER 2023 issue of The RADIOGRAM has been published and is ready for you to enjoy.

Here is the link: https://www.portcars.org/wp/go/nov-2023-radiogram/

Hope you enjoy this BIG issue – Great Tech Tip on Instructional Videos – CA QSO Party was FUN – The 2024 OSPOTA RESULTS – JOTA at PCARS – Something for everyone!

Feel free to pass this newsletter on to anyone interested in ham radio or PCARS.

Take care & 73,

Tom “Parky”, KB8UUZ
PCARS Newsletter Editor

Any mistakes found in the newsletter are there on purpose so some of you can have fun finding them…. The Radiogram is the monthly newsletter of PCARS. Every month, we bring you news, events, DX listings, articles, and lots of fun. All of the issues, dating back to the very first, are on the club website (http:www.portcars.org) for you to download and read. Amateur Radio articles are welcome. Send your submission in .txt (text) format to the editor:  newsletter@portcars.org

Thursday, October 26. Come on out! We’ll check into the net, have some snacks and maybe even talk about some of the contests coming up over the next couple months….

Hope to see you there,

73,

Tom wb8lcd 

October is flying past, and that means it is time to gather inputs for the November issue of the PCARS newsletter – The RADIOGRAM! 

Inputs for the November 2023 issue of The RADIOGRAM are due on Friday, October 27th at 8 p.m. (as always – the last Friday of the month). Help keep the newsletter interesting to all by sending in your article for the PCARS newsletter. And, don’t forget the in-focus, large-format photos as well!!! Let all of PCARS know what projects or ham operations are keeping you busy. 

It would be very much appreciated if you send your inputs in prior to the deadline. Send your inputs and in-focus photos to kb8uuz@gmail.com

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Take Care & 73,

Tom, KB8UUZ

PCARS Newsletter Editor