PCARS (K8BF)

Our next Portable Operations SIG will be tomorrow, Tuesday, September 11th.

Last month’s group build of 20 Meter Dipoles was very well attended, But, it got dark before we can test all of them. If you built an antenna at last months SIG, Feel free to come out and we will test them for you. I will have my spider beam mast and we’ll set up as an inverted V.

Since We are just a few days away from OSPOTA, And I didn’t get to play this year, I want to hear how it was for you folks. What worked for you? What didn’t work for you? Etc.

We’ll be meeting at the PCARS world headquarters, 705 Oakwood St, Ravenna, at 7pm.

As promised, here’s the Zoom info (Might not be in use during antenna testing).

Join Zoom Meeting

https:// zoom.us/j/92154491950?pwd=cmZNSlFhZVRmcVg3L3pnazdrK1ZuUT09

Meeting ID: 921 5449 1950

Passcode: 878917

Hope you can make it! 73, DE WG8X

Don’t miss out on our upcoming PCARS meeting, which is just around the corner! Be sure to mark your calendars for Monday, September 9, and join us at American Legion Post 496 on Mogadore Rd in Kent. The meeting will commence promptly at 7:00 PM.

Guest Speaker: Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, serves as the president of the Hurricane Watch Net. He will be discussing the Hurricane Watch Net and its operational procedures.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97799867749?pwd=VFovbkFxSXhzMnF1Qm9kUDhDaksydz09
Meeting ID: 977 9986 7749
Passcode: 575209

August 2024 Monthly Meeting Minutes:
Click here to see last month’s meeting minutes or use the following link copied to your browser:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZDY_OuV5ihaM6r2ZW2aJlOi6nydNt7KW/view?usp=sharing

Details about the changes to the club constitution were provided in the QST announcement for the September meeting.

Mike – KP4VZ
PCARS President

More Information

Sorry for the last moment notification, but due to a family emergency, the OSPOTA event at West Branch SP is cancelled.

All is better now, but I still feel the need to stay closer to home tomorrow.

The Canton club just got in touch with me and said anybody that would like to join them at Quail Hollow are more than welcome tomorrow. Big thank you to the folks at W8AL!

John Myers, WG8X
wg8x.radio@gmail.com
330-936-5021

PCARS Members:

I know a lot of you will be busy with OSPOTA and the Potato Stump this weekend. Just want to let you know PCARS will have a booth at this event.

This is one of Kent State’s largest public events and is open to everyone. Airplanes, airplane rides, airplanes on display and the Goodyear blimp will be available for all those interested.

If you are not already tied up with an event, please feel free to stop by. Complete details can be found at the following website:

https://www.kent.edu/cae/aeronautics-engineering-expo

Jim, AC8NT

PCARS Contesters:

On Sep 21-22, K8BF will be put on the air to participate in the Washington State Salmon Run. This is the name of their State QSO Party. The event runs from 1600UTC on Saturday to 0700UTC (Noon until 3AM) on Sunday and then there is a break. The contest then continues from 1600UTC on Sunday until it finishes at 2400UTC (Noon until 8PM) Sunday evening. So this is a 23 hr contest. It is a CW/Pho only contest. Sorry, no FT8 or any digital at all.

We will be entering in the “Unlimited” category. It’s the one that allows Multi op/Multi transmitter entries. I would like to see a couple of CW ops, in addition to our regular pho ops, join us so that we can make a very good showing in this contest. Please let me know if you are going to join us by emailing me at chuckw8pt@gmail.com.

We will be gathering, starting around 10am on Saturday to review the rules. Hope to see a lot of you at the club site for this event.

73 for now,

Chuck W8PT
PCARS Contest Coordinator