PCARS is an ARRL Affiliated, Special Services Club. We are a group of Amateur Radio hobbyists located in Portage County, Ohio who believe that the whole point of being in the hobby of Amateur Radio is to have fun with it. Whether you are a new ham or an “old timer”, PCARS has something to offer you. The PCARS monthly meeting is held the second Monday of each month and the meetings start at 7:00 PM. We meet at The American Legion Post 496 – 1945 Mogadore Rd, in Kent. Click for more info!!
Welcome to the latest members of PCARS!
| Raymond KA8WCV | Rootstown, OH |
| Eric KF8CUA | Stow, Ohio |
| Vince AC8XO | Ben AD8FQ | Kevin AD8MO |
| Jack K8HGX | Phil K8PJW | Gary KB8VJO |
| Steve KC8YSU | Randall KD8JN | Jennifer KD8LIR |
| Richard KD8WCK | Bernadette KE8LWO | Keith KE8TQR |
| Mark N8NH | Coletta W8CDL | Bob WB8OVQ |
| Dan WD8DAU |
Greetings!
We will be having a “Linux Clinic” on Wednesday July 2, 2025, 7:00pm, at PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna.
I will have a USB thumb drive to install Linux Mint. Bring your old laptop (or, a new one!) at the meeting, and we will set you up!
OR, bring your questions, comments, ideas, etc. for discussion, and we will try to confuse you more. 😉
NO ZOOM FOR THIS CLINIC – in person only.
THIS IS FOR LINUX, NOT RASPBERRY PI. We will have a Raspberry Pi Clinic on Wednesday July 7. Same Bat Channel, same Bat Station!
Any comments or suggestions, email me at w8net@me.com
73 de W8NET Gene
The July Digital Special Interest Group meeting for July is CANCELLED! The next Digital Special Interest Group meeting will be on Tuesday September 2nd at 7:30 PM. Note the time change due to the Board Meeting being held immediately prior to our meeting.
73, Rick K8CAVkb8uuz@gmail.com
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? 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 file with full size pictures to kc8jc@portcars.org by Friday, June 27th.
Note: ALL contributions MUST be in by the 27th to be included due to scheduling complexities this month.
73!
J.C. KC8JC
Tuesday June 24th 7 PM
Hello PCARS DXers & Contesters:
Here is a friendly reminder that the DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting will take place Tuesday evening, June 24nd at 7PM at our World Famous headquarters.
Among our topics of discussion will be the North American QSO Party – RTTY Mode that takes place July 19-20 We will be going over the Rules and how we will be operating for this contest. We will also discuss any other topic(s) that members bring up including upcoming contests in May.
As always, the meeting will be available on ZOOM. So I hope to see a lot of members either in person or on ZOOM.
Event: DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting
Topic: Various topics as listed above
Time: June 24, 2025 at 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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
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73 – Chuck W8PT
This award is open to all PCARS Net Participants
The award period will run from July 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. There will be a PCARS net every Thursday evening during the award period EXCEPT July3rd, November 27th and December 25th. Therefore, there are 23 nets you can check into to qualify for the award. In addition, all 4 nets in June 2025 are considered “bonus” nets, and you can use up to 2 of them that you checked into to count for nets you miss during the award period.
There are 3 awards:
That’s it. Pretty simple. The whole point is GET ON the PCARS Thursday night 2-meter nets! All awards will be distributed at the January 2026 PCARS meeting.
73,
Tom WB8LCD
