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“The Dayton Hamvention® Club of the Year honors go to the Portage County (Ohio) Amateur Radio Service. This very busy club says it has over 40 hours of activities each month, including public service, student outreach, periodic “Build Days” for working on projects together and monthly “Get On The Air” days when the club station is open for members and guests to learn about HF and different modes of operation. The members of PCARS are proud to have been selected |
Dec 4
Welcome to the latest members of PCARS!
| Ken KA8OAD | Fairlawn, Ohio |
| Joseph KE8JFP | Akron, OH |
| Ben KE8JUZ | Stow, OH |
| Mara KE8KBJ | Ravenna, OH |
| Montie KE8KCJ | Munroe Falls, OH |
| Marie mcarron | Kent, OH |
| Paul NO8D | Stow, OH |
If you meet these people on the street, in a meeting, or on the air, be sure to say Hi and introduce yourself. Let’s make our new members feel welcome!
Dec 1
| Jim AC8NT | Richard KA8OAT | Andrew KD8BBT |
| Jim KD8FME | Michael KD8JRE | Richard KD8PBL |
| Scott KD8UXG | James KD8VT | Don KD8WBC |
| Steve KD8ZDZ | Bob N8KBX | Robert N8RLG |
| Bob NT8K | Robert W5OV | Ronald W8AHC |
| Bill W8IFM | Mike WB8VYW | Karen WD8BIW |
PCARS Members:
I received a reminder from the Ohio QSO Party Activity Whip – Dan W8CAR. I thought it was pretty good, so I copied some of it here for you.
Reminder that the Ohio QSO Party is only 13 days away. Mark your calendar for August 25, Saturday, from noon till midnight EDST (1600Z-0400Z) CW and SSB – work stations on both modes on all bands (except WARC of course)
Here’s your chance to be the Hunted and not the Hunter.
Why you should operate:
1) Check out the radios we have at the club site.
2) Football preseason games are a waste.
3) BIG FUN!
4) The more activity the better
5) Add to your county, mode, band count if you keep records
6) BIG FUN!
7) Come and have some good BBQ Burgers & Dogs and fellowship with your fellow members. Bring a dish to pass around.
8) GET ON THE AIR
9) Did I mention “BIG FUN!!”?
Come on out and help your fellow PCARS members put K8BF (KILO 8 BIG FUN) on the air. We’ll keep a light on for you.
Chuck, W8PT
Contest Coordinator
Aug 10
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It’s time to plan to visit one of our great Ohio State parks and have a little contest fun.Mark this date September 8th on your calendar and visit www.OSPOTA.org for all the details. |
I still need several volunteers to help out with providing communications for the Mantua Potato Stomp Race on Saturday morning, September 8th. If you can help out please let me know by e-mail to k8cav.coms@gmail.com
For those volunteers who will also be participating in OSPOTA, please let me know that in your e-mail to me so I can plug you into the earliest available time slots.
Thanks!
Rick K8CAV
Aug 2
From the Secretary:
Lots of PCARS FUN is coming up in the near future!
Coming up on Monday August 6th is the monthly PCARS Officers Meeting – 7:00PM at the clubsite. All PCARS members are always welcome to attend these meetings.
The following Monday, August 13, is the PCARS Monthly General Meeting – 7:00PM at the Kent American Legion Hall. This month’s featured speaker will be Tim Duffy – K3LR. Tim is an accomplished ham radio operator, contester, and station builder! Tim will be talking about his personal experiences with Ham Radio and especially the K3LR Contest Station. Don’t forget – All PCARS members are invited to the K3LR station on Saturday September 15 for a tour.
On Thursday, August 23rd, the monthly Net Night at the Clubsite will be replaced with our annual PCARS Mobile Cruise In at the Ravenna A&W. Cruise in starts at 6:00PM. Come on out for dinner and a really good time! The PCARS weekly net will be run from the cruise in, so even if you can’t attend you can still check in to participate in the FUN!
Saturday, August 25th is the Ohio QSO Party and of course, the PCARS annual BBQSO Party at the clubsite! The QSO party starts at 11:00 AM through midnight. The BBQ will be served at approximately 3:00 PM. Come on out, get on the air, have some good summer cookout food and enjoy the fellowship!
If you want to have Ham Radio Fun be sure to come out and participate!
73, Tom WB8LCD
PS: Still looking for someone to step up and take on the PCARS Secretary position. Why not you?
July-2018-Club-Meeting-Minutes.pdf