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 newest PCARS members
K4YJ, Dwight Kelley
| Bob Magree N8KBX | Karen Warner WD8BIW | Jim Conlin KD8FME |
| Bob Whiddon NT8K | Michael Harris KD8JRE | Richard Taylor KD8PBL |
| Richard McPeak KA8OAT | James Wilson AC8NT | William Dunn W8IFM |
| Don Manning KD8WBC | Ronald Echelberry W8AHC | Nicholas Gichenko KE8JUJ |
| Donna Wheeler W8DMP | Gary Metzger WB2RPW | Kim Cooper KE8SMS |
| Tim McLeod W8HFZ | Dan Powers KF8CCX |
Greetings everyone,
Tomorrow we will be having our Antenna SIG starting at 7 PM at PCARS World HQ. We will not be doing this by Zoom this month. We will be outside running some experiments, so Zoom is useless. Please try to come out for this meeting.
Jim, AC8NT
Greetings everyone,
Mark your calendar! We will have another Linux & Raspberry Pi Workshop on Wednesday 9/17/2025 7:00pm at PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna. Get your questions answered, talk about your projects, etc. I will bring some snacks (Italian sliders!).
73 de W8NET Gene
PCARS Contesters and Friends of PCARS:
Here’s a heads up: Our Black Squirrel Contest Group will be putting K8BF on the air the weekend Sept. 20-21 (that’s next weekend) participating in the Washington State Salmon Run. That’s 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.
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.
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73 – Chuck W8PT
PCARS DXers:
Just wanted to drop a note reminding you that an 11 member team of experienced DXpedition ops will be leaving for their 20-day operation to Burundi. I know that this is a little ways off yet, but it’s never too early to put it on your calendar. The team will arrive in Burundi on October 30th and tentative plans call for stations being QRV on October 31 until November 20.
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73 – Chuck W8PT
This weekend is the Ohio State Parks On The Air (OSPOTA) contest, and PCARS will be operating from Wingfoot Lake State Park in Suffield. Everyone is welcome to stop by, say hello, and get on the air!
Contest Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Setup Begins: 8:00 AM
Food: Hot dogs and plenty of snacks will be available
This year’s event includes CW, so we’ll have two stations running. If you enjoy Morse code, bring your favorite CW key and jump in.
OSPOTA is a low-stress, friendly contest—perfect if you’d like to try contesting for the first time or just have some casual radio fun.
We’ll be at the Buckeye Pavilion (the first pavilion on your right as you enter the park) and plan to stay until about 7:00 PM.
For more details about OSPOTA, visit https://ospota.org.
Hope to see you there!
73,
DE WG8X
