The next PCARS meeting is coming up on Monday, February 13th, at 7 PM.
Our meetings are held at the On Tap Grille (4396 Kent Road (St. Rt. 59) in Stow).

This Months program will be “Expedition to Antarctica”, by Don DuBon, N6JRL.
More information can be found here

We hope to see you there.

Freeze Your Acorns off has always been one of our best events of the year, please, stop out and spend some time with us on February 18th.  We’ll be set up in, and around the Roy Smith Shelter House, at Fred Fuller Park,in Kent OH. The address is 497 Middlebury Rd, Kent, OH.  map

You are invited to participate by either setting up a station and operating (preferred), or just by coming out to hang out with your PCARS friends and enjoy some QRP activity, along with plenty of good food.

By the way, we encourage everyone to bring along some snacks, drinks, soup, sandwiches, or whatever to share with the group.  No one’s ever gone away from FYAO hungry yet, don’t let it happen this year either.

Can’t make it out to the site? No problem! We will be operating from 10 AM to 4 PM on CW, & SSB in the General portions of the 15, 20, 40, & 80 meter bands. Echolink will be available via the K8SRR node. We may be on other bands, and modes, as circumstances permit. Please look for us on the air, as we brave the cold, snowy weather of NE Ohio to set up, and operate QRP stations under Field Day Conditions.

We are offering a beautiful (suitable for framing) 8″ X 10″ certificate for contacting K8BF, or any other /FYAO participant. To claim yours, send your QSL, with a large SASE to our club callsign trustee: Al Atkins, KB8VJL – 1233 Chamberlain Rd. – Aurora, OH 44202.

FYAO has been shortened this year to 10 AM – 4 PM. This will give everyone a chance to tear down, help police the shelter area and still get home at a decent hour for a Saturday evening with the family.  The added time may also be used as a “debriefing” time at a local eatery.

Still have questions? Contact Tom, WB8LCD for more information.

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At the February 13 PCARS meeting, all about one of the most difficult and risky DXpedtions ever: Antarctica.

Don DuBon N6JRL was a member of the 3Y0X DXpedition team on the uninhabited Antarctic island Peter I in 2006. It’s said that more people have been to outer space than to this island. Getting to Peter I took a flight from Atlanta to Chile, a charter plane to the South Shetlands, then a  week-long boat trip to finally reach the Island. The team built a city and for the next two weeks brought 3Y0X to the world.

The Peter I team consisted of 21 members from eight different countries. Don will explain how the team trained an prepared for this fantastic voyage and DX-Pedition.

Fun Fact: Six months after returning, their ship Dap Mares sunk off the coast of Chile while getting ready to take another Antarctic science expedition somewhere in the Antarctic ocean. Fortunately the ship was close to land and the five crew members were rescued by the Chilean Navy and Coast Guard.