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
| Rick, K8CAV | Mark, KE8UKK | Michael, N8WCP |
| Karl, W8KFW | Jeff, WA8SAJ | Bob, K8AAB |
| Donald, K8DER | James, KC8RKD | John, WG8X |
| Dwight, K4YJ | Vern, KE8VS | Andrew, KE8BWA |
| Michell, W3MLS | Gene, W8NET | Paul, KE8EGF |
| Anthony, WA8AR |
This Saturday at Camp Manatoc we will be setting up to support Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air. We would like to have a couple of stations setup to help as many Scouts as possible experience Amateur Radio. Last year our club took part in the event and everyone had a great time.
Did you know Camp Manatoc is in the POTA Cuyahoga Valley National Park site?. Last year Mike KP4VZ used POTA CQ to provide some great contacts for the Scouts.
The event runs from about 9 AM until 4 PM. We also plan to demonstrate antenna construction and have some Fox Hunts.
If interested please let me know. I need a list to determine our level of support. Please consider supporting this event.
Jim, AC8NT
AC8NT@j3solutions.com
Please join us for the PCARS Monthly Meeting Monday October 13th at the American Legion post 496 located at 1945 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240. The meeting starts at 7:00PM sharp!
I will be giving this month’s presentation. The topic will be Ham Radio and Radio Astronomy
You can review the September meeting minutes using the following link:
If you can’t attend in person, please attend using Zoom. Information for the meeting is below. Remember Zoom will be started between 6:30 PM and 7 PM but the meeting will not start until 7 PM.
Join Zoom Meeting
PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Meeting ID: 921 7769 8191
Passcode: 681911
As usual we will enjoy great conversations while meeting with our fellow club members.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Jim, AC8NT
Hello fellow BSD fans!
Our next Linux & Raspberry Pi SIG meeting will be on Tuesday October 7, 2025 @7:00pm at PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna.
I will have 3 examples of Linux laptops to explore. One can be yours if you need!
If you can’t attend in person, this is the Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/96686108444?pwd=hN5hDgTGWwdLBLXkLSeAfVOfSa4nGq.1
73 de W8NET Gene
The October meeting of the PCARS Board will be held at PCARS World HQ at 7 PM tomorrow. If you can’t attend in person please join us using Zoom. Zoom links are below.
PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: PCARS K8BF’s October Board Meeting
Time: Oct 6, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93196356823?pwd=T0Ea6QmcDNj0McOBpIsxWxwBCUqURE.1
Meeting ID: 931 9635 6823
Passcode: 576617
Jim, AC8NT
Just another reminder: This coming weekend (Oct. 4-5) we will be participating in the California QSO Party. We will be trying to repeat last year’s performance in which K8BF took first place in the United States, in our category. We have done this a few years in a row now and I want to see if we can keep this string going.
We are looking for operators to put our 4 operating positions on the air. We will be in the Multi-Multi category once again. And if we can get some ops who are handy with CW, that would be absolutely awesome.
We will start to gather at 10AM on Saturday with the contest starting at Noon (1600 UTC Saturday) and ending at 6PM (2200 UTC) on Sunday.
Hope to see many members come out to help us.
73 – Chuck W8PT
