PCARS (K8BF)

Ohio BBQSO Party Saturday, August 23rd

Posted on August 12, 2025 by John Myers

It’s August and time for more big fun. We celebrated PCARS 20th anniversary and now it is time for our annual cook out and open house.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 23rd. PCARS is going to put K8BF on the air and we are inviting all PCARS members to come on out for some special BIG FUN.

Contest setup starts at 10 AM. Contest starts at Noon and runs until midnight. We will have burgers, brats and dogs about 2 in the afternoon. If you can bring a side dish to share that would be great.

COME ON OUT. MAKE SOME CONTACTS. ENJOY THE COMPANY OF YOUR FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS AND HAVE SOME GREAT FOOD.

Hope to see you there,

Jim, AC8NT

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Welcome – We’re PCARS

Posted on November 9, 2023 by KP4VZ

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!!

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New PCARS Members

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Hops the Squirrel

If you are interested in joining PCARS, click on Club Info to find out how!

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Birthdays this Month

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Hops the Squirrel

Wayne K8FF	Fred K8IG	Lee KA8RXW
Mike KB8TUY	Al KB8VJL	Terry KC8TUE
Robert KD8CGH	Kenneth KD8OBA	Karl KE8IMR
Joe KF8ADQ	Ned N8GPS	Robert N8SKN
Walter W8AR	Mark W8GU	Ron W8RJG
Gary WD8ICX	Julie WT8J

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Latest News

Posted on December 1, 2011 by KP4VZ

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PCARS Flex Net – Wednesday August 13th at 8:00 PM

Posted on August 12, 2025 by John Myers

The next PCARS Flex Net will be held on Wednesday August 13th at 8:00 PM. This month’s net will be a Digital-Only net using the MT63 2000L mode, on 6 meters. Tune your transceiver’s dial frequency to 50.350 MHz USB and center the MT63 cursors at 1,500 Hz on the waterfall. Remember the mode is 2000L not 2000S. Technician class licensee holders have full privileges on 6 meters and I’d love to see more of our Technicians on this net.

As this is a digital-only net, we will be using prosigns and Q signals to streamline net operations. A review of the use of prosigns and Q signals named ” Flex-Net-Digital-Operations.pdf” can be found on the PCARS groups.io site, here: https://groups.io/g/PCARS/files/Flex-Net-Digital-Operations.pdf

73, Rick K8CAV

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August Monthly Meeting August 11th 7 PM

Posted on August 10, 2025 by John Myers

Please join us for the PCARS Monthly Meeting Monday June 8th at the American Legion post 496 located at 1945 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240. The meeting starts at 7:00PM sharp!

Don Dubon N6JRL will be talking about the HD8G DXpedition.

You can review the May meeting minutes using the following link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LdGNDwL3mCyA22soRhyniWY6Shqw-1MR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106049892290404716268&rtpof=true&sd=true

As usual we will enjoy great conversations while meeting with our fellow club members.

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 meetiing will not start until 7 PM.

Looking forward to seeing you,

Jim, AC8NT

PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: PCARS K8BF’s August Monthly Meeting

Time: Aug 11, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/91940125556?pwd=jlrwp0B6pYx70Sf59WgcADswyl9var.1

Meeting ID: 919 4012 5556

Passcode: 045477

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POTA SIG Meeting

Posted on August 9, 2025 by John Myers

Tuesday 8/12/25 @7:00pm

Hi POTA fans!

Our next POTA SIG will be Tuesday 8/12/25 @7:00pm at PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna. Topics include OSPOTA and ideas for an October POTA event – maybe combining with JOTA.

I will be traveling (and playing radio the whole time) from early Wednesday 13th through 21st (including going to the Four Corners Monument – AZ/CO/NM/UT). SO, John, WG8X, will be leading the meeting. Thanks John!

[I will be on the 3905 Century Club nets in 14 states – work me!]

Please join us in Ravenna, or on Zoom:

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

73 de W8NET Miles “Gene”

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