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 latest members of PCARS!
| Raymond KA8WCV | Rootstown, OH |
| Eric KF8CUA | Stow, Ohio |
| Walter W8AR | Stow, OH |
| Josh W8HRF | Akron, OH |
| Melanie K8KSU | Ethan KE8WVV | Eric KF8CUA |
| Kyle W7KFR | Frank W8EZT | Josh W8HRF |
| Paul W8PJW | Ken WA8LRW | John WA8US |
| Douglas WA8UWV | Lloyd WA8YFL |
Hello PCARS Contesters:
Yes, it’s another great weekend for contesting and K8BF will be on the air.
We had our choice of 4 different QSO Parties for this weekend and we chose the 7th Call Area QSOP and the New England QSOP.
The 7QP Contest starts first on Saturday the 3rd at 9AM local time and ends at 3AM Sunday morning. Yup, it’s a late night. The bands included are 160-10. We will be operating on 10 thru 80 CW and SSB. It’s kind of a weird contest at 18 hrs.
The New England QSOP begins at 4PM Saturday and runs until 1AM Sunday morning. Then it picks back up Sunday morning at 9AM and ends at 8PM that night.
We will be operating as Multi-Multi in both contests.
I suggest that if you want to participate, you should show up around 8AM on Saturday for the 7QP event and 3PM for the NEQSOP.
I’m hoping we get a great turnout of members. See you there.
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73 – Chuck W8PT
PCARS Contest Coordinator
Please join us for a toy repair work session for Replay for Kids. We’ll open up the club site and have all the tools and parts needed by 4:30.
Please come down any time you are able – we will work as long as people want to stick around, or 9pm, whichever comes first.
It’s always fun, and the work is appreciated.
73 de Rick KD8WCK
Replay for Kids work session
Please join us Tuesday April 29 2025 at the club site 705 Oakwood St Ravenna for another fun session fixing toys for Replay for Kids.
Replay for Kids is a non-profit organization dedicated to modifying and maintaining toys so that kids with severe disabilities are able to have toys to play with. They design modified actuators for battery-operated toys so they can be operated with large buttons rather than small switches, and they also make other modifications to toys so they are usable for the kids. Naturally toys in use get damaged, so that’s where we come in. We generally do some mechanical repairs or soldering of battery leads and some electrical troubleshooting.
This session we also have toys that need sewing skills and a sewing machine, Please call Rick at 216 509-4182 if you or a friend have sewing skills and can bring a sewing machine to this work session. I think we just need 1 machine.
We plan to be all set up by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, so please come down to the club any time that’s convenient for you and we’ll work until 9 or as long as people want to stick around.
It’s always a fun time and it’s work for a good cause. Replay is very appreciative of the work we have done in the past.
Hope to see you there – Rick KD8WCK
It’s time again to collect Inputs for the upcoming edition of The Radiogram!
Have you been working on a project? Built a kit? Set up a new antenna? Reworked your old antenna? Made a change to your shack that you wish you’d made sooner? Your fellow PCARS members want to hear about it! Share what you’re enjoying in The Greatest Hobby On Earth.
If you’ve never contributed to The Radiogram or if it’s been a while, now is the best time to submit something.
Please send your inputs either in a plain old text with full size pictures to kc8jc@portcars.org by Monday April 28th.
73!
J.C. Wilson – KC8JC
ATTEN: PCARS Contesters:
One more reminder:
The 2024 Florida QSO Party (FQP) begins this weekend on Saturday, April 26th and concludes on Sunday, April 27th. There are two 10-hour operating periods separated by a 10 hour break.
Saturday (Noon EDT) til Saturday Night (9:59:59PM EDT)
Sunday (8AM EDT) to (5:59:59 PM EDT)
Special 2024 FQP Spelling Bee info: They will have a total of 12 special 1×1 stations whose suffixes spell PIRATES. There will be two stations per suffix. Contact at least one station of each suffix letter spelling PIRATES to earn this award. Many of these stations will be on both modes and should be very accessible. QSL these 1×1 calls active in FQP via KU9C direct or via LogBook ofThe World (LoTW).
We should gather an hour earlier (11AM) on Saturday to review rules one more time and to answer any other questions or issues. I hope to see many of you there. And for those who want to find out what contesting is all about, I encourage you to come out. We can even give you some on the spot training, if you wish.
See you there.
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73 – Chuck W8PT
