PCARS (K8BF)

Here is a friendly reminder that the DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting will take place Tuesday evening, March 24th at 7PM at PCARS World Famous headquarters.

We will have a discussion on our recent efforts in the Idaho and Wisconsin QSO Parties. We are thinking of dropping one of these for next year and you might be surprised as to which one.

We will be also discussing the up-coming FLorida QSO Party in April as well as some of the other contests this coming month.

As always, the meeting will be available on ZOOM. So I hope to see a lot of members either in person or on ZOOM. If you have not come out for this Special Interest Group meeting, why not join us. You may find that not only will you enjoy it, but you may have some very good insights that will help the rest of us.

Event: DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting
Topic: Various topics as listed above
Time: Mar. 24, 2026 at 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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 – Chuck W8PT

Greetings PCARS,
As of 3/18/26, Constant Contact has drastically changed the management interface. A couple of QST’s were in error. Please bear with me until I know all of the changes.
73 de W8NET, Gene

Hello,
We have seen several phishing emails circulating this week that appear to impersonate officers from various amateur radio clubs. Most of these messages have a subject line such as “Are You Available?”
If a recipient responds, the sender will typically ask them to purchase gift cards with a promise that they will be reimbursed later. This is a common scam.
Please do NOT respond to these emails. They are phishing attempts.
The most recent message we saw originated from an email address in Canada that was spoofed to look like it came from a club officer. If you receive one of these emails, the best course of action is to report it to your email provider as a phishing attempt and then delete it.
Please stay alert and verify any unusual requests before responding.
73,

John Myers, WG8X Webmaster, portcars.org

FLEXNET THIS WEDNESDAY AT 8:00PM

This month’s Flexnet will be Wednesday the 11th @ 8:00PM on 28.314 USB +/- any QRM. There will be three rounds. Round 1 will be for check ins. In round 2 stations will report their setup including rig and antenna. Round 3 will be final comments.

Looking forward to hearing your station on the net.

73 Mike – N8WCP