PCARS (K8BF)

Mercer County Amateur Radio Club

Tuesday May 24

Elmer session starts at 6:00pm

Business meeting at 7:00pm.

Program at 7:30. Keynote speakers will be Editor of the Daily DX and noted DXer, Bernie McClenny W3UR and longtime DX operator Rol Anders, K3RA  They will present “DX—Working the World” with “History and Tips for Working ‘em” at 7:30 PM

This meeting will be a Zoom meeting. (The Zoom login information is also available on the W3lif website (www.w3lif.org)

Sad to announce that Larry Cole – N8FTP – PCARS Charter Member #29 – became a SK on May 1, 2022.

You can see the obituary in the Record Courier:  https://www.record-courier.com/obituaries/pwoo0211205

Parky, KB8UUZ

The PCARS Field Day Dinner is back for 2022! RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED by Saturday, June 4th!

As in previous years, dinner is free for members; you may bring guests for $5.00 each. Food will be served at about 6 PM on Saturday. You must be on the reservation list to eat with us. Dinner will be served to ON-DUTY operators FIRST.

To add your name to the list, follow this link and fill out one response per person: https://forms.gle/xrzQTdWmXLnkmRbm9

With the return of Hamvention® for 2022, we’ll once again attempt our Annual PCARS Dayton Hamvention® Group Photo.

The group photo will be Saturday at 2:00 PM SHARP! The plan is to meet in the bleachers between Main Buildings 2 and 3. Please don’t be late!

If you can’t be there for the group photo, find someone to take a few pictures of you at Hamvention® so you can submit them for the newsletter. In fact, everyone should take lots of pictures, and if you see any fellow PCARS members take pictures of them too. I’m looking forward to a newsletter full of Hamvention® photos and stories.

Nick, AC8QG

Just a reminder that our next meeting is May 9th at 7 PM! We’ll be at American Legion Post 496 on Mogadore Rd in Kent and on Zoom. I hope you’ll join us either way!

Our speaker this month is Greg Latta, AA8V who will discuss Feedlines & SWR. Greg was first licensed in 1968 and has been a member of CFARC ever since. He has written articles for QST, QEX, and Ham Radio Magazine as well as designing and building numerous vacuum tube and solid state equipment.

Join Zoom Meeting:

Meeting ID: 837 3464 8478

Passcode: PCARS2022

DON’T FORGET! Purchase your 50/50 tickets on the PCARS Website by noon on the day of the meeting – you don’t have to be present to win – everyone is eligible. Just look for the PAYPAL Button marked 50/50 tickets. Tickets will also be sold at the meeting.

Nick AC8QG

PCARS President

PCARS will be offering a General Class upgrade class starting June 8th and ending July 27th. The class will be held both at the PCARS Club Site and via Zoom.

Please let me know if you or someone you know are interested in attending the class. We will need a minimum of 5 students or the class will not be done.

Contact me by email at jawilson@j3solutions.com. If you would like to see the complete flier use the following link:

Sign Up NOW!!

Get the General Class Upgrade and join the world of ham radio!!

Jim, AC8NT

Our May Portable Operations SIG will be this Tuesday at 7PM. If you have interest in Portable operating, or any of the sub hobbies that goes with it (i.e. QRP, CW, camping, etc), we invite you to attend.

This month’s SIG meeting will be live at the PCARS club site (705 Oakwood St, Ravenna), but will also be on Zoom for those who prefer.

We’ll be critiquing the POTA Field Trip that we just did, and talking about the next one.  I want to know what you liked (and what you didn’t) about our first POTA field trip.

We’ll be entertaining your show & Tell items, and questions. We’ll also be mentioning FDIM (Four Days In May) coming up next week in Dayton. Of course, we want to hear your shopping lists for Hamvention.

We’ll be meeting Tuesday, May 10th, at 7PM in person or via Zoom. Here’s the link:

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 897 3219 5744

Passcode: PCARS2022

We’ll be in person at the PCARS club site, 705 Oakwood St, Ravenna.

Hope to see you there. 73 DE WG8X

330-936-5021

Our next meeting is Monday, May 9th at 7 PM! We’ll be at American Legion Post 496 on Mogadore Rd in Kent and on Zoom. I hope you’ll join us either way!

Our speaker this month is Greg Latta, AA8V who will discuss Feedlines & SWR. Greg was first licensed in 1968 and has been a member of CFARC ever since. He has written articles for QST, QEX, and Ham Radio Magazine as well as designing and building numerous vacuum tube and solid state equipment.

Join Zoom Meeting:

Meeting ID: 837 3464 8478

Passcode: PCARS2022

DON’T FORGET! Purchase your 50/50 tickets on the PCARS Website by noon on the day of the meeting – you don’t have to be present to win – everyone is eligible. Just look for the PAYPAL Button marked 50/50 tickets. Tickets will also be sold at the meeting.

Nick AC8QG

PCARS President

Hi Everyone,

It’s time for the PCARS Thursday Night Net on the K8IV 146.895 repeater. The repeater has a -600 offset and a tone of 118.8 Hz. The net will start at 8pm via RF and also the K8NF-L EchoLink node.

Please join Andrew KE8BWA as he hosts the net and we get updated on club activities and other amateur news.

I hope to hear you tonight as we keep Andrew busy as Net Control.

73 de Greg KA8TOA NCC relayed by Rick KD8WCK.

For everyone looking for the video of last month’s presentation on “Black Swan Communication Exercises” by C. Matthew Curtin, KD8TTE, it’s now available on our YouTube channel. If you missed the presentation or if you want to see it again for all the great information, check it out and share it with your friends!

Nick, AC8QG