PCARS (K8BF)

PCARS Members & Friends:

Here’s another reminder that we will be hosting our first, and hopefully annual, Roast Your Acorns Off QRP event on July 25th. The event is being held at Lake Milton State Park at the Harry Meshel Picnic area. We have reserved two pavilions.

The event starts at 10AM and concludes at 3PM. So if you are planning to operate, then you need to start setting up at 9AM.

The makeup of the event is almost identical to our annual Freeze Your Acons Off event, except of course, this one happens during the summer heat. We also include our Best Recipe Cook Off contest at the same time. Of course I don’t see many pots of hot chili being entered. But what do I know?

Also as I have done in the past, I will supply a packet of documents including the rules, log sheets, etc, when you sign in.

See you there.

73 – Chuck W8PT

Don’t forget! Thursday is the night for the PCARS 2-meter net. 8:00 PM on the K8IV repeater on 146.895 mhz with a PL of 118.8. ALSO on the K8BF-L echolink node. This week’s NCS will be N8WCP – Mike. Get in out of the heat and Get On The Air!
73,
Tom wb8lcd

PCARS Contesters & Friends:

Just a reminder that this weekend, Saturday, July 18, we will be putting K8BF on the air in an RTTY contest. The contest starts at 2PMlocal time and goes until 2AM Sunday morning. Those of you who will be wanting to participate should show up no later than 1:30PM. We will have two stations on the air and since RTTY is a faster paced contest than SSB, we can accommodate quite a few ops.

So, come on out to our World HQ club site and have some fun working one of the oldest forms of digital communication.

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73 – Chuck W8PT

Hi Everyone

I would like to thank everyone who volunteered to help out with the
trunk fest, Weather was perfect and we had more buyers then sellers.
The porta potty cost $120.00, The money collected from sellers and
buyers was $165.00, the net profit was $45.00. I decided to not have a
50/50 drawing only because the turnout was low. Set up started at 8:15
and customers were let in at 8:30 and we shut down at Noon. Overall not
bad for our 1st one.

Next year we will try to pick a better date, time will be 8 am to 12 pm
and pass out fliers at other hamfest. See you Monday at the meeting.

Greg KA8TOA