| Bob, K8AAB | Payl, KE8EGF | Dwight, K4YJ |
| Gene, W8NET | John, WG8X | Tony, WA8AR |
| Vern, KE8VS | Michelle, W3MLS | Mike, N8WCP |
| Merk, KE8UKK | Donald, K8DER | James, KC8RKD |
| Jeff, WA8SAJ | Rick, K8CAV | Andrew, KE8BWA |
| Karl, W8KFW |
Contesters:
After a full reading of the Rules for this contest, it was decided that we would forego this one. First of all, we have already had one contest this month so we don’t necessarily need to have another. Secondly, this contest starts at 8PM on a Friday and goes for 48 hrs. I am not sure if any of us are prepared for that kind of involvement.
Therefore, we are going to cancel our participation in this contest and declare that, 2026 Contest year is complete. Our next meeting which will take place on Oct.27 will be where we decide what contests we will participate in for 2027. Hope a good number of contesters show up to make their opinions known.
73 for now,
Chuck W8PT
PCARS Contest Coordinator
Hi everyone,
The next Linux & Raspberry Pi SIG meeting will be held on Tuesday 10/6/26 @7:00pm in PCARS World Headquarters in Ravenna. This will be an open forum, Q&A for both Linux and Raspberry Pi. Get your projects and we will discuss! We will be on Zoom as well – please join us on Zoom if you can’t attend in person…
Cya in Ravenna!
73 de W8NET, Gene
Greetings PCARS Members, ARRL Officials, Amateur Radio Clubs and all interested people.
The latest issue of THE RADIOGRAM is on the web and ready for you to enjoy. Check out all of the latest happenings with PCARS!
https://www.portcars.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-October-Radiogram.pdf
In this action packed issue: Club Officer updates – Back On The Road with WG8X – Links from Around The World – Upcoming Events – And much, much more!
Please feel free to share this newsletter with anyone who has an interest in ham radio or the Portage County Amateur Radio Service in Ohio (PCARS).
Thanks & 73!
J.C. – KC8JC
PCARS Newsletter Editor
Attention Contesters:
Well, here is one of the contests in which we normally do very well. The California QSOP will be taking place this weekend, Oct 3-4, at our World Famous Club site. Festivities get started at 1600 UTC (Noon Local time) on Saturday and ends on Sunday at 2200 UTC (6PM local).
We will have all the op positions available. However, in our discussions it was thought that 40, 20 & 15 meters would be the best bands. Ten meters seems to be mostly dead, but we will be checking that periodically as well as 80 meters.
For those of you who plan to operate, I suggest that you show up early so that we can review the rules and make sure that we are all on the same page when it comes to operations.
I look forward to seeing a lot of contesters showing up to make this event another success. We especially need CW ops, so those with a good ear and fist are most welcome. Come on out and help K8BF be first in the USA again.
Until then, 73,
—
Chuck Patellis
Please join us for the 5th Tuesday Could Be Anything SIG on September 29th at 7 pm at PCARS World Headquarters.
W8NET will show us the details of using computer applications to support Morse Code operating.
I’ll get the doors open by 6:30, and we’ll be there ’til we’re done – we generally finish up before 9 p.m.
Hope to see you there!
73 de KD8WCK Rick
