PCARS (K8BF)

All the parts for those who have contacted me have been received. I also have a few extra. The cost of the Baluns, which is due at the build, is as follows:

1:1 Current Balun – $40, includes 5×5 IP65 Box and all connectors
4:1 Current Balun – $55, includes 5×5 IP65 box and all connections
9:1 UnUn. – $40, incudes 5×5 IP65 box and all connections
6 foot RG8X Jumper – $15

We will start the build at 9 AM and continue until they are all built or 12 PM which ever comes first. I will be available the night of the Antenna SIG to help finish units if necessary.

Jim, AC8NT

PCARS DXers:

Ghana (9G4X) DXpedition Announced

The Accra Amateur Radio Club, 9G2DX is hosting a DXpedition next month that includes veteran DXpeditioners: Gregg, W6IZT; George, N4GRN and Hal, W8HC. Rounding out their 9 member team is: Haim, 9G5AF; Bob, W9AP; Joe, K9UR; Curt N2ZX and Zeev 4X5ZS. They will be QRV March 22-30 including participation in the CQWW WPX Phone Contest March 25-26.

The DXpedition has been granted a special callsign, 9G4X for use during their 8 day operation from the Sankofa Beach House Resort located on the coast south of Accra in Langma Village. During the contest 9G4X will operate in the M/2 category while outside the contest, the team will operate 3 stations 160m-10m with a 4 th station dedicated to 6m as well as a 5 th station QRV on QO-100. Their modes will include CW, SSB and FT8.

The team also looks forward to working with some of the local 9G hams sharing DXpeditioning and contest operating experiences that they hope will encourage the locals to pick up and continue after departure.

73 – Chuck W8PT

FO/M Gridding the Pacific

Thanks to W3UR Bernie McClenny’s The Daily DX nere is the following update:

FO/M – Marquesas Islands
Magnet has arrived and starting March 16 FO/AA7JV will be active from
the Marquesas Islands (OC-027). Activity will be mostly on the low
bands on CW and SSB and on 6 and 10 meters on FT8 until approximately
March 20. QSL via HA7RY or LoTW.

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73 – Chuck W8PT

Hi everyone,

Our Portable ops Sig this month is on Tuesday, March 14th.

We’ll be talking about our upcoming Support Your Parks event to Wingfoot Lake State Park which will be coming up in April. . Here’s a link to the flier (https://www.portcars.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PUN-POTA-APR16-23-Flier.pdf).

There’s also a new plaque event coming up this year that we’ll be looking at. This is actually a POTA “contest”. Hope you can come out for the SIG this month either in person, or via Zoom. We’ll be meeting on March 14th, at 7PM in person at the club site (705 Oakwood St, Ravenna) or via Zoom at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89732195744?pwd=cldtZmxMcmFqQndhQWtJN0s2NUNnUT09

Meeting ID: 897 3219 5744
Passcode: PCARS2022

Hope to see you there.
John Myers, WG8X
kd8mq1@gmail.com
330-936-5021