Radiogram Inputs Needed by Thursday, January 30th

It’s time again to collect Inputs for the upcoming edition of The Radiogram!

We welcome our members to contribute links, stories, pictures, and any items of interest to our club.

If you’ve never contributed to The Radiogram or if it’s been a while, now is a great time to share something with the club.

Please send your inputs in a plain old text with full size pictures to kc8jc@portcars.org by Thursday, January 30th.

73!

J.C. Wilson


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DX Contesting SIG – Tuesday January 28th 7 PM

Hello PCARS DXers & Contesters:

Our first meeting of 2025 will take place on Tuesday, January 28 at 7PM at our World Famous headquarters – the PCARS Clubsite.

Among our topics of discussion will be the Minnesota QSO Party that takes place Feb. 1. We will be going over the Rules and how we will be operating for this contest.

We will also be discussing our upcoming QRP event, Freeze Your Acorns Off which takes place this year on Feb. 15. Also, we want to see if there is any interest in having members work from their own QTHs during the South Carolina and North Carolina QSO Parties that take place at the end of February.

As always, the meeting will be available on ZOOM. So I hope to see a lot of members either in person or on ZOOM.

Event: DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting

Topic: Various topics as listed above

Time: Feb. 1, 2025 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


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Net Night at the Clubsite – CANCELLED (Jan 23)

Due to the ongoing, unpredictable weather conditions, I am CANCELLING tonight evening’s Net Night at the Club Site!

That DOES NOT mean that there won’t be a PCARS net – THERE WILL! It’s a beautiful net and you should be there (on the air!). All the cool kids will be there, and the coolest kid of them all – KD8WCK – Rick – is on the agenda as our Net Control Operator. Rick really knows how to lay ’em down and call’ em out. You won’t participate in a net that is better – this is it!

K8IV repeater at 8:00 pm Thursday January 23. 146.895 mhz with a 118.8 tone. Or for anyone “way out there” check in via the K8BL-L echolink node!

That is all. Out.

Tom, WB8LCD


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**REMINDER** Antenna SIG Tuesday January 21st 7 PM – Due to weather meeting will be on Zoom

The next Antenna Special Interest Group meeting will be held Tuesday January 21st at 7 PM. The plan was to have the meeting at PCARS World Headquarters. However, the weather for Tuesday shows extreme cold with potential temperatures below zero. Not a good day to travel. I am holding the meeting on Zoom for the safety of members.

The Zoom information is below. I will be starting the meeting promptly at 7 PM on Zoom. I would love to meet at the club, but this is likely to be one of this winters worst days. Have your questions ready and we will be discussing future meeting content.

PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SIG Zoom

Time: Jan 21, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/96686108444?pwd=hN5hDgTGWwdLBLXkLSeAfVOfSa4nGq.1

Meeting ID: 966 8610 8444

Passcode: 915088

73

Jim, AC8NT


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Winter POTA Parkpedition SATURDAY- 18 Jan!

Hi POTA fans (and other radio enthusiasts)!

This Saturday, January 18, 2025, we will be at Wingfoot Lake SP from 10:00am to 3:00pm – set up will be 9:00am (a few will be earlier, 8:30am-ish).

At our Tuesday POTA SIG meeting, we set everything (hopefully!) for cups, bowls, spoons, napkins, etc. Looks like we will have smoked oyster stew, sauerkraut/pork or sausage, hot cocoa, coffee (Puerto Rican coffee – thanks Mike!), and more.

The tents and heaters are ready. The weather will be LESS COLD than last year, but could have some snow/ice/rain/crud. Well, it’s January in northeast Ohio – we know the drill! Just be careful on the road.

Stop by for the whole duration, for a few hours, or even for a few minutes. We would love to see you!

If you have any questions or concerns or just want to say “Hi”, call me at (330) 619-9194 anytime.

CYA THERE!!!


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