Saturday – August 9th
Join us for the PCARS 20th Anniversary Special Event Station and Fun Day – Saturday – August 9th
K8BF will be on-the-air from 10 am until 6 pm.
This will be a fun event and you’re invited to help make contacts all around the world to celebrate PCARS 20th.
See: https://www.portcars.org/wp/20-year-anniversary/
for all the details.
Hope to see you at the PCARS club site this Saturday!!
Please join us for the PCARS Monthly Meeting Monday June 8th at the American Legion post 496 located at 1945 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240. The meeting starts at 7:00PM sharp!
Don Dubon N6JRL will be talking about the HD8G DXpedition.
You can review the May meeting minutes using the following link:
As usual we will enjoy great conversations while meeting with our fellow club members.
If you can’t attend in person, please attend using Zoom. Information for the meeting is below. Remember Zoom will be started between 6:30 PM and 7 PM but the meetiing will not start until 7 PM.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Jim, AC8NT
PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: PCARS K8BF’s August Monthly Meeting
Time: Aug 11, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91940125556?pwd=jlrwp0B6pYx70Sf59WgcADswyl9var.1
Meeting ID: 919 4012 5556
Passcode: 045477
There were 4 nets in July that counted towards the 20 for 20 awards.
Congratulations to the following for being 4 of 4:
WB8LCD
WB8OVQ
WB2RPW
WD8BIW
W8KNO
WA8UWV
W8GPN
N8QE
N8WCP
NR8W
KA8TOA
KD8OBA
KP4VZ
KD8WCK
KF8ADQ
Don’t forget, many of you have 1 or two “freebies” for June check-ins, and it’s basically 20 out of the 23 “eligible” net days so most of you have a pretty good chance if you keep it up!
Looking forward to seeing EVERYONE at the PCARS 20th Anniversary Special Event Station / BBQ this weekend!
73,
Tom WB8LCD
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 with PCARS!
In this issue: Field Day 2025 in Review – Get Ready for OSPOTA – PCARS 20 for 20 – 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
The annual Mantua Potato Stomp Race will take place on Saturday September 6th from 8:00 AM to approximately noon. The Race Director has again asked us to provide communications support on the course. If you can help out, please let me know at k8cav.coms@gmail.com, thanks!
73, Rick K8CAV
