PR POTA
Mega POTA Puerto Rico 2024 takes place Sunday May 26th.
What is Mega Pota?
23 clubs will activate 23 national parks in Puerto Rico. Mega Pota (Parks on the Air) is an event that celebrates amateur radio in natural environments, promoting operation from national parks and other protected areas.
Fun for all the POTA people !!
Details can
be found at: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/mega-pota-puerto-rico-2024.915183/
Tempest Fugit! (Time Flies)
Tomorrow night (Thursday 5/23) is Net Night at the Clubsite again already. You seem to like pizza, so we can get some pizza. We can check into the PCARS Net. As your ARRL Ohio Section Manager, I want to ask you all some questions about Amateur Radio, the ARRL, the future of our hobby and what we need to do to help it survive. I hope we can have an interesting conversation.
We’re going to skip net night next month as it occurs just 2 days before Field Day. In July, our net night will be another PCARS mini-hamfest! More info to follow….. hope to see you tomorrow.
73,
Tom wb8lcd
Are you in the market for an antenna that can increase the range of your handheld and fit in your pocket or go bag? If so, then I have just the thing for you. Over the last year I’ve built maybe half a dozen Roll-up J-Pole antennas. It’s not my design. It was originally in the September, 1994 issue of QST, then reprinted 12 years later in the newsletter of an Amateur Radio Club in Utah.
On June 8th, I’ll be leading a group build of these antennas. This will take place at the club site that day from 9 AM – Noon.
The cost of the antenna kit, including adapters is $15 cash or $16.05 via PayPal. I prefer paid in advance via PayPal so I can make sure to bring enough kits. But, if you want to give me cash at a club meeting, that’s fine as well.
The J-Pole comes with all the adapters that you’ll need to attach to anything from a SMA (Male or Female, or a BNC. That should be what the Dr ordered for most modern HTs.
For more details, please visit our website at portcars.org. To reserve your spot and order as many kits as you need, just click on the image provided below.
Feel free to reach out with any questions. My E-mail is wg8x.radio@gmail.com.
73 DE WG8X
Our next Portable Operations SIG will be on Tuesday, May 14th at 7 PM. We have the usual things on the dance card this month. I’m going to be asking some questions about something on my wish list.
The Hamvention forum schedule has a few sessions that might be of interest to the portable operator. A couple of them are specifically geared to POTA and activations. You can read the forum schedule at https://hamvention.org/event-details/forums/
We’ll talk about the April ParkPedition at Punderson State Park, and how it snowed that day.
We never did get to talk about the N3FJP improvement last month. I’ve also seen various logging programs popping up. I can’t believe that they are not driven by the popularity of POTA.
Lastly, what were your thoughts on the EM storms over the weekend? Nothing like turning on the radio to find nothing but dead air.
See you on Tuesday!
As usual, we’re meeting at PCARS World Headquarters (705 Oakwood St, Ravenna). If you’d prefer, feel free to join us on Zoom. Here’s the info:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92154491950?pwd=cmZNSlFhZVRmcVg3L3pnazdrK1ZuUT09
Meeting ID: 921 5449 1950
Passcode: 878917
One tap mobile
+13092053325,,92154491950#,,,,878917# US +13126266799,,92154491950#,,,,878917# US (Chicago)
Hop you can make it!
73, DE WG8X
Don’t miss out on our upcoming PCARS meeting, which is just around the corner! Be sure to mark your calendars for Monday, May 13, and join us at American Legion Post 496 on Mogadore Rd in Kent. The meeting will commence promptly at 7:00 PM.
During this month’s gathering, we are thrilled to have ARRL Field Services Manager, Mike Walters – W8ZY, as our guest speaker. He will discuss the significance of local clubs in the ongoing success of Amateur Radio, and what the best clubs across the country are doing to be a part of that success. Clubs like PCARS! Feel free to ask any questions you may have!
Portage County Amateur Radio Service is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: PCARS Monthly Meeting
Time: May 13, 2024 06:45 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97799867749?pwd=VFovbkFxSXhzMnF1Qm9kUDhDaksydz09
Meeting ID: 977 9986 7749
Passcode: 575209
Minutes of April 2024 Monthly Meeting:
Click here to see last month’s meeting minutes or use the following link copied to your browser:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1adsWHHcwRg7HcpcuCxD1RUSQP2WpYqKk/view?usp=sharing
Mike – KP4VZ
PCARS President
