PCARS (K8BF)

Greetings PCARS Members, ARRL Officials, Amateur Radio Clubs, and all interested people.

The April 2024 issue of THE RADIOGRAM is on the web and ready for you to enjoy. Check out all of the latest happenings with PCARS!

April 2024 Radiogram

In this action packed issue: Club Officers share their updates – Bonding for Mobile Installs – FYAO 2024 Round-Up – Tech Tips – 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

PCARS Contesters and DXers:

This major contest will take place this weekend (March 30-31, 2024) on all the phone subbands.  The callsign prefix will be the multiplier that you will use for your final point score. So you work as many call prefixes as you can.  There will also be many alternative callsigns on the air for that very reason.  You can find the complete runs at: https://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

Get on the air and have fun.  Add some new DXCC entities to your list.–

73 – Chuck  W8PT

PCARS DXers & Contesters:

Once again friendly reminder that our DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting will take place Tuesday evening, March 26, at 7PM at our famous PCARS World HQ.

Our discussion will be on the upcoming PCARS participation in the Florida QSO Party that takes place the last weekend in April. We will also be talking about our individual participations in the various QSO Parties taking place in April, namely: Louisiana, New Mexico, Georgia, and Ontario.

So I hope to see many of you in person or attending on ZOOM.

Event: DX/Contesting Special Interest Group meeting
Topic: FYAO & WI and ID QSO Parties
Time: February 27 at 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98524721220?pwd=TDUwRjd3VHB5K1c3RTl5U3k4WkwxQT09

Meeting ID: 985 2472 1220
Passcode: 088557

73 – Chuck W8PT

The next meeting of the PCARS Antenna Special Interest Group will be held March 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM.

We will be in-person at the PCARS club site, and on Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting:

https://zoom.us/j/99273855876?pwd=VWhuemc0T3JRdWVUd2NTZGJZWnBUQT09

Meeting ID: 992 7385 5876
Passcode: 047804

The Antenna SIG meetings are open to all PCARS members and guests. All ham radio operators or anyone interested in Amateur Radio are also welcome to attend. We will be discussing all aspects of antenna design, construction, test equipment, and experimentation. Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion and talk about their antenna-related projects with the group.

This week will be hosted by Kenwood Hall, WA8LRW

The Second FD 2024 Staff Meeting will be held this Wednesday, March 20th at 7:00 pm. in the PCARS Club Site Radio Room. For anyone who can’t attend in person, this will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting. The link to the Zoom Meeting is shown below. See you all there!

Tony WA8AR
FD 2024 Chairman

Portage County Amateur Radio Service is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Field Day Meeting
Time: Mar 20, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94589611943?pwd=cVQ2Q1FaUkRubTdkaGdjMlNPT0tSQT09

Meeting ID: 945 8961 1943
Passcode: 675328