PCARS (K8BF)

Don’t miss out on our upcoming PCARS meeting, which is just around the corner! Be sure to mark your calendars for Monday, February 12th, and join us at American Legion Post 496 on Mogadore Rd in Kent. The meeting will commence promptly at 7:00 PM.

Rick Kruis, K8CAV, as a member of the Portage County Office of Homeland Security Management and Coms Unit, will be providing us with the most up-to-date information on the Communications Support Operations for the upcoming 8 April Total Eclipse.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97799867749?pwd=VFovbkFxSXhzMnF1Qm9kUDhDaksydz09

Meeting ID: 977 9986 7749
Passcode: 575209

Minutes of January 2024 Monthly Meeting:
Click here to see last month’s meeting minutes or use the following link copied to your browser:
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Mike – KP4VZ
PCARS President

World Radio Day 2024 will be on February 13, and this year’s theme is, “A Century Informing, Entertaining and Educating.”

World Radio Day was first celebrated in 2012, following its declaration by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference. It was subsequently adopted as an International Day by the United Nations General Assembly. Amateur radio is included in the celebration.

The EA Digital Federation designates the day as AO#WRD: World Radio Day, and they will have nine special event stations on the air on February 9 – 18. The stations will be active on different bands and modes, including phone, CW, and digital. You can locate the stations through the DX cluster or the agenda of activity on their website.

Operating times and special QSL information can be found at FEDI-EA – AO#WRD: World Radio Day 2024 (fediea.org).

I have not done this before, but I thought I would notify PCARS DXers of this, since I’m sure that many of us have had QSO’s with Slavco.

S57DX (ex YU3TUX, YU3BQ, ST2R), Slavko Celarc, passed away on
February 4. He was a Contester, DXer and QSL Manager for multiple
stations. Our condolences to his wife S56DX, Pavia, his brothers
S51DX, Janez; S53YT, Bojan; and the entire Celarc family.

73 – Chuck W8PT

Hi everyone!

The inaugural HF WAS & DX Net Special Interest Group meeting for 2024 will take place on tonight Tuesday February 6th at 7:00 PM at the PCARS club site. It will also take place on Zoom (link below). Our topics will be the free NetLogger software, and checking in to our first net, which will be the OMISS 40m SSB Net. See you there!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/96814463409?pwd=bW51VFl2TllsZlNkajJ3NTRhaXVTUT09

Meeting ID: 968 1446 3409
Passcode: 594134

73 de W8NET, Gene

K8BF will not be participating in the British Columbia QSO Party tomorrow. We would like to express our gratitude to all the operators who participated in today’s Minnesota and British Columbia QSO Party. Without your support, this event would not have been a success.

73 – Chuck W8PT
PCARS Contest Coordinator