PCARS (K8BF)

PCARS Contesters:

Here is another reminder: This weekend, on Sep 21-22, K8BF will be put on the air to participate in the Washington State Salmon Run. This is the name of their State QSO Party. The event runs from 1600UTC on Saturday to 0700UTC (Noon until 3AM) on Sunday and then there is a break. The contest then continues from 1600UTC on Sunday until it finishes at 2400UTC (Noon until 8PM) Sunday evening. So this is a 23 hr contest.

It is a CW/Phone only contest. Sorry, no FT8 or any digital at all.

We will be entering in the “Unlimited” category. It’s the one that allows Multi op/Multi transmitter entries. I would like to see a couple of CW ops, in addition to our regular phone ops, join us so that we can make a very good showing in this contest. Please let me know if you are going to join us by emailing me at chuckw8pt@gmail.com.

We will be gathering, starting around 10am on Saturday to review the rules. Hope to see a lot of you at the club site for this event.

73 for now,

Chuck W8PT
PCARS Contest Coordinator

The next meeting of the PCARS Antenna Special Interest Group will be held September 17, 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

At the August Antenna SIG Meeting we discussed end fed antennas and which balun to use, 49:1 or 9:1. We also talked about NVIS antennas and which would be best for OSPOTA.

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 the discussion, and talk about their antenna related projects with the group.

PCARS will be looking for a new Antenna SIG Moderator starting in January, 2025. If interested please contact Mike KP4VZ to apply.

Bob N8QE

PCARS would like to thank June Germ, wife of former member Dave Germ, WV8P/SK who donated several pieces of Ham equipment to our club. See list below.

This equipment plus several other miscellaneous items will be available for purchase by any PCARS member at the next Net Night at the Club (26-Sep) or by contacting trustee Gene Marsh, W8NET (W8net@me.com).

Equipment will be offered to active member first.

Our next Portable Operations SIG will be tomorrow, Tuesday, September 11th.

Last month’s group build of 20 Meter Dipoles was very well attended, But, it got dark before we can test all of them. If you built an antenna at last months SIG, Feel free to come out and we will test them for you. I will have my spider beam mast and we’ll set up as an inverted V.

Since We are just a few days away from OSPOTA, And I didn’t get to play this year, I want to hear how it was for you folks. What worked for you? What didn’t work for you? Etc.

We’ll be meeting at the PCARS world headquarters, 705 Oakwood St, Ravenna, at 7pm.

As promised, here’s the Zoom info (Might not be in use during antenna testing).

Join Zoom Meeting

https:// zoom.us/j/92154491950?pwd=cmZNSlFhZVRmcVg3L3pnazdrK1ZuUT09

Meeting ID: 921 5449 1950

Passcode: 878917

Hope you can make it! 73, DE WG8X