PCARS (K8BF)

The next Flex Net will take place on Wednesday December 13th at 8:00 PM. It will be on 147.595 MHz FM Simplex (voice). I hope to hear you then!

73, Rick K8CAV

Attn: PCARS DXers & Contesters:

Here is something that you should be aware of:
From Bernie’s bulletin today:

OZ0J asks is it “the death of direct QSL cards to Denmark?” The public postal company in Denmark began in 1624. Starting January 1, 2024, the government is changing the rules for letters and magazines. First, no “mandatory delivery” to all physical addresses. Then, unused stamps can no longer be used for domestic letters, only for international letters. The cheapest postage fora letter up to 100 grams from Denmark to any other country will be about 8 USD or EUR. So, to cover return QSL costs you would have to include that much. He suggests use LoTW or Club Log OQRS if possible. He, OZ0J, Joe, will continue to send direct cards from Germany a few times a year, to keep the cost more reasonable. He will also collect envelopes from others Iin Denmark and send them out from Germany along with his own.

$.66 doesn’t seem so much now, does it. LOL
Larry, W0PR

73 – Chuck W8PT

There will be no Portable Operation SIG on the month of December. 

I’ll look forward to seeing everyone in January at the January SIG (Jan 9th), and then on Jan 20th at the Wingfoot Lake Park. 

I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday season. 

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

73, DE WG8X
John Myers, WG8X
kd8mq1@gmail.com
330-936-5021

Tonight’s PCARS meeting is our annual Christmas dinner, open to all PCARS members and their families. Unfortunately, the time frame for reservations has closed. To everyone who did not RSVP, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing you at many PCARS events in 2024!

For those who will be in attendance, there will be a short PCARS meeting after dinner, along with the usual PCARS Gift Exchange! Please bring a ten-dollar gift and mark it for a HAM or a NON-HAM. (Non-ham gifts should be gender-neutral.)

If you are bringing children, please bring a special gift for your own children, and mark the child’s name on the gift so we can make sure it gets to him or her.

There will be a table with two baskets, one labeled “HAM” and the other labeled “NON-HAM” with slips of paper in the front of them. Put your gift on the table, pick up a slip of paper, write your callsign, and deposit in the “HAM” basket if you brought a ham gift, or, write your name on it and deposit it in the “NON-HAM” basket if you brought a non-ham gift. PLEASE: do not deposit a slip if you did not bring a gift for the EXCHANGE!

Merry Christmas!

Nick AC8QG
PCARS President

Greetings all!

This is your incoming newsletter editor speaking. Given that January is going to sneak up on us and I’m new at this, I would like to see if we couldn’t get as many inputs as possible for the January Radiogram in by the end of this week (15-Dec). That will give me a chance to collate things and get some seasoned eyes on it as well as avoid the collision with the upcoming holidays that happen to coincide with the normal “Due Date” of the newsletter.

Send those inputs to KC8JC@othertime.com in plain text format. And send in those pictures as well!

Thanks and I appreciate your patience!

73,

J.C. – KC8JC