PCARS (K8BF)

Hi EVERYONE

Please join us for some good conversation on the world famous PCARS Thursday Night Net. It is held at 8:00 PM local time on the 146.895 repeater with a negative offset and a PL tone of 118.8. Contact is also available via the K8BF-L EchoLink node. We always have interesting club and other amateur radio news.

Remember you can get a good looking certificate if you attend 10 consecutive Thursday Night Nets.

I am always looking for net control operators. It is not as hard as you think and we have a very forgiving crowd of hams that visit our nets. If interested, let me know.

For now 73’s and hope to hear you on the net.

Greg KA8TOA NCC
grgory999@roadrunner.com

PCARS has an exciting opportunity to represent the Ohio section as part of Volunteers on the Air. We have some time slots reserved for us to operate as W1AW/8.

We will have four stations on the air during the following dates and times:

Thursday, August 31 from 6-10 PM
Saturday, September 2 from 10 AM – 10 PM

All PCARS members are invited to join us. Whether you’re a seasoned operator or a newcomer, you are welcome to participate. Please mark your calendars now. More details will follow as we get closer to the event.

Nick, AC8QG

The next PCARS Flex Net will take place on Wednesday August 9th at 8:00 PM. This month we’ll be meeting on 21.325 MHz, USB, Phone. Mark your calendars for some K8BF BIG FUN, see you there!

73, Rick K8CAV

If you live in or would like to visit Ohio from August 30 to September 6, we would love to have you activate W1AW/8. For details, links to the online schedule, and a form to request operating slots, visit tiny.cc/w1aw8-info.

Note – you do not need to be an ARRL official/volunteer to activate W1AW/8.

If you cannot be an activator or will not be in Ohio, please use the online schedule (tiny.cc/w1aw8) to work us.

Anthony Luscre K8ZT

The August Portable Ops SIG is coming up this Tuesday, August 8th. We’ll be meeting at the PCARS club site (705 Oakwood St, Ravenna).

Let’s hear all about how you’ve been spending your summer.

Brandon, KE8ARB is going to pop in and give us an update on his QMX build, and his solar panel project.

We are also going to pick a date & venue for the next PCARS ParkPedition. This is where we invade a local park, and activate it for POTA.

Last, but not Least, this is the last Portable Ops SIG meeting before OSPOTA. So, we have lots to talk about this month.

We will also be available via Zoom

Here’s the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89732195744?pwd=cldtZmxMcmFqQndhQWtJN0s2NUNnUT09

Passcode: PCARS2022