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
PCARS Newsletter Editor Tom “Parky”, KB8UUZ wins First Place in the Ohio Section Newsletter Contest for 2023. The award was presented at the Columbus Hamfest on August 5th. Thanks to all that contribute to The RADIOGRAM to help make it a winning newsletter!!
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
As I mentioned, here is more info on this DXpedition supplied by Daily DX (Bernie McClenny W3UR)
VK9L – Lord Howe Island
W7YAQ, Bob, and K7AR, Al, have announced their next DXpedition will be
to Lord Howe Island. They have booked the Beachcomber Lodge for
September 20 to October 4 and have requested the callsign VK9LAA,
which has not yet been approved. They plan to operate in the CQ World
Wide DX RTTY Contest as a multi-single effort. Equipment will include
two Elecraft K Line stations, capable of running up to 500 watts. For
antennas they will have “a DX Commander vertical, Butternut HF9V
vertical, 160M inverted L, and pennant loop antenna for 160 receive”.
Listen for them on 1.8 through 50 MHz, including 5 MHz and the WARC-79
bands. They will be emphasizing working stations in Western Europe,
North and South America east Coasts. QSOs will be uploaded daily to
Club Log. QSL via OQRS, LoTW and W7YAQ.
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73 – Chuck W8PT
