PCARS (K8BF)

The next Digital Special Interest Group meeting will be on Tuesday August 1st at 7:00 PM at the club site in Ravenna. We will have a presentation and demonstration on direct coupling two Signalinks together with a CAT5 cable to simulate a radio link. This is useful when trying to learn or troubleshoot new digital programs without having to make on-the-air transmissions and lets you focus on the program without radio link issues clouding the issue. If you want to bring your laptop to the meeting you can use it with his setup with fldigi, FT8/FT4, or other programs.

This will also be an open forum meeting where we can talk about any digital communications issues you would like. As always we will have time to help with any questions or problems you may be having. The meeting will also be held via Zoom at the link below. I hope to see you there.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88355094567?pwd=ZzRvd1hmQWNaYlZEcGFOdVhuNlNiQT09

Meeting ID: 883 5509 4567
Passcode: PCARS2022

73, Rick K8CAV

PCARS DXers:

Here is one more for you to mark on your calendars. Again, it’s one I need also.

Lord Howe Island, Australia
W7YAQ, Bob, and K7AR, Al will be active from the Beachcomber Lodge on Lord Howe Island, Australia from September 20 to October 4. They have requested the call VK9LAA although it has not been issued yet. More information will follow.
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73 – Chuck W8PT

PCARS DXers:

Here is one that I know many of us Black Squirrel DXers don’t have in our logs.

Glorioso Islands DXpedition is bring planned by FH4VVK, Marek. The Glorioso Islands (AF-011) are a group of French islands and rocks totaling five square kilometers. This entity is #7 on Club Log’s DXCC Most Wanted List. We haven’t seen this one on the air since 2009.

We don’t know exactly when this will happen but reports say that it will take place in a few months. Approval from the French Admin who takes care of this entity, had not been received yet. Let’s hope that this one gets approved and that the DXpedition is one that we all can say we logged. Call sign planned is FT4GL.

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73 – Chuck W8PT

Greetings PCARS Members, ARRL Officials, Amateur Radio Clubs and other interested people,

The August 2023 issue of The RADIOGRAM has been published and is ready for you to enjoy.
Here is the link: https://www.portcars.org/wp/go/august-2023-radiogram/
Hope you enjoy this issue – K8BF Field Day, All the submitted results, station write ups and photos – Headwaters Adventure Race Report – Great Tech Tips – Something for everyone!
Feel free to pass this newsletter on to anyone interested in ham radio or PCARS.

Take care & 73,
Tom “Parky”, KB8UUZ
PCARS Newsletter Editor

Any mistakes found in the newsletter are there on purpose so some of you can have fun finding them…. The Radiogram is the monthly newsletter of PCARS. Every month, we bring you news, events, DX listings, articles, and lots of fun. All of the issues, dating back to the very first, are on the club website (http:www.portcars.org) for you to download and read. Amateur Radio articles are welcome. Send your submission in .txt (text) format to the editor:  newsletter@portcars.org

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