PCARS (K8BF)

Please join us for the PCARS Monthly Meeting Monday June 8th at the American Legion post 496 located at 1945 Mogadore Rd. Kent, OH 44240. The meeting starts at 7:00PM sharp!

Don Dubon N6JRL will be talking about the HD8G DXpedition.

You can review the May meeting minutes using the following link:

As usual we will enjoy great conversations while meeting with our fellow club members.

If you can’t attend in person, please attend using Zoom. Information for the meeting is below. Remember Zoom will be started between 6:30 PM and 7 PM but the meetiing will not start until 7 PM.

Looking forward to seeing you,

Jim, AC8NT

PCARS K8BF is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: PCARS K8BF’s August Monthly Meeting

Time: Aug 11, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/91940125556?pwd=jlrwp0B6pYx70Sf59WgcADswyl9var.1

Meeting ID: 919 4012 5556

Passcode: 045477

There were 4 nets in July that counted towards the 20 for 20 awards.

Congratulations to the following for being 4 of 4:

WB8LCD

WB8OVQ

WB2RPW

WD8BIW

W8KNO

WA8UWV

W8GPN

N8QE

N8WCP

NR8W

KA8TOA

KD8OBA

KP4VZ

KD8WCK

KF8ADQ

Don’t forget, many of you have 1 or two “freebies” for June check-ins, and it’s basically 20 out of the 23 “eligible” net days so most of you have a pretty good chance if you keep it up!

Looking forward to seeing EVERYONE at the PCARS 20th Anniversary Special Event Station / BBQ this weekend!

73,

Tom WB8LCD

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

The latest issue of THE RADIOGRAM is on the web and ready for you to enjoy. Check out all of the latest with PCARS!

In this issue: Field Day 2025 in Review – Get Ready for OSPOTA – PCARS 20 for 20 – Links from Around The World – Upcoming Events – And much, much more!

Please feel free to share this newsletter with anyone who has an interest in ham radio or the Portage County Amateur Radio Service in Ohio (PCARS).

Thanks & 73!

J.C. – KC8JC

PCARS Newsletter Editor

The annual Mantua Potato Stomp Race will take place on Saturday September 6th from 8:00 AM to approximately noon. The Race Director has again asked us to provide communications support on the course. If you can help out, please let me know at k8cav.coms@gmail.com, thanks!

73, Rick K8CAV

This Week’s Net is Important

ATTENTION!

This is an IMPORTANT Net this week. Even if you have NO check-ns for June or July, so far, If you check into this week’s net, and then every net till the end of the year – YOU CAN STILL Qualify for the 20 for 20 PCARS Net Award! And don’t forget, you can still qualify for the 10 for 20 PCARS net award by stringing together 10 in a row! If you’re not home, you can still check in via EchoLink – let me know if you need help getting that going.

Last week we had over 30 Check-ins for NCS Brandon – KE8ARB. Nice job Brandon! Let’s see if we can keep that run going this week!

Net starts at 8:00pm (local) on the K8IV repeater. 146.895 mhz, 118.8 pl. And don’t forget the K8BF-L EchoLink node. Hope to hear you on the net.

73 de WB8LCD