Official Release From DARA Board
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Board, parent organization of the David Kalter Memorial Youth Adventure, regrets announcing the trip planned to Curacao this summer is cancelled. Unfortunately, there was not enough time to put a successful plan together and allow participants to obtain passports in a timely manner. Please watch for further updates on activities soon.
Sincerely,
The DARA Board
PCARS 2023 Field Day Dinner will be served Saturday June 24 starting between 5:45 and 6:00 pm. Dinner will be delivered to on duty station operators/loggers first. Dinner for PCARS members and guests will start immediately after.
Dinner is free to all pre-registered PCARS Members. Guests will be charged $5.00 each. I am requesting that everyone who wants to share FD Dinner with us please register by May 31 so that we can have enough food available for everyone.
To register on-line for FD Dinner click the following link:
https://forms.gle/5TRB136H18Yb2UET7
Dinner Menu: Rigatoni; Fried Chicken; Parsley Potatoes; Green Beans; Rolls & Butter. Bottled water will be available (no charge); soft drinks may be available (no extra charge).
Please note that to have dinner with us you must be on the dinner registration list. Those on this list will be served first. PCARS members (and paid guests) not registered for dinner may be served after registered members have eaten (if extra food is still available).
Tony WA8AR, Field Day Chairman
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
Here’s the May issue of The RADIOGRAM
Greetings PCARS Members, ARRL Officials, Amateur Radio Clubs and other interested people,
May 2023 issue of The RADIOGRAM has been published and is ready for you to enjoy.
Here is the link: https://www.portcars.org/wp/
Hope you enjoy this issue – HAMVENTION 2023 – More info K8BF Field Day – All Pass Filter – Wingfoot Lake FUN – 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
ATTEN: PCARS Contesters:
One more reminder:
The 2023 Florida QSO Party (FQP) begins on Saturday, April 29 and concludes on Sunday, April 30. There are two 10-hour operating periods separated by a 10 hour break.
Saturday (Noon EDT) til Saturday Night (9:59:59PM EDT)
Sunday (8AM EDT) to (5:59:59 PM EDT)
This year, there will be a total of 12 1×1 special event stations whose call sign suffixes spell CITRUS. Contact at least one station of each suffix letter spelling the word CITRUS to earn a special Spelling Bee award. The stations will be using both modes (phone and CW) for the duration of the event. QSL via KU9C direct or Logbook of The World (LoTW).
We should gather an hour earlier (11AM) on Saturday to go over rules and any other questions or issues. I hope to see many of you there. And for those who want to find out what contesting is all about, I encourage you to come out. We can even give you some on the spot training, if you wish.
See you there.
—
73 – Chuck W8PT
