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Please note the change in Meeting place until the Salvation Army  Building is finished.

The Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Society (PCARS) resides on the central east coast of Florida in the city of Melbourne. PCARS has been in existence for over 40 years and presently includes over 100 members. PCARS club meetings take place every second Monday of every month at 7:15pm at the West Melbourne  Memorial Building,  2285 Minton Road, West Melbourne, Florida.

 

Eric Smitt's November Program

Build a 6-Meter Beam Antenna

See it here

 

International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW)

PCARS 2010 Operation

 

PICTURES of Event

 

On Saturday, August 21st, seven PCARS  members and a guest   (Bill-N2WB) operated in a special event station from the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse.  We were one of almost 300 lighthouses in 40 countries that were on the air.  We set up two stations to operate, SSB and CW. The SSB station was a ICOM IC-7800 supplied by N2WB and worked only 20 meters. A tower and the clubs TA-33jr was used with the SSB station. The CW station used a  PCARS

TS-850S  and a G5RV Wire Antenna up about 35 feet between two palm trees. Operation started about 9AM and ended early around at 3PM due to weather. Storms started moving into the area and operation on the CW bands of 40 and 15 meters were not producing high QSO numbers. The SSB station worked over 200 contacts.  The Ponce De Leon Inlet lighthouse is located south of Daytona Beach and is 88 miles from Melbourne. There are many things to see at the lighthouse and it makes a nice one day trip. This is one of the few lighthouses that you can climb to the top and get an outstanding view of the area. If you are up to the 175 vertical climb, you are welcome to make the climb. You can find more info on the lighthouse at http://www.ponceinlet.org/ 

If you worked W4MLB while operating Lighthouse weekend, you can send your QSL with SASE to PCARS, PO Box 1004, Melbourne, FL  32902 or via buro. For more information on the Lighthouse event go to http://illw.net.

 

 

 

Pictures of Club Station Trailer Installation

Pictures by W4EIP

 

 

Jamboree On The Air

Scouts visit Club Station to talk to Scouts all over the world

 

      Get Started in Satellites Communications

Are you interested in working Amateur Satellites?

This information will get you started with a little equipment and any Amateur class license.

 

 

Amateur (VE) and Commercial License
Testing Information
 
 

 

 

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Melbourne Florida Weather Radar

 

Crown Weather Service
Tropical Weather Information 
 

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