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You don’t need to be a PCARS member.
You don’t need to have an amateur radio license.
And you definitely don’t need to know the right amateur radio terminology before contacting us.
If you’re interested in amateur radio, we’re happy to hear from you.
Email PCARS
The easiest way to reach the Perry County Amateur Radio Society is by email:
This is the general PCARS contact address.
What Can I Ask About?
Pretty much anything related to PCARS or amateur radio.
For example:
- I’m interested in amateur radio. Where do I start?
- How do I get an amateur radio license?
- Where can I take an amateur radio exam?
- I just got my callsign. Now what?
- What should I consider before buying my first radio?
- How do I make my first contact?
- Can somebody help me program my radio?
- I have an antenna question.
- I’m interested in emergency communications.
- I’d like to learn about digital voice.
- I’m interested in portable operation.
- I’d like to help with one of the PCARS repeater projects.
- I may know of a possible repeater site.
- I’d like to join PCARS.
- I have an idea for a club activity or project.
- Are there really other amateur radio operators hiding in Perry County?
That last question is one we’re working on.
New to Amateur Radio?
Please don’t wait until you know enough about amateur radio before contacting us.
That rather defeats the purpose.
If all you know is:
“Amateur radio looks interesting.”
that’s enough.
Take a look through our Learn section if you’d like to explore on your own.
Or send us an email.
Sometimes talking with an actual amateur radio operator is considerably easier than trying to determine which of the approximately 47 rabbit holes you should enter first.
Already Licensed?
We’d like to hear from you too.
Whether you’ve been licensed for three days or several decades, PCARS is being built as a place where amateur radio operators can learn from one another, experiment, operate, work on projects, and build a stronger amateur radio community in Perry County.
If there’s something you’d like to see PCARS do, tell us.
Better yet, help us do it.
We’re not stuffy old hams.
Well, at least most of us aren’t stuffy.
Some of us are definitely old.
That’s okay. Amateur radio has room for experience, new ideas, and everybody still figuring things out.
Interested in the Repeater Projects?
PCARS currently has projects underway to develop local VHF and UHF repeater infrastructure for Perry County.
If you have experience with:
- Repeaters
- VHF or UHF systems
- Commercial radio equipment
- Antennas
- Feed line
- Duplexers or cavity filters
- Towers
- Communications sites
- Grounding and lightning protection
- Backup power
- Yaesu System Fusion
- Repeater controllers
we’d be particularly interested in hearing from you.
We’re also interested in potential sites for amateur radio infrastructure.
You can follow the current work in our Projects section.
Have Something to Teach?
Excellent.
PCARS isn’t intended to operate on the assumption that one person knows everything.
Maybe you know HF.
Maybe you know digital modes.
Maybe you’re good with antennas, electronics, networking, satellites, contesting, portable operations, emergency communications, software, fabrication, or something we haven’t thought of yet.
Maybe you learned something the expensive way and would like to save somebody else the tuition.
That’s valuable.
Amateur radio has always grown by operators sharing what they know.
Found a Problem With the Website?
Please tell us.
Broken link?
Typo?
Incorrect information?
Something that’s confusing?
A page that behaves strangely on your phone?
A calendar event that’s wrong?
An image that refuses to cooperate?
We would much rather hear about it than leave it broken because everybody assumed somebody else had already mentioned it.
Email:
and tell us what you found.
If possible, include the page you were viewing and enough information for us to reproduce the problem.
Privacy
You don’t need to provide us with information we don’t need.
If you email PCARS, we’ll receive whatever information you choose to include in your message.
Please don’t send sensitive personal information unless there is a genuine reason for us to have it.
You can read more about how we approach visitor and contact information in our Privacy Policy.
Join PCARS
If you’ve already decided you’d like to become involved, you don’t need to compose an elaborate introductory email explaining your qualifications.
This is an amateur radio club, not a job interview.
Head over to:
Or just email us at:
and say hello.
At this stage in PCARS history, your participation doesn’t merely increase membership.
It may substantially improve the percentage of members who showed up.