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DETAILS: December 20th Holiday Luncheon

by donsmerz | Apr 11, 2020 | LEARN MORE

December 5th Holiday Luncheon

PARS Holiday Luncheon December 5th, 2020

Contest: Telephones

Start: 12/07/2019 10:00

PARS MEETING and Holiday Luncheon
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227.

Contest – Military Radios, in honor of the historic date of our Holiday Luncheon!

Since many members will be unfamiliar with your contest radio, it would be great if you can include something
in your display that adds context — manuals, ads from radio news showing your radio ‘in use’ and similar materials.

The Luncheon will be nicely catered as we have always done. Doors open at 10 for the flea market, lunch at noon.
Prior to the event, PARS members will receive a letter with dues renewal AND reservations for the Luncheon.
You are encouraged to bring spouses and friends for the same low, per-seat charge.
This is one of our largest attendances of any meeting.
The camaraderie at this meeting is a great way to wrap up another year of antique radio fun!

Please Note: This is a catered event that requires that you preregister and pay $18 per person attending.
all PARS Members will receive a registration form in their US Mail box in early November.
Please contact Jeff Pleva if you have not received the form – see Board Member link to left for contact info.

October 24 Radio Clinic Meeting Details

by donsmerz | Apr 11, 2020 | LEARN MORE

PARS Meeting – Saturday October 24th 2020

Fall Radio Clinic

CONTEST: Curtain Burner Radios with a Resistance Line Cord

Start: 10/24/2020 10:00

Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM to 2PM
9AM to 11:30 Open Flea Market–Free Tables For Members
10AM to 11:30 Clinic Experts Diagnose Your Radio
11AM: Possibly a brief presentation and contest winners announced.
11:30AM Lunch– We will have drinks, chips and a Subway sandwich lunch for $6.
Noon: Brief business meeting
Noon-2PM: More chat time and clinic time for those who want to stay.

The contest for this meeting will be Curtain Burners–Any radio with a resistance line cord

Please try to download and print off schematic and alignment/repair notes for your make and model radio before bringing it to the clinic.
schematic can be found here:
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/
If you are not sure of your model this site may help with its picture archive:
http://www.radioatticarchives.com/

For the radio clinic, you are invited to bring in any set that needs attention.
Our PARS experts will give a go at diagnosing and possibly repairing your radio.
Bring a friend to introduce them to PARS and our Hobby.

2020 Fall Auction September 19th

by donsmerz | Apr 10, 2020 | LEARN MORE

PARS Fall Auction

Saturday September 26th, 2020

PARS Officer Elections

Start: 09/26/2020 09:00

CONTEST: Crystal Radios

Held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 3725 Brownsville Road, 15227
9AM to 4PM
We will have drinks, chips and a Subway lunch available for $6.
This meeting will include elections for PARS Officers.

DETAILS: PARS FALL DONATION AND CONSIGNMENT AUCTION
This is one of our bigger events with lots of choice items available.
The auction focus is on Antique and Vintage Radios/TV/Phonograph.
Vintage Ham and Audio equipment welcome – no computer stuff or modern electronics please.

Door open at 9:00AM. Setup and Preview 9AM-Noon. Auction 12 noon until done (usually 3PM-4PMish).

Non PARS members are welcome to come at a cost of $5.
(Consider an annual PARS membership instead at the low price of $20)
PARS MEMBERS: Please donate something nice to be auctioned with proceeds going to PARS

Admission fee of $5.
Please bring additional nice items for our auctioneer to sell for you.

This is both a donation and consignment Auction.
Rules are a 10/10% burden to Consignor(seller) and Buyer.
One can set a Reserve with no burden on no-sale.
These are the same rules as our April Tri-State Radio Fest event.
Please see the detail in the TSRF link for auction mechanics.

PARS Annual Picnic July 19th in North Park

by donsmerz | Apr 10, 2020 | LEARN MORE, Our Club

PARS Summer Picnic – Sunday July 19th 2020

Start: 07/19/2020 11:00

Summer Picnic Sunday July 19th 11:00 AM till eve
CONTEST: Microphones

MAKE NOTE: The Picnic is on SUNDAY.

The picnic will be held at the North Park Roosevelt Pavilion which is the same as last year. Drinks, hot dogs and hamburgers, buns and condiments will be provided. It is asked that attendees bring a dessert or a dish to share, plus a folding chair in case more seating is useful. There is good parking adjacent to Roosevelt pavilion and it is an easy roll-up for anyone in a wheel chair. So please park in the parking lot next to the Roosevelt.

The contest will be Microphones. We all know that you collect them — so bring one in!

As in the past, family and friends are welcome and encouraged to come and enjoy the picnic. We have had 40+ attendees each year for the past several years and we expect the event to grow in 2020. The park has a great lake, pool, play grounds, and many hiking and biking trails. So if you want to make a day of it, there is LOTS to do! A good time is had by all who attend. Please mark your calendar.

Directions:
From I79 you can cut to the east on 910 to south on Pearce Mill Rd.
From route 19 you can go east on Ingomoar rd to the park
Follow signs to Pavilion which is north west of North park lake
School house pavilion is on Walter Rd near a bend in the road, an old St Pauls Church and the Roosevelt Pavilion (Grove).