Park Activations
Have you recently activated a park in the POTA (Parks on the Air) program? Tell us about it and we will post your story here. Send your report to [email protected].
Be sure your report includes your callsign and first name, park name and id, activation date, rig and antenna used, operating mode and number of successful QSOs made. Also include a photo or two if you can.
Activation reports are listed below. (Most recent at the top.)
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Park Activator Dick (K4NJ) Tries Something Different
Dick writes,
“So many parks – so little time. I am physically and mentally in better shape when I’m outside enjoying an activation.“
“For something different, I decided to do Lighthouses on the Air from the Jupiter lighthouse with the “Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group”. Propagation that day was virtually nonexistent. My first contact was in Oklahoma and my second was from Port Saint Lucie. Those were my only contacts in an hour and a half.“
“The flip side of that saga was that had I been doing POTA, I would have been able to self-spot on the POTA website and likely had better results. POTA has a tremendous following and I usually come home with a minimum of 20 contacts.“
To learn more about POTA go to https://parksontheair.com/.
View from atop the Jupiter Lighthouse
“Propagation that day was virtually nonexistent. My first contact was in Oklahoma and my second was from Port Saint Lucie. Those were my only contacts in an hour and a half.” …. Dick, K4NJ