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Saturday, March 1, 2025
I'm Back!! I haven't posted since 2020, so it is about time. I pretty much dropped out of amateur radio after the BARC club closed. I live in a condo, so operation from there doesn't make a lot of sense. My sister retired a few years ago, and I kept saying she should get her radio license. One day she said she was studying the for Technician's license and passed, now she's KO4VYT. I will say she has surpassed me by also getting her General and Amateur Extra licenses. One day we were talking and she asked me if I ever heard from POTA or Parks on the Air, which I hadn't. POTA is and independent program that encourages operators to go to state and federal parks and operate their radios, these are known as Activators. The goal is to get Hunters to make a contact with you while you're at the park. Hunters can be anywhere, even another park. POTA changed my radio life forever. After about 18 months, I have 280 activations and almost 16,500 contacts. I'm not going to get more into POTA here, but I will be adding a page link above about my experiences with POTA. My plan is to start showing my activations and contacts below. |