What a lousy morning for Parks on the Air. However, I’m glad to report that it only took about three kilometers’ worth of power to make twenty contacts spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. How’s _that_ for efficiency?
I even got one park-to-park contact with a guy in Texas!
If you worked me, my logs have been uploaded to POTA, QRZ, and Logbook of the World.
1st Ham-on-a-Bike 2 Ham-on-a-Bike #MorseCode CW #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #QSO with Craig #WB3GCK during #POTA #parksontheair activation from US-7956 Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve
Someone said that #pota #ParksOnTheAir activations on 160m won’t work. Someone said that no one does that. I guess they were wrong. :)
This was a couple of weeks ago with @DK4HAA @dc1tc an other operator and one trainee. We’ve had a full length dipole approx 7m up in the trees. Loads of p2p since other #draussenfunker were also activating.
On the air in a few hours (~15 UTC) with my club N2YCR from the West Side of Manhattan. Multiple operators, modes, and bands. If you see a #POTA spot, give us a try!
Great Weather for #parksontheair #POTA and Baseball. I missed Spring Training this year so today I fouled off a lot of callsigns, had several hits, a couple of strikeouts, no walks, no home runs (DX) but had a great time. I'm ready now for the next game. #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
#introduction Hi! We are members of #hackerspace Wrocław and have various radio interests like #sota #pota #hamnet #amsat #digimodes #sstv #aprs #qrp #diy (and at least 2137 others...)
#POTA Activation Report: Kingston Great Common. Not a particularly exciting one this week, but I needed some time off after last weekend's nonsense!
https://ianrenton.com/blog/pota-activation-report-kingston-great-common/
It was a bit nerve wracking, but I made my first handful of CW contacts today, doing some POTA hunting.
I'm sure I violated a bunch of unspoken procedures, but very grateful for the other hams who helpfully slowed down to sub-10 words per minute for me.
I guess I should send a mail QSO card to the op who took my very first CW call, that might be nice.
The sun is out. The temps are climbing. But that wind would not shut up! I got about 13 contacts after a peaceful bike ride out to the park.
It was a great ride and a lot of fun!
Good day of ham radio progress! I just got my first FT8 QSO confirmation on QRZ (of 8), and also picked up MS on SSB towards QRZ WAS, leaving just 2 states for that goal... And hopefully I'll have my first POTA FT8 contact confirmed as well.
I'm having more fun with FT8 than I thought I would too, so big bonus points there.
Aaaand DONE. My first #POTA rove - 8 parks, 8 hours, all on foot. Total distance 10.2 miles (two of which through a marsh), 23500 steps, 162 QSOs, two blistered feet, one broken shoelace, and one well-deserved shower.
I'm amazed that under the right conditions I can use this miniscule equipment setup to communicate to the other side of the world. #AmateurRado #HamRadio #POTA #parksontheair CW #MorseCode is SO AWESOME!
Today's #POTA mission: turn some of these yellow dots green. I am not really looking forward to most of these, I'm just looking forward to having done them.
Today's ingredients for a #POTA #parksontheair #FT4 #FT8 CW #MorseCode recipe. Looks like the oven might be overheating a little. Doesn't matter. We'll finish with a yummy and tasty morning activation. #AmateurRadio #Hamradio @qrplabs #QDX #QCX @panasonic #Toughpad
One year ago today I posted this miniature Planet of the apes photo I created using real figures, lighting and miniature sets.
I posted about my POTA activation for the #YL_POTA_Party on my blog.
Bonus! I've included some pictures too!
Next time I hope to take more pictures.
https://k8vsy.radio/2025/03/pota-activation-international-womens-day.html
