Park Reports
Journaling my park activations
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240629@US-7684 Blue River State Fishing Lake
It seems so long since I’ve activated. My club held field day at a POTA entity last weekend so the QSOs I made counted as activations, but it didn’t feel like an activation. It felt like contesting and I’ve come… Continue reading
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240526@US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
I’m amazing. This was my 266th activation and you might think it would start to get boring. Not when I’m there. I’m a seemingly endless source of unique and unexpected blunders that keep it fresh and new. No sooner do… Continue reading
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US-6553 Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
I love my Ham Club, the Grayson County Amateur Radio Club K5GCC, but I’m not much of a meeting guy. The meetings are fantastic, well organized, informative, and the people are great to be around, but the monthly meeting runs… Continue reading
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240518-20 Weekend POTA
Note: The image for this post is from the word Press AI. You just click a button, and it whips up an image based on the content of the post. I have no idea what those antennas are and I… Continue reading
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240511@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park
Every app and webpage I frequent said the bands would be noisy and closed and they were not wrong. But I went anyway. A slow day in the park beats any day at work, right? Turns out, HF bands weren’t… Continue reading
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20240510@US-3005 Eisenhower State Park
A beautiful Friday, sunny and about 80 – there won’t be many more like this and I’m glad I got out to a park. I tried Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge but found it under water from the recent rains. Really… Continue reading
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240505@US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
I wrapped the weekend with a final activation on Sunday at US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. A typical activation, typical for this weekend because it was dark and drizzly driving in but I single handedly changed the weather North Texas… Continue reading
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240504, Weekend POTA: US-6553 and US-2991
I missed a weekend of radio and I feel it. Last weekend, I drove down to Clifton to shoot a Sporting Clays tournament with some good friends. It was a great time; travel, catching up with friends, and punctuated with… Continue reading
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100th Park Activation!!
I activated my 100th unique park reference today. Not 100 activations, but 100 different locations. This milestone represents, in my mind, the difference between “does POTA” and “really does POTA”. To anyone else, it doesn’t mean squat. And that’s how… Continue reading
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240413@US-2991 Bonham State Park
A full day of POTA. I’ve had a few setbacks with Packtenna antennas. They’re pricey, but look really convenient, with everything you need on a tiny wire winder. With their 40-10 EFHW out of stock, seemingly permanently, I ordered the 20-10. … Continue reading
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