parks on the air

  • POTA in Central Texas

    With a week of precious vacation gradually dissolving in the wet and gloomy North Texas weather, I desperately grabbed a BnB in Laguna Park, TX with intentions of activating parks new to me.  These are my old stomping grounds from… Continue reading

    POTA in Central Texas
  • 241109 @ Eisenhower State Park, QRP

    Something about CW outside just really recharges my battery.  Maybe it’s being outside after my first week of going back in to the gulag – err – office.  Maybe it the sunshine after several days of overcast and misty days. … Continue reading

    241109 @ Eisenhower State Park, QRP
  • 241028 @ US-2991 Bonham State Park

    Vacation – a whole week!!  Looking at the calendar at the beginning of the year, I know I’ll want – need – some outside time in decent weather.  Meaning fall.  So I blocked out the first week of fiscal November… Continue reading

    241028 @ US-2991 Bonham State Park
  • 241019@ US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

    Hagerman didn’t disappoint.  But I did.  I made it all the way to the fishing area, opened the back hatch to unload and discovered some idiot forgot to grab a battery on the way out of the door this morning.… Continue reading

    241019@ US-0548 Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
  • 240608@US-2991 Bonham State Park (Total Eclipse)

    In The Zone Of Totality Background About a month ago, KW5CW James suggested we activate from Bonham State Park on the day of the solar eclipse, Monday April 8th.  The park, being in the “path of totality”, would be a… Continue reading

    240608@US-2991 Bonham State Park (Total Eclipse)