Category: POTA

Operated Parks on the Air from US-3574 Sunset State Beach over the Thanksgiving weekend. Ended the weekend with 318 contacts on sideband and 47 on FT8 over 3 operating sessions. On sideband I was using my IC-7300 at 100w and FT8 with my IC-705 at 10w. Antenna was a BuddiHEX for 20m-6m and a j-pole… Continue reading US-3574 Sunset State Beach

Operated POTA from US-0071 Yosemite National Park over 4 days. Over multiple operating sessions from different locations around the park using different radios and antenna setups I finished the week with 469 QSOs between SSB and FT8. This achievement put me in first place for QSOs from the park according to the POTA website.  The… Continue reading US-0071

Went out for a second night of operating out at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Made 36 contacts on 20m & 40m over two hours.

While in the Las Vegas area for a work conference I figured I would get up early to make the drive over and have time to activate Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area just west of the city.

Activated US-0034 – Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the rain. Conditions where difficult so I ended up doing the entire activation with 20m FT8.

Took a trip to Kentucky and was able to activate US-0050 – Mammoth Cave National Park. I started on 20m and did not get any contacts so I switched to 40m and was more successful. We spent the night in the park so was I able to setup on the lawn outside of our one… Continue reading US-0050

Activated US-0063 Sequoia National Park today. Band conditions were not the best but I was able to work 41 stations.

Did a second POTA activation at K-8325 Millerton Lake State Recreation Area but this time I setup at the top of the boat ramp on the Madera side. This was a much better spot: open sky, repeater coverage, and cell service. These all made a big difference as I was able to communicate and spot… Continue reading K-8325 Madera Side

Activated Millerton Lake State Recreation Area this afternoon on 20m, 10m, then 15m. Ended up doing all FT8 contacts as working stations on sideband with 10w on a Friday afternoon was going to be difficult.

Activated K-0046 Kings Canyon National Park for Parks on the Air. I setup my Buddistick for 20m and was operating my IC-705 with external power for 10w of output. I started with sideband then I moved onto FT8 using the SDR-Mobile app on my phone Wi-Fi connected to the radio. This was a test of… Continue reading K-0046