Month: August 2023
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K-7889 Quick Take
Amateur radio operations from K-7889 for me is as much about just getting on the air as it is about adding to POTA tallies. When you work from home and your QTH features S9+ man-made noise levels then a little POTA operation is a great way to get out of…
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SF Maritime NHP POTA Activation
There are several Parks On The Air eligible parks in San Francisco and the northern tip of the peninsula of the same name. One would expect that a POTA activator that calls this city home, would have logged activations from all of these parks, but so far this one has…
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Base Hit On An 0-2 Count
A quick perusal of some of the POTA operator profile pages will show that while I am certainly enthusiastic, I’m far from prolific. Some of those ops are on another level entirely, hundreds of activations and 10s of thousands of QSOs. That said, when I get close to achieving one…
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Pop-Up POTA
While the rest of the country basks in the warmth of an aging summer, here in San Francisco we are treated 56°F, west winds gusting to 25 mph, and fog right down to the surface. If you wait for nice weather to go POTA in, you might wait until September.…
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Oasis Journey
Recently I’ve been spending a lot of time at the picnic area at the east end of the Crissy Field promenade in the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Site. After working from home, in front of a computer and talking all day, it’s necessary to get out the house…
w6csn’s outdoor amateur radio 