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California’s coast features many dozens of POTA references that are easily accessed right off U.S. Highway 1. The centerpiece of today’s POTA plan was activation of Pigeon Point Lighthouse State Historic Park, additionally there are several nearby State Beaches that could make for a nice coastal rove. Driving southbound and making right turns into State…
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Fort Baker is a former U.S. Army post situated at the north of side of the Golden Gate, opposite Fort Point and adjacent the town of Sausalito, California. The post is now part of the sprawling Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) which is also known as K-0647 for POTA. Many of the good POTA…
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Earlier this past summer I did an East Bayshore POTA rove in which the plan was to pick up Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve K-3429 as the final park before heading back across the Bay Bridge to home. However, due to time constraints I was unable to attempt Emeryville Crescent. Fast forward to mid-Autumn and…
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This activation took my XYL and myself on a Saturday drive from chilly San Francisco to the lazy autumn warmth of Sonoma county and Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (K-3531). Our visit started with a little reconnaissance of the site’s historic adobe building and grounds across Adobe Creek and up a low hill from the…
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With the autumn days getting shorter and shorter the amount of time available for an “after work” Parks On The Air activation is shrinking, at least if daylight operations are desired. Adapting to this seasonal change, I’ve started doing more midday operating from K-7889. It’s nice to break up the work day with a little…
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The weekend of October 21-22, is the autumn Support Your Parks Weekend for Parks On The Air (POTA) and I fully intended to participate. The plan was to go up on Mt. Tamalpais (K-1178) and activate from one of the picnic tables near the East peak parking lot. Early Saturday morning I had noted that…
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Back in July of 2022 I got skunked attempting a POTA activation of the Point Reyes National Seashore netting only four QSOs from the Bear Valley picnic area. Like MacArthur, I vowed to return and finish the job of completing an activation from this national park. The plan for today was to first hit the…
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In this modern era of radio technology, where even analog radio is largely digital, we amateurs are accustomed to perfect signal quality all the time. Nevermind the perfunctory 599s that are handed out during contests, for activities like Parks On The Air and Summits On The Air I believe most of us like to send…
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The rig of choice for this evening’s POTA activation attempt was the trusty Yaesu FT-818, powered from a external 6ah lithium ion battery pack. Originally, my plan was to try picking up some QSOs on the higher bands from 17 meters to 10 meters and the Yaesu is the only portable radio I own that…
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This is the weekend in October that features the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels taking to the skies over the Bay Area. The air show takes place over the Bay waters, which means the beaches and shorelines around San Francisco will be packed with people and traffic. Since my usual POTA operating location is right by…
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