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Activating parks and summits has become my primary form of recreation. However, this evening I needed a break from my “home park” in the Presidio (K-7889), so I headed across the Golden Gate to send out some radio waves from Mt. Tamalpais State Park (K-1178) in Marin county. I didn’t go to the top of
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This is an activation that almost didn’t happen. I was being opportunistic and grabbed my FT-818 for a little after work radio play time. I just needed to get out of the house. Recently, I picked up one of the triple magnet antenna mounts for the purpose of operating from my vehicle on occasion. I
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Sonoma Coast State Park is a fairly long drive from San Francisco, across Marin county, and through the pastoral farmlands of western Sonoma county. This activation took place from the Bodega Dunes day use area which is accessed off Highway 1, just north of Bodega Bay. Back in March of 2023 I purchased an annual
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Having a POTA reference close by provides a great way to relax and put some distance between yourself and the workday. Occasionally the kit changes up but I keep some portable gear in a ready state solely for the purpose of heading out just as soon as that last meeting is done. This lightweight kit
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You’d be safe to guess that Mt. Davidson would have been my first SOTA activation seeing as it’s the closest SOTA summit to my home QTH. However, it actually took me a little while to get around to heading up W6/NC-423. Today was the day! I dropped my hiking buddy off at work at 8
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Considering that even a bad day of outdoor radio adventures beats a good day at work, I decided to take a Friday off for the purpose of activating W6/NC-350 a.k.a Loma Alta. Besides, my hiking buddy had to work the rest of the Memorial Day weekend. The approach we chose was to park at Big
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The day started early and although the San Francisco fog was in and thick, I thought it would be fun to try to get some Early Shift activator contacts from the Presidio of SF K-7889 into my POTA stats. The Mountaintopper radio kit was already packed and ready to go. But at the last moment
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This evening I had the opportunity to sneak in an activation after work while running some errands with my family. We were near my “home” park which is the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Site (K-7889). There are numerous places to activate from within the boundaries of the Presidio, but my “go to” spot
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This Parks On The Air activation of Thornton State Beach (K-3577) started out inauspiciously and was not without its challenges. Since I expected to have some good mast raising possibilities, I opted to use the end fed halfwave antenna instead of the tripod vertical that has been getting so much use recently. However, while packing
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The QRP Labs QCX-Mini, I’m afraid to say, has taken a back seat in my POTA lineup since the FT-818 and MTR-4B arrived in the shack. However, today was the day to get this great little radio into the field so she could stretch her legs. I spotted and started calling…and calling…and calling. At this
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