• San Bruno Mountain Park

    Christmas Eve-eve 2022 brought a combo of free time, good weather, and motivation to get out for a much needed POTA activation. After three long months W6CSN returned to the airwaves for a QRP CW activation, this time at K-1196 San Bruno Mountain State Park. After paying the $6 day use fee we found that

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  • Fort Point is a Civil War era fortification that sits beneath an arch at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. While the fort never saw any military action, it gets lots of tourists and being designated a National Historic Site makes it a good candidate for some POTA action! The story of this

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  • Olompali SHP K-3527

    The day before what may be the first rain of the fall season provided the opportunity to try activating Olompali State Historical Park. Olompali is situated just west of Highway 101 near Novato, CA. There are several buildings in various states of decrepitude and not many people. One of the many oak trees supplied the

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  • Windy POTA from GGNRA

    The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is large park entity ( https://pota.app/#/park/K-0647 ) with a great variety of POTA operating locations. For this activation I set up on a WW2 gun battery on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge at Fort Baker. Parking is easy and free at Cavallo Point, then a short

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