Category: Activation
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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…
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Summer Vacation Mountain POTA
Our family regularly enjoys a summer vacation in the mountains. There is no shortage of mountains along the Pacific Coast, but if you refer to “The Mountains” around our house everybody knows you are talking about 5500 feet up the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada along Highway 4 near…
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Ordinary Home Park POTA
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’d activated my home park of K-7889 The Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Site. So after work today, I collected some radio equipment and headed down to East Beach for a POTA attempt. I like East Beach because of the close proximity…
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Contra Costa Rove
Contra costa could be translated “other coast” and when viewed from west of the Golden Gate the hills along the east shore of the San Francisco Bay certainly can appear as another coast. So much so that mariners back in the days of sail might mistake the opening to San…
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Coastside Double POTA
Say what you want about California, its coastline is a truly spectacular display of natural beauty. On this first day of July, I headed down the San Mateo County coast in search of new to me parks in my quest to reach 20 unique parks activated. My plan was to…
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Half Moon Bay SB POTA
Having many POTA-able parks close to home is great. Not all activators have it so easy. That said, I find myself traveling further afield to find new parks to activate. Half Moon Bay State Beach (K-3439) is about a 45 minute drive south via Highway 35 then along coastal Highway…
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NOta at K-0839
Feeling slightly despondent after an unsuccessful POTA activation? Just think about it from the hunter’s perspective. Even though you don’t get credited with the activation, you’ve helped the op on the other end of the QSO snag another park and advance toward their next hunter award. And let’s not forget,…
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Mountainside POTA
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…
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SF POTA 3-fer
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…
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