Category: National Park
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Autumnal GOGA Rove
The last days of October can sometimes bring early season rains to the San Francisco Bay Area, a perfect time to get out for some POTA action. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a huge National Park with a ton of good places to do Parks On The Air…
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Scenic POTA 3-Fer
Sometimes when doing a POTA activation, the scenery makes you stop and take a picture or two. This particular QTH is enclosed by three National Park POTA references: The radio was connected to the Gabil GRA-7350T vertical on a mag-mount. This antenna setup lives in the trunk of the car…
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Return to Richardson Benchmark
This post is about activating Richardson East Benchmark for Summits On The Air as well as Golden Gate National Recreation Area for Parks On The Air. The route taken today was the same as on a previous hike up to Richardson Benchmark. Please allow me to refer you to that…
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Muir Woods National Monument US-0949
Muir Woods is named after naturalist John Muir who can be said to be the father of our National Parks in the US. This park is not far from my home in San Francisco, but has eluded me from activating for several years. The main attraction at Muir Woods are…
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Whole Lotta Rosie
Part of the San Francisco Bay Area’s World War Two history is situated at Richmond on the Contra Costa shoreline. Here are the shipyards where the women and men on the homefront built the Liberty Ships that carried troops and materiel to the Pacific theater and beyond. Occasionally, my family…
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Fort Baker On The Air … Again
Nestled beside the bridge on the north side of the Golden Gate is Fort Baker, a former military post that is now home to museums, yacht clubs and the U.S. Coast Guard. Getting on the air from Cavallo Point at Fort Baker is one of my favorite ways to activate…
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A Pleasant Evening with the KH1
After all of the families and tourists decided to call it a day, it was time to head out to The Presidio of San Francisco (US-7889) for a little bit of POTA fun with the Elecraft KH1. I parked on Lincoln boulevard across the street from the National cemetery. Here,…
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Black Point Battery At Fort Mason
The spontaneous HF radio operating enabled by the new Elecraft KH1 handheld transceiver opens up a whole new set of opportunities for the POTA activator. Combined with the sprawling Golden Gate National Recreation Area (US-0647) you could do an awful lot of POTA activations and not operate from the same…
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Warm Winter POTA at K-7889
It is not uncommon for California to experience a spell of warm weather in late January or February with temperatures rising into the mid-60s °F. This typically occurs when high barometric pressure builds over the eastern Pacific and into the Pacific Northwest, causing an offshore wind flow over California. With…
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Outdoor Radio For The New Year
The new year means time off work and the opportunity to overindulge in amateur radio activities. With no antenna installed presently at my home QTH, all of my operating must be done in the field. For January 1st, 2024 I was able to complete two POTA activations at local parks.…
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