Category: National Park
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POTA “Kilo” Note
The weather in San Francisco on Christmas Day 2023 was partly cloudy and dry, with mild temperatures in the upper 50s. Additionally, the space “weather” numbers did not contraindicate the likelihood of success for a low power radio activation. Rather than being a full field report, this post simply notes…
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Fort Baker On The Air
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.…
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Midday Portable CW Ops
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…
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Unfinished Business
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…
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Edging Into The Late Shift
A later arrival at my usual spot and an hour and a half of available operating time meant that if propagation cooperated I could get some “late shift” activator QSOs into my POTA stats. Late shift at K-7889 starts at 0200Z and my first contact of the evening was a…
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SF Maritime NHP POTA Activation
There are several Parks On The Air eligible parks in San Francisco and the northern tip of the peninsula of the same name. One would expect that a POTA activator that calls this city home, would have logged activations from all of these parks, but so far this one has…
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Base Hit On An 0-2 Count
A quick perusal of some of the POTA operator profile pages will show that while I am certainly enthusiastic, I’m far from prolific. Some of those ops are on another level entirely, hundreds of activations and 10s of thousands of QSOs. That said, when I get close to achieving one…
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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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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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