Category Archives: POTA

POTA Activation Silver Springs US-10547

Posted on October 1, 2024 by robert

Maybe it is the magic of a new month, or perhaps the cooler days, but today felt like an excellent day for an activation.  Silver Springs park is just a few miles from my home, and has a couple of … Continue reading →

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Hunted K4NYM 500 Times

Posted on October 1, 2024 by robert

During the summer months, Bill Brown K4NYM, wasn’t on nearly as often as before – perhaps avoiding the heat, or dodging the many storms that Florida has endured.  Even so, Bill and I worked each other 500 times.  100 of … Continue reading →

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Yet another POTA Award

Posted on September 24, 2024 by robert

The Parks on the Air program really works hard to keep folks engaged.  One of the way they do this is by having an unbelievable array of different awards.  About a month ago, I earned my first “Eagles Nest Award”, … Continue reading →

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Late Shift Hunter Award

Posted on August 5, 2024 by robert

There is always some new award to chase in the Parks on the Air program.  This morning, I finally received the Late Shift Hunter award.  This took years for me as I am rarely at the radio in the evenings.  … Continue reading →

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1500 Unique Parks for POTA

Posted on August 5, 2024 by robert

On Sunday, I finally achieved the 1,500 unique park mark for Parks on the Air.  It took me 349 days to go from 1,000 to 1,500 parks. Perhaps getting to 2,000 parks might be a good goal for 2025. This … Continue reading →

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POTA Worked All Provinces

Posted on July 24, 2024 by robert

A nice surprise showed up yesterday when I worked Ricardo VY2AN who was at a park on Prince Edward Island (stunningly beautiful island).  PEI completed my Worked All Provinces award for POTA.  My thanks to him and all the other … Continue reading →

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March to 1500 unique parks continues, along with 120 CWTs

Posted on July 15, 2024 by robert

As of today, I have 1426 unique POTA parks confirmed.  Twenty days ago, the count was 1401, so I’m adding a scooch over 1 park a day.  So the end of September seems like when I might get my goal … Continue reading →

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Still a bit under 100 new parks to go for 2024

Posted on June 25, 2024 by robert

One of my goals for 2024 is to have confirmed contacts with at least 1,500 unique POTA parks.  As of Saturday June 22, I had 1,401 confirmed. So 99 more parks to go.  Things have slowed down considerably as propagation … Continue reading →

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Another K4NYM Milestone: 450 O2O

Posted on June 18, 2024 by robert

Things have slowed down a bit.  I suspect Bill hasn’t been out in the early morning hours as often as he has in the past due to band conditions (the past month+ has seen very weak signals on most bands … Continue reading →

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Operator To Operator Award with W1LY

Posted on May 17, 2024 by robert

Willy, W1LY, is a dear friend of mine.  He’s the sort of person who is always looking to help, and has serious skills to make things happen.  Here at casa WB4SON, for example, he launched a 160-meter Inverted-L antenna in … Continue reading →

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