Category Archives: POTA

Opening Season for POTA (and fishing)

Posted on April 13, 2026 by robert

Yesterday I shook off my long-lasting winter blues and headed out for my first activation of 2026.  This was a shakedown trip to make sure I wouldn’t completely mess things up while testing a few new things.  I drove all … Continue reading →

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Hunting for Pebbles

Posted on April 13, 2026 by robert

A number of years back, my club had a built night that centered around an inexpensive 40m QRP rig called the Pixie.  It’s one redeeming value was it was CHEAP (< $10), so new hams wouldn’t be too bummed out … Continue reading →

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At last!! 2,000 Unique POTA Parks

Posted on April 6, 2026 by robert

Today, I finally crossed the 2,000 unique hunted park marker.  It’s been a minute for sure.  The first 1,000 came pretty quickly, even the first 1,500.  But things have slowed down quite a bit. While I’m happy about it, in … Continue reading →

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More exciting than Bouvet? K4SWL QRP POTA!

Posted on March 6, 2026 by robert

By now it should be obvious that I’m somewhat obsessed with POTA. When the weather or health doesn’t allow me to get outside, I hunt, or listen to podcasts and read posts from activators. I first ran across Thomas K4SWL … Continue reading →

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POTA Progress

Posted on March 1, 2026 by robert

I’ve made quite a bit of progress toward 2,000 unique parks in the month of February, despite losing time to the Blizzard of ’26.  On Jan 1 I was sitting at 1,820 parks.  Two months later I’m up to 1,937.  … Continue reading →

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Progress toward 2000 unique POTA Parks

Posted on February 13, 2026 by robert

I’m thinking something pithy, like as slow as maple sap in the winter – that’s how fast my march toward 2,000  unique  POTA parks is going.  It’s been 44 days, and I’ve worked 50 new parks, bringing the total to … Continue reading →

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POTA and DMR – A New DJ-MD5 Talkgroup

Posted on January 3, 2026 by robert

I really went deep into a rabbit hole yesterday.  I had been reading and listing to many things POTA related and stumbled upon the fact that there was now a DMR Talkgroup, 3181, for POTA users to coordinate their activations.  … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2026!!

Posted on January 1, 2026 by robert

With the love and care of my bride and help from many good friends, I survived 2025.  While it was a very chaotic year, there were still many fun things that happened along the way. In terms of POTA, I … Continue reading →

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1800 Unique POTA Parks

Posted on December 11, 2025 by robert

Back on the 27th of September, I had 1,700 unique parks.  As of yesterday I added another 100; so it took 74 days to add 100 parks. Perhaps I might get to 2,000 parks sometime in May of 2026.

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Still Hunting Parks

Posted on December 5, 2025 by robert

I go through bursts of activity (mostly between never-ending doctor visits), sometimes hunting a dozen or more stations in a day.  But still the march up to 2000 unique parks is slow.  For example, yesterday I worked a dozen stations; … Continue reading →

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