Category Archives: POTA

Oasis Hunter & 100+ K4NYM parks

Posted on January 23, 2024 by robert

By now you know that POTA is my jam.  I’ve spent many hours in my car, or on benches, activating parks, and many more hours hunting at home.  Having done both, I can tell you the true heroes are the … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day Activation Camp Cronin

Posted on January 3, 2024 by robert

New England weather has been fairly mild the last few winters, especially in December and early January.  The weather gods indicated mostly sunny skies and temps around 40 for New Year’s Day, so it seemed like an excellent time to … Continue reading →

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2023 Goal Review and New Goals for 2024

Posted on January 3, 2024 by robert

I had an ambitious set of goals for 2023: Teach a class (either Technician or CW Academy) Participate in 120+ CWTs for the CWops Gold Medal Build my QRP-Labs QDX Digital Transceiver Activate 10 new parks in CT or obtain … Continue reading →

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Icom IC-7300 Power Consumption During POTA Activations

Posted on December 5, 2023 by robert

Over time, my POTA activation kit has grown smaller, due in no small part to a reduction in battery size.  I’ve transitioned from a 60AH, to 30AH, and finally a 15AH Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery.  Understanding the power requirements … Continue reading →

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Activated Barber Pond, new POTA K-10548

Posted on November 11, 2023 by robert

Late last night, eight new parks were added to RI’s existing 53 parks, bringing the new total to 61. K-10541  Gull Cove, Portsmouth K-10542  Camp Cronin, Narragansett K-10543  Patriots’ Park, Portsmouth K-10544  Jerimoth Hill, Foster K-10545  Hillsdale Preserve, Richmond K-10546  … Continue reading →

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How things have changed!

Posted on October 30, 2023 by robert

I thought the photo taken below was sort of cool.  My KF4D on the bottom, and my K1 on the top!  I built the K1 as a 2-band kit near the end of its availability back in 2016.  I haven’t … Continue reading →

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There is ALWAYS something new with POTA!

Posted on October 27, 2023 by robert

The other day I worked Dave KZ9V in Wisconsin when he was at Oden State Wildlife Area.  Nothing particularly unusual about that, but that happened to be the first park I’ve worked over 10000.  Dave was in park K-10191.

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Completed Activated All RI Parks During Work All RI POTA Event

Posted on September 9, 2023 by robert

I started working POTA right before the pandemic, and have continued on.  I had managed to work 51 of the 52 parks in Rhode Island, and had activating Block Island as my goal for 2022.  Things didn’t work out last … Continue reading →

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POTA Hunter Award for 1000 Parks

Posted on August 22, 2023 by robert

I just received confirmation that I have 1,000 unique parks confirmed as a hunter.  That was also one of my goals for 2023.  At this point I only have one goal left: To build my QDX Digital Transceiver and get … Continue reading →

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POTA Hunter Award for 900 parks

Posted on July 10, 2023 by robert

Yesterday I received confirmation for park #900 ().  This puts me closer to one of my goals for 2023, working 1000 parks. My goals for 2023 are: Teach a class (either Technician or CW Academy) Participate in 120+ CWTs for … Continue reading →

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