Category Archives: Hunter

At last!! 2,000 Unique POTA Parks

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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POTA Progress

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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1800 Unique POTA Parks

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

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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Maybe not so slow?

On Sept 27, I hit 1700 parks.  Today, 3 weeks later, I have 1,750, so maybe hitting 2000 might take less time than I though. (I have been trying to hunt every day).

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Speaking of Slow POTA Crawl

POTA is a global program and there are thousands of parks at DX locations.  My experience with this has been limited.  I believe that many of the DX activators are using QPR rigs and compromised antennas (not unlike their North … Continue reading

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The Slow Crawl to 2000 Unique POTA Parks

Just a bit over a year ago, I had reached the 1,500 unique POTA Park mark.  I figured perhaps another year might be required to get to 2,000, the next milestone. Boy was I wrong.  It took me a bit … Continue reading

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Operator-to-Operator Award With AB9CA

Dave AB9CA is another one of those POTA operators who always seems to be on the road and on the air.  I usually hear him multiple times a day.  I finally completed a Operator-to-Operator award with Dave earlier this month.

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Hunted K4NYM 500 Times

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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Late Shift Hunter Award

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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