Camping – KC8JC

OSPOTA 2022

Posted on September 13, 2022 by KC8JC

OSPOTA 2022 The first Saturday after Labor Day each year is the Ohio State Parks On The Air contest (OSPOTA). For me, 2022 has been a year of POTA and being as I’m really into it and it’s sponsored by my club, PCARS, I decided to pick a park and activate. I chose Salt Fork…

Field Operation Log – Farm Field Work

Posted on July 19, 2022 by KC8JC

Since we got a camper, we started spending time with Hipcamp. It’s a place where you can find private campgrounds. In essence, someone has a chunk of land and they set it up for camping and rent it out through this service. Kinda like Airbnb for camping. Using that service, we found a nice farm…

Field Operation Log – 18-Jun to 24-Jun-2022

Posted on June 27, 2022 by KC8JC

My family decided that we would take our camper on its first big vacation trip and that our destination would be the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. My last trip up that way was many, many years ago, but I remembered it as being beautiful and quiet. It’s still beautiful and still very quiet. Our plan…

Field Operation Log – 28-May-2022

Posted on June 2, 2022 by KC8JC

My family took our first trip out in our new camper. Naturally, I took the radio along. We were in a private campground on the OH/PA border. Literally on the border. Walking on the street had us in both states at once. It was cool! That said, it wasn’t in a POTA entity by any…