A Beautiful Day At The Park On Friday, May 10, 2024 I had the afternoon off and decided to head out to Cuyahog Valley National Park - US-0020 to enjoy a quiet afternoon of radio in the park. Th...

Many years ago now, my family lived in Houston, TX. We were very into the State Park scene there and we spent a lot of time camping and hiking across the parks of Texas. One of our favorites was ...

Some Time Off This past week was Thanksgiving in the U.S. and I decided to take off Monday - Wednesday to pair up with the holidays that were already on the calendar for Thursday and Friday. It...

Time To Experiment My POTA activations are supposed to be recreation. That is, they should involve setting up the station, operating it, getting enough contacts for an activation - or not! - an...

The day was just too nice. It was in the mid-50s and the skies were clear. There was a lot of wind, which isn't always great, but staying inside simply wasn't an option. Originally, I wasn't goin...

Monday was MLK Day. There was, surprisingly, nothing on the calendar for the household. No service projects. No Scouting events. Nothing. Just a cold, clear day in January. Without much thought, ...

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 spons...