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. The sun was shining. The sky was blue. There was a gentle breeze and the temperature was…
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 Bastrop State Park – K-2986. We hiked there a number of times given that it 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 made for a good, long stretch out of the office. It also provided the opportunity to get out…
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! – and then packing up and heading home. This isn’t supposed to be stressful or a place to deal with the bumps one hits…
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 going to play radio. This was going to be a day on the bike. But at the last minute,…
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, I decided to head out to West Branch SP – K-1999. This was the first park I tried to activate and the site of…
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…