Friday, February 4, 2022

First POTA attempt

 Had the afternoon off, so thought I would try a parks on the air activation.  Went to Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park 10 minutes away.  Asked the park ranger about POTA, and she said she had just heard about it the other week for the first time - presumably when the EBARC activated it!

Used my DS-1 at first, as there is only one tree, and the park bench next to it was in use.  Managed to get a few contacts off the bat, but then started getting a lot of static.

A little while later, tried putting little EFHW up in the tree, and managed to get a few more, but needed to leave before I managed to activate it (only got seven).  But was still a beautiful day.





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