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First Parks on the Air Activation

Introduction Park on the Air (POTA) was one of the original reasons I got into amateur radio. As someone who enjoys all aspects of the hobby, I feel it provides a good intersections between contesting and portable emergency communications. It involves a fair bit of planning and work to setup and maintain a station duringContinue reading “First Parks on the Air Activation”

How to make an easy contact (Part 1)

Introduction There are many new amateur radio operators that are or were in the same boat as me. How do you make easy contacts? Talking to many of the experienced operators, easy contacts are not true contacts as they don’t take effort to copy messages or hunt for the stations. This is another form ofContinue reading “How to make an easy contact (Part 1)”