 Most viewed - Parks on the Air |
13 viewsPOTA - Johns Mountain Overlook - 12-02-2021
|
|
13 viewsPOTA - Red Clay State Historic Park - 11-19-2021
|
|
13 viewsMOTA / POTA - Crockford-Pigeon Mtn - 10-27-2021
|
|
13 viewsPOTA - Chief Vann House State Historical Site - 10-01-2021
|
|
13 viewsPOTA - Chief Vann House State Historical Site - 10-01-2021
|
|
13 viewsPOTA - Chief Vann House State Historical Site - 10-01-2021
|
|
13 viewsPOTA - Crockford-Pigeon Mtn. at Atwood Point - 09-23-2021
|
|
13 viewsPOTA - Crockford-Pigeon Mtn. at Atwood Point - 09-23-2021
|
|
13 viewsPOTA - Johns Mtn WMA - 09-10-2021
|
|
13 views5-25-2022, I activated the Dahlonega Gold Museum K-7456. To set up radios I set my vertical antenna in the grass half way between the building and the street. The radio and tuner were placed on a low brick wall and that was my operating position. Got on the air on 20 meters and had a noise floor of S-7 to 8. Made 13 contacts with 1 P2P and 2 DX (Spain, Canada) before I had to go QRT because it was about to rain. With all the passers by and tourist I spent a fair bit of time explaining what I was doing.
|
|
13 viewsPOTA 11-23-2022 - Zahnd WMA K-7903 on Lookout Mountain. We had a fun day playing radio and chatting with rock climber. Across the road a short distance there is an amazing view from a clifftop of McLemore Cove. You can see where we have field day and the Christmas Party.
Allen had 20 contacts with 19 Park to Park contacts. Tony had 17 contacts with 5 Park to Parks and two Canadian contacts. John had 12 contacts with 1 P2P. It was a fun day and the weather was great.
|
|
13 views2023-05-03 - For POTA this week we activated Johns Mtn. WMA K-3758 today from the Johns Mountain Overlook site. This spot is off Pocket Road in Vilanow, 2 miles up a gravel forest service road to the parking lot with an amazing view to the West. On a clear day you can see into Alabama and Tennessee from there.
Getting set up first involves throwing a line into a nearby tree to hoist one end of a simple end fed Half Wave antenna. Then set up the portable station, today it was my old ICOM IC-706 MkII G with a MFJ tuner running off a 15 Amp hour Goal Zero battery. For log keeping I use a really cheap Walmart computer running N3FJP software. Today Tony WA4TW ran the log and I did the calling. The goal today was to get 57 contacts to get my POTA KILO award for making 1,000 contacts from a single park.
I got 66 contacts so the Kilo was made! After a long lunch sitting in the sun Tony got on the air and made a quick 12 contacts with 9 Park to Park contacts. John KB4QXI showed up late and used his Hamstick antenna on top of the car to get his activation in. It was a windy day at the overlook and band noise was rough on 20 meters but everything worked out for a fun day.
|
|
| 551 files on 46 page(s) |
 |
|
|
|
|
33 | |
|
|
|
|
