One of the most popular ham radio activities these days is "POTA", or "Parks on the Air". The idea is to set up a portable station in a national or state park or forest (no city parks) and try to get as many contacts with other hams as possible. There are various awards that depend on how man POTA stations you can contact, or how many contacts you can make if you're running a POTA station.

For my first POTA activity, Sarah, Sherry, and I went to Pedernales Falls State Park on November 13, 2025, where I set up a radio and made 32 contacts. The figure shows 31 of the 32 locations contacted. Two of the stations were in the same grid (FN10 in Pennsylvania). This figure comes from Google Earth.

Pota information can be found at pota.app.

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