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No Failures In Ham Radio

Posted on April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 by KC8JC

Amazing Weather! The entire weekend was about picture perfect. The sun was out. There was a nice breeze. It was warm but not hot. We did have a little work to do with some plumbing on Saturday, but it got done and that made time for Other Things. And you know that means POTA! Too….

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The Journey to Kilo at US-1999

Posted on April 2, 2024April 1, 2024 by KC8JC

That Didn’t Take Long I have been using West Branch – US-1999 as my go-to park this winter. This is in part because there is a seldom-used shelter available and the park is quite empty this time of year. I’ve gone on at length about how much I enjoy the solitude at the park. It’s…

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Hocking Hills Camping Trip – US-1958

Posted on April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 by KC8JC

Vacation Time! The kids hit Spring Break for the last week of March and I took the week off to hang out with them. Of course, that means a little bit of camping because as a family that’s what we do. This time around, my wife, daughter, rottie, and I were the attendees for the…

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So-Called Spring Activations

Posted on March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 by KC8JC

The Weather Isn’t Why I Live Here That’s not an entirely true statement. I’ve lived in places where the weather was far, far worse but there is something about having a bright, sunny, gorgeous looking day (as seen through the window of a house) and walking out into high 30s / low 40s temperatures. Not…

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POTA Worked All States Award

Posted on February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 by KC8JC

More PDFs In My Filesystem One of the fun things about POTA is watching the stats trickle in. I’m not out there trying to hit specific numbers most of the time, but I do like to see those big donut graphs close in on themselves. But the one that did kind of grate on me…

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Frozen Field Report

Posted on February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 by KC8JC

This Activation Was Quick Look, not every trip to the park is a walk in the park. Something like that. Sometimes, it’s really cold, really windy, there are whitecaps on the reservoir and everything is miserable. The siren song of POTA and the therapeutic benefits are all still in tact during times like these, but…

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Low Impact Activations

Posted on February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 by KC8JC

On Being Invisible Late last week, I was made aware of some concerns that the POTA team were having relayed to them by various official agencies about the poor behavior of activators in parks and on public land. This led to a great post by Thomas K4SWL and some good discussion over in the ham…

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A Sunny Weekend

Posted on February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 by KC8JC

The Thing About NE Ohio… There are fun facts about NE Ohio that no one talks about because, well, not a lot of people talk about life in NE Ohio. For those of us who live here one of those little gems is that we have more overcast days than Seattle (on average…whatever that means…

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Sometimes You Have To Go Outside

Posted on January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 by KC8JC

Cabin Fever It’s real. Working from home full time makes it a bit worse. There are sometimes three day stretches where I don’t leave the house in the winter. It’s nice to be able to stay warm and not have to drive, bike, or walk in the weather, but it starts to warp my senses…

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Support Your Parks: Winter 2024

Posted on January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 by KC8JC

Support Your Parks! Anyone into POTA probably knows that there is a weekend event each quarter called “Support Your Parks” where anyone who gets an activation in or hunts an activator on that weekend gets a nifty award. This past weekend, 20-21-Jan was the Winter event. It was a good one to be out in…

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