Author: n4mqu

K-0632 Monongahela National Forest

Amateur Radio, POTA

Plaque for Rick Newman

This page is dedicated to my friend Rick Newman.  The trip to activate this park was made by two of his mutual friends W4JE and me in order to look at the bench erected at Green Bank Telescope in his honor. Rick lost his battle with cancer but his memory is not forgotten.

W4JE & N4MQU

This was one of my first activation attempts without a more experienced activator with me.  Unfortunately I miscounted the number of contacts and when I got home it was only 9 contacts. Double check your log. Also write down the log information or record your activity before or as you make contact. I would like to thank my friend W4JE Andrew Clegg.  He convinced me it was ok to operate our station in the Radio Quiet Zone.  He is a Radio Engineer and has some kind of credentials in Radio Astronomy.  


K-2751 Raven Rock State Park

Amateur Radio, POTA

This was a planned two night camping trip but the rain cut it short. This was a joint activation between KE4NKY and N4MQU.  This was our second activation together see K-1321 My First POTA Activation  

N4MQU & KE4NKY

Our contacts

 

KE4NKY did not do all the cooking.

N4MQU

Campground notes:  Great campground. Clean restrooms. Power available.Online reservations available. Easy to change camping dates for weather. 

 

Be sure to leave your site as clean as possible.
Thanks for reading.

K-1321 My First POTA Activation

Amateur Radio, POTA

I recently became involved with Parks on the air (POTA).  I had always tried to answer someone when I heard them call parks on the air so when we started planning the camping trip and a friend wanted to activate the Staunton River State Park, I finally activated my membership in September.  I was surpised to find I had 26 contacts that is the reason for the awards close together.

  1. Silver Hunter 9/13/2021
  2. Bronze Hunter 9/13/2021
  3. Gold Hunter 9/13/2021
  4. Platinum Hunter 9/19/21
  5. Diamond Hunter 9/25/21
  6. Saphire Hunter 10/9/21

I activated my first park along with KE4NKY and had a blast.  It just happened to be a Internatinal Dark Sky site that goes along with my other hobby astronomy.  To say I had no idea what was happening would by an understatement.

The nice thing about POTA is that you can combine camping and your amateur radio hobby together.

 

Campground notes:  Great campground. Clean restrooms. Power available.Online reservations available. Easy to change camping dates for weather, etc.