25 November 2022 POTA K-2341 WWFF KFF-2341 A Quick Outing I had a few things to take care of before heading back home to Illinois, but also had some time this morning to sneak in a quick park activation. On the map this seemed a lot further away but once I got to the location […]
24 November 2022 POTA K-2347 WWFF KFF-2347 Park Perry State Park or just Perry Lake as I’ve always known it, is between Topeka and Lawrence. It gets pretty busy in the summer time with its beaches, but is very open in the winter time. Like all state parks in Kansas (except Kaw River State Park) […]
23 November 2022 POTA K-2332 WWFF KFF-2332 A Small Hike I started this one off with a small hike because I wanted to activate on top of Sanders Hill Mound that overlooks the lake. When I got to the top I found a very nice park bench that would be perfect for setting up at. […]
21 November 2022 K-4840 Reifsnider State Forest New Key This was a short trip to Kansas to visit my mom for Thanksgiving, but I still stopped to hit a park on the way. Just before I left I also got in the new “SP4 POTA/SOTA CW Morse Magnetic Iambic Double Paddle – Designed By N0SA” […]
16 November 2022 POTA K-3844 WWFF K-3844 North Carolina Not my first activation in North Carolina and probably not the last. Jordan Lake is an easy drive from the Raleigh area, and a nice chance to get outside on this trip. My wife tagged along with her cousin and one of her kids. I guess […]
12 November 2022 Roan High Knob W4T/SU-005 Grassy Ridge Bald W4C/EM-001 K-2972 Roan Mountain State Park K-4525 Cherokee National Forest K-4510 Pisgah National Forest K-6936 Pisgah State Game Land K-4556 Appalachian Trail National Scenic Trail So Many References First things first, you can activate a lot of references in a very small space. I did […]
7 November 2022 K-0998 Horseshoe Lake State Park New Radio New Park Wow wow wow! Today really lined up to be a fun day in the park. I put in my order for a KX2 while deployed on the 4th of July and it finally came in today four months later. I pulled it out […]
4 November 2022 K-1015 Pere Marquette State Park Back On The Air! So happy to be back on the air. I spent the last six months in Saudi Arabia on what is hopefully my last of six deployments with the Air Force. I brought my radio with me but could never get permission to actually […]
16 October 2022 The Illinois QSO party is next weekend. I hope to be able to make it home in time to have a run at it again this year. Last year I activated K-1029 Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park from the county line picnic area to work both Jefferson and Franklin counties. I had a […]
20 March 2022 POTA K-1746 Sam A. Baker State Park SOTA W0M/SF-033, Mudlick Mountain WWFF KFF-1746 Sam A. Baker WWFF/SOTA/POTA The WWFF (World Wide Flora and Fauna) Get your Park ON Spring Fling was this weekend. I hadn’t made any specific activation plans, but I was in between classes (spring break wooooooooooo), the weather was […]