[AK-VHF] Parks on the air

[Brandon Clark]

Hi Ed,

Good to hear you guys too. I was having issues with my radio and I think 
that was why I was fading in and out. On the FT-817 the power icon 
blinks when you are running a full 5 watts. When you are running 2.5 
watts the icon is the same, but does not blink. It was so cold up at the 
trailhead that the LCD screen was responding slowly, and wasn't 
blinking. I couldn't tell whether I was running 5 watts or 2.5, lol.

I think I got some photos of the marine layer while I was up there 
yesterday. I often notice a band of air that is very visibly distorting 
the view of the mountains on the far side of Cook Inlet. All I had was 
my cell phone, so the photos are not very clear, but I still posted some 
of the better ones on Facebook. Take a look.

I did find that POTA has a facebook group like we do, and I've started 
looking through their posts to get an idea of how things work. It looks 
like a lot of fun actually. Might be a good club activity for us or the 
MARA group. All bands are allowable, and by choosing a good location VHF 
links would work. The Glen Alps Trailhead, for example, is within 
Chugach State Park, which is included in POTA.

Brandon


On 12/5/2020 14:04, Edward R Cole wrote:
> Brandon,
>
> Good t hear you on the net, today.
>
> I'm not versed in POTA but aware of it.  MY guess there might be a 
> google group for them or FB group.  If so that would give you some 
> good info.
>
> Maybe a POTA page on ARRL webpage?
>
> Good reasoning on this!
>
> BTW we have a new member (087) WL7N-Mark in Ward's Cove (near 
> Ketchikan) CO45cj who is on 6m/2m/432/1296:
> Alaska VHF-Up Group Membership (qsl.net) 
> <https://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/AVGMembership.htm>
> He is within meteor scatter range of South Central AK and 50.313 FT8: 
> 798  miles from me on ESE path.
>
> I've heard ms from Ketchikan easily with my 3-element 6m yagi.
>
> 73, Ed
>
> At 12:06 PM 12/5/2020, Brandon Clark wrote:
>> Hello group,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone in the group has experience with the Parks 
>> On The
>> Air (POTA) program?
>> https://parksontheair.com/ <https://parksontheair.com/>
>>
>> I've been doing Summits On The Air activations for years and it's a 
>> lot of
>> fun, but here in Alaska the peaks are snowed in for half the year. It 
>> gets
>> a little treacherous when going on your own.
>>
>> What got me looking at POTA is that all the state parks, state recreation
>> sites, federal lands, etc. count for the program, and most of those are
>> accessible in the winter. It looks like it might be something fun for the
>> winter time, or even in the summer when out camping (but not on a peak).
>>
>> Anyone else have experience with POTA? I think on the net Dale mentioned
>> that he was familiar with it.
>> 73,
>> Brandon
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