[AK-VHF] POTA Saturday

[Brandon Clark]

Good morning group,

I'm going to be doing a Parks on the Air activation from just outside Hope this Saturday. I'm going to try to get there extra early and work HF before the Saturday SSB net starts at 0930. Then I'll be available for VHF/UHF contacts during the net. I will self spot on the POTA webpage, so keep an eye out on there for KL7BSC.

POTA rules try to make it fun when activating. Success requires ten "unique" contacts within the same day (UTC time). A contact is unique if any of the following changes:
-Call sign
-Band
-Mode
-UTC Day (24 hour period)
-Park Reference

What that means for us locally is that working the activator on SSB and FM counts as two contacts. Or working SSB, FM, and DSTAR each on 2 M and 70 cm counts as 6 contacts. (Same applies for combinations of HF bands and modes.)

I'll be using a 2 M j pole for VHF/UHF and a loaded vertical for HF. 20 M seems to be the money band lately so I'll likely concentrate there.
73,
Brandon

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