[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Fwd: [AARC] POTA / Day In The Park event - Saturday 3/22/2025

[Sean Gallagher]

Ok folks, Gary called an audible on Tuesday and in view of the forecast nice weather, is starting up his Day in the Park event a month early.  the Day in the Park will occur this Saturday at the usual place. Details below. No RSVP required.  Just bring yourself or yourself and your friends with / without radios and let's see what kind of radiowave characters we can find.

73,
Sean 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Gary Sessums via AARC <aarc at w4wvp.org>
> To: AARC List <aarc at w4wvp.org>
> Cc: Gary Sessums <kc5qcn at arrl.net>
> Date: 03/20/2025 3:49 PM EDT
> Subject: [AARC] POTA / Day In The Park event - Saturday 3/22/2025
> 
>  
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> 
> The website is www.w4wvp.org
> 
> The W4WVP repeaters are 145.470 MHz - , PL 107.2 Hz and 449.325 MHz - , PL 151.4 Hz
> 
> Weekly net - Tuesdays at 8:00 PM on the 145.470 machine.
> 
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> 
> As discussed at the monthly club meeting this past Tuesday night, 
> "spring has sprung."
> 
> Please join members of the Arlington Amateur Radio Club (AARC) for 
> our monthly Day in the Park / Parks on the Air (POTA) radio operating event.
> 
> Saturday March 22, 2025
> 
> 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
> 
> Columbia Island Marina / Lady Bird Johnson Park
> Southbound George Washington Parkway
> Washington, DC 20037
> 
> Lady Bird Johnson Park / Columbia Island Marina is on an island in 
> the Potomac River near the Pentagon.
> 
> While it is part of the District of Columbia, it is located on the 
> Virginia side of the river and can only be reached from the 
> southbound lane of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
> 
>  From Interstate 395, take Exit 8B "Pentagon/Arlington 
> Cemetery/Rosslyn" and continue on Virginia State Route 27 East, drive 
> past the Pentagon, cross the bridge over Virginia State Route 110, 
> stay in the right lane to take the George Washington Memorial Parkway 
> southbound exit "Ronald Reagan Washington National 
> Airport/Alexandria/Mount Vernon/I-395", then turn right at the sign 
> into the Columbia Island Marina.
> 
> After exiting George Washington Memorial Parkway southbound and 
> entering the park, go to the waters edge and turn right at the stop sign.
> 
> We will be conducting both voice and digital amateur radio operations 
> from picnic tables set up on the water's edge under the shade trees - 
> bring a sack lunch and your lawn chair.
> 
> Free parking, public restrooms, and a full service restaurant are 
> located at Columbia Island Marina.
> 
> Talk-in on the W4WVP repeater  145.470 MHz - , PL 107.2 Hz
> 
> The monthly Day in the Park radio operating event is held to allow 
> club members to set up and test field antennas, conduct portable 
> amateur radio operations, practice operating in a field environment, 
> and mentor new ham operators in the art and skill of amateur radio.
> 
> Grab a cup of coffee and join us on Saturday morning.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Gary Sessums-KC5QCN
> President - Arlington Amateur Radio Club
> www.w4wvp.org