[HCRA] Technician POTA/Parks On The Air Event

[Larry Krainson]

Brendan NW1S <nw1s.brendan at gmail.com>
4:53 PM (27 minutes ago)
to nw1s

Boston Amateur Radio Club Announces a ‘Technician POTA Day,’ November 20th
at 10:30am.

The Boston Amateur Radio Club will host a Parks on the Air (POTA) event
with a special invitation to Technician license holders and new hams on
November 20th, 2021. The event will take place in the Blue Hills
Reservation in Milton at the Mount Chickatawbut summit. We will attempt to
“activate” the park according to POTA rules using VHF, UHF, and the
Technician segments of the HF bands.

Bring your handheld and any other radio you want to try out on the summit.
The club will provide some power sources and a few different antennas for
you to experiment with. You will also have an opportunity to operate on six
and ten meters. Brendan, NW1S, and Joe, NV1W, will be on hand to answer
questions and help introduce you to amateur radio in the great outdoors.
There will even be prizes for accomplishments things like most contacts
made, farthest contact, and most Technician bands used. Afterwards there
will be a social event of food and drinks.

You may park at a lower parking lot and hike the short path to the summit.
The Boston Amateur Radio club is attempting to organize a car to bring
those who cannot or wish to not walk the distance to the summit. Further
information on the Blue Hills can be found at
https://friendsofthebluehills.org.

Please email Brendan, NW1S at nw1s.brendan at gmail.com if you're planning to
attend.

Join us at the 110 Grill in Braintree afterwards for some food and drinks!
Please include in your email if you will be joining us at 110 Grill so we
can make a proper reservation.

We look forward to seeing you at the summit!

Updates on the Tech POTA Day can be found at BARC.org, and @W1BOS on
Facebook and Twitter.

Do you want to participate without making the trek up Mount Chickatawbut?
You can hunt our operators on Saturday. Look for us on the POTA.us spot
page, the @W1BOS Twitter or on the National Calling Frequencies. We invite
your club to get on the Air with our Technicians and test out your VHF and
UHF Equipment.