
Parks on the Air Demo Follow up Report
I was recently asked by the President of the Washington, DC radio club (W3HAC) to give a brief presentation/demo on the popular Parks on the Air (POTA) program and some tips on portable radio operating. We met up at Rock Creek Park, which is very beautiful and hidden gem of the district. The park is property of the national park service and runs in a north/south direction from Maryland down towards the white house. Upon arriving we set up three stations: 2 QRP (low power) stations with vertical antennas and one 100W stations with a dipole. We had some...
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