Category: POTA
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US-10408
Horse Heaven Hills Recreation Area BLM Recreation Management Area Sometime in late 2023, I noticed the addition of numerous new POTA sites, many of which are near my home. I decided to head up to the Horse Heaven Hills BLM area because it’s near my home and I also wanted to scope it out as…
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US-2441
Scootney Reservoir State Park On October 25, 2023, my new friend Bob WV7W and I set out on our first joint activation outing. Scootney Reservoir State Park is less than an hour from our homes so it made a good choice. I went first and made 18 QSOs before a lull in the action allowed…
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US-9562
Manhattan Beach State Recreation Area While on a week-long break in Rockaway Beach, OR, I ran up just a few minutes up Highway 101 to Manhattan Beach State Recreation Area. I managed to score a picnic table next to an open area suitable for deploying the Chameleon whip and logged a respectable 34 contacts before…
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US-3167
Brooks Memorial State Park, WA On April 20, 2023, I made a road trip from the Tri-Cities to visit my brother in Portland, OR. I took the long way through Goldendale in order to work a couple of parks along the way. The first stop was Brooks Memorial State Park along Highway 97. The park…
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US-3195
Goldendale Observatory State Park I wanted to return here so I could redeem myself after my first failed activation. This time, I came well prepared with a 100W radio. Being a Thursday during the day, I pretty much had the place to myself and had a good choice of places to operate. I got the…
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K-1135
After activating the Butte National Grasslands, I continued my drive south toward Modesto, CA to visit family. After hitting I-5, I decided to stop and try my luck at Castle Crags State Park (K-1135). The park is beautiful and easily accessible from the freeway, but it’s in a bit of a valley surrounded by rocky…
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K-7476
This was a day when the stars aligned and everything went perfectly, the day exceeding expectations in every way. I needed to drive to central California for a family event and hoped to work in some radio time en route. I had spent the night in Klamath Falls, OR, and left my hotel about 30…
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K-4555
My great friend and radio buddy Bob WV7W and I were starting to feel oppressed by the dark, cold winter and wanted to get out and work some POTA. We planned up a trip to Hanford Reach National Monument to try our first joint activation. It was only a partial success. We had endured a…
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K-0594
The Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge is located along the west side of US-97 a few miles south of Toppenish, WA.
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K-3228
Maryhill State Park I had actually tried to activate this park in August, but failed due to gear problems.