[bars] Bars group POTA Parks on the Air

[Christopher Lennon]

Not being one of the PoTA organizers I can not definitively answer your
question.  I do have a suspicion.  There are people in the PoTA
organization that are state coordinators.  I assume that this means that
they interact with state and federal officials to get a certain level of
permission for parks in that state.  There is something to this because not
all state or federal parks in a state are on the PoTA list.  As an
activator it is somewhat comforting because a park being on the list
implies some of level of permission.  Being just state and federal parks
vastly limits the number of officials these coordinators need to interact
with.  So, I suspect that is simply a matter of work load for VOLUNTEER
coordinators.

In Mass it is hardly a problem.  There are lots of available parks.  Check
the map.

Chris
W2BPL


Sent from my phone.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 11:36 AM Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:

> Why are local parks not allowed for activations? Seems like a severely
> shortsighted rule, considering all the great parks that are owned and run
> by local authorities and are always looking for more ways to engage with
> residents.
>
> 73,
> K1CPR
> Juan
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sadly, local parks are not PoTA parks.  You can go there and operate, but
>> you don't get credit for an activation in the PoTA universe.  PoTA parks in
>> the US are either state or federal.  Not all state and federal parks are on
>> the PoTA list.
>>
>> https://pota.app/#/map
>>
>> Will take you to the map of PoTA sites
>>
>> Chris
>> W2BPL
>>
>>
>> Sent from my phone.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 10:26 AM Leandra MacLennan via bars <bars at w1hh.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately only state and national parks are eligible to be “POTA”
>>> parks. The official POTA parks are shown on the map on the POTA website.
>>>
>>> A gathering at Simonds could be a good dry run for an activation of a
>>> POTA park on another day.
>>>
>>> -Leandra AF1R
>>>
>>> On Oct 8, 2025, at 9:57 AM, Juan Jiménez via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> I just asked Brendan Egan at Burlington.org, head of Parks and
>>> Recreation, to see if they would allow us to activate Simonds Park.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> K1CPR
>>> Juan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM ham operator via bars <bars at w1hh.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hello Bars
>>>>
>>>> time to start group POTAS
>>>>
>>>> for all pota  info www.parksontheair.com
>>>>
>>>> lets make a few plans:
>>>> where is the closest parks to the meeting location:
>>>> US-4742. - warren manning state forest
>>>> US-2435  - great brook farm state park
>>>> US-4735. - carisle state forest
>>>>
>>>> is anyone available to do potas on a weekday
>>>> is 10 am good on weekday or weekend
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> the link above will help you understand what you need to bring to the
>>>> pota site
>>>>
>>>> i am going to go check out warren manning
>>>> and i will schedule a time and day
>>>>
>>>>
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