[bars] Bars group POTA Parks on the Air

[Christopher Lennon]

The problem with gathering at a non PoTA park is that you cannot call CW
POTA to be hunted by PoTA hunters.  Your small transmitter and compromise
antenna is just a beep in the world of ham radio.  At a PoTA park you
become the prize that PoTA hunters are seeking.  A little system can do
well in that circumstance.

Chris
W2BPL




Sent from my phone.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 12:11 PM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>     73  Niece
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