[bars] Bars group POTA Parks on the Air

Wed Oct 8 11:28:03 CDT 2025

Sounds like a good opportunity to create another radiosport. POTAx (like
TEDx).

Just as, "TEDx is a grassroots initiative, created in the spirit of TED’s
overall mission to research and discover “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx
brings the spirit of TED to local communities around the globe through TEDx
events."

POTAx could be described as, "POTAx is a grassroots initiative, created in
the spirit of POTA’s overall goal to extend ARRL’s National Parks on the
Air special event and "continue the fun beyond the one-year event", POTAx
brings the spirit of POTA to local parks and public sites through POTAx
activations."

Dave,
KC1TLF

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM Christopher Lennon via bars <bars at w1hh.org>
wrote:

> 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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