<div dir="auto"><div>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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chris </div><div dir="auto">W2BPL</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sent from my phone.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 12:11\u202fPM Christopher Lennon <<a href="mailto:kwaj.speedo@gmail.com">kwaj.speedo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In Mass it is hardly a problem. There are lots of available parks. Check the map.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chris </div><div dir="auto">W2BPL</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sent from my phone.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 11:36\u202fAM Juan Jiménez <<a href="mailto:k1cpr@bd5.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">k1cpr@bd5.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>73,<div>K1CPR</div><div>Juan</div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 11:20\u202fAM Christopher Lennon <<a href="mailto:kwaj.speedo@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kwaj.speedo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://pota.app/#/map" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pota.app/#/map</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Will take you to the map of PoTA sites </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chris </div><div dir="auto">W2BPL</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my phone.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 10:26\u202fAM Leandra MacLennan via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I just asked Brendan Egan at Burlington.org, head of Parks and Recreation, to see if they would allow us to activate Simonds Park.</div>
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<div dir="auto">time to start group POTAS</div>
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<div dir="auto">lets make a few plans:</div>
<div dir="auto">where is the closest parks to the meeting location:</div>
<div dir="auto">US-4742. - warren manning state forest</div>
<div dir="auto">US-2435 - great brook farm state park</div>
<div dir="auto">US-4735. - carisle state forest</div>
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<div dir="auto">is anyone available to do potas on a weekday</div>
<div dir="auto">is 10 am good on weekday or weekend</div>
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<div dir="auto">the link above will help you understand what you need to bring to the pota site</div>
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<div dir="auto">i am going to go check out warren manning</div>
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