Getting away from your shack and operating in the great outdoors.
So what does this actually mean?
It means taking a small rig, antenna, power source and something to log your contacts and finding a nice location to operate from.
Working and activating parks is addictive and both Linda and I have been bitten. Recently we have had some overnight trips from 1-2 days to 4 days and great opportunity to activate many entities, I say entities because they are NOT necessarily parks. In many cases they are called parks but may be National Historic Sites, Natural Areas, Nature Reserves and generally Protested Areas.
There are literally thousands to chase (hunt) and activate.The two programs WWFF and POTA both operate on the premise of getting out of your home shack to the great outdoors to operate. Portable or mobile activities are on the air every day. Both programs have their own website(s) where one can find numerous amounts of information and each programs rules.
Yes they have different and varying rules as to what constitutes an activation and rules for awards programs. So if this interests you please check out the following URL. There are FB Groups for each where activators/chasers post activities, pictures, questions and great suggestions on portable operations.
World Wide Flora & Fauna WWFF.co
Parks on the air Parksontheair.com
AWARDS: fter about a year of Hunting and Activating Parks both Linda and I have some very nice awards for both hunting and activating parks. We have activated from the four Atlantic Provinces, Quebec and 5 States of the USA. To-date I am just over 3500 hunted parks, with 376 Activation's and Creeping up to 725 Park-to- Park contacts.
Many parks from a number of countries of Europe, South America, and Asia. Just in the last few weeks the activity from European countries has increased big time and many new countries are joining POTA daily.
Work in Progress.......I will update this report from time to time.
Some certificates below Received for activities. New certificate almost every day. Between WWFF, POTA and VEFF and Castles, that are awesome. Lots of wallpaper that I prefer to put into a binder as I am not sure we have enough wall space.
Open to having any local Ham join us for an activity. Just let us know you are interested.
It means taking a small rig, antenna, power source and something to log your contacts and finding a nice location to operate from.
Working and activating parks is addictive and both Linda and I have been bitten. Recently we have had some overnight trips from 1-2 days to 4 days and great opportunity to activate many entities, I say entities because they are NOT necessarily parks. In many cases they are called parks but may be National Historic Sites, Natural Areas, Nature Reserves and generally Protested Areas.
There are literally thousands to chase (hunt) and activate.The two programs WWFF and POTA both operate on the premise of getting out of your home shack to the great outdoors to operate. Portable or mobile activities are on the air every day. Both programs have their own website(s) where one can find numerous amounts of information and each programs rules.
Yes they have different and varying rules as to what constitutes an activation and rules for awards programs. So if this interests you please check out the following URL. There are FB Groups for each where activators/chasers post activities, pictures, questions and great suggestions on portable operations.
World Wide Flora & Fauna WWFF.co
Parks on the air Parksontheair.com
AWARDS: fter about a year of Hunting and Activating Parks both Linda and I have some very nice awards for both hunting and activating parks. We have activated from the four Atlantic Provinces, Quebec and 5 States of the USA. To-date I am just over 3500 hunted parks, with 376 Activation's and Creeping up to 725 Park-to- Park contacts.
Many parks from a number of countries of Europe, South America, and Asia. Just in the last few weeks the activity from European countries has increased big time and many new countries are joining POTA daily.
Work in Progress.......I will update this report from time to time.
Some certificates below Received for activities. New certificate almost every day. Between WWFF, POTA and VEFF and Castles, that are awesome. Lots of wallpaper that I prefer to put into a binder as I am not sure we have enough wall space.
Open to having any local Ham join us for an activity. Just let us know you are interested.