I recently spotted a new park that had yet to be activated and figured I could get there and grab the “First Activation” relatively easily. So after a quick look on the local Council website and a quick check of Google Maps to see who hard it would be to activate it. The POTA.app page …
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I had an hour to kill and was near a POTA park, so figured I’d do a quick activation. Fleetwood Marsh is an odd Park, being located behind a “recycling center” and landfill that can give off quite a smell if the weather is warm. However, once you’ve driven past that and made it to …
I recently picked up a SOTABeams BandHopper II and a Tactical Mini. My plan is to use these for some SOTA activations, however I didn’t want the first time I put the mast up to be on top of a mountain. Therefore, we set out to activate a park that doesn’t get a lot of …
I’ve had Jubilee Tower on my list to activate for a little while; It’s a great spot for a little radio work – in fact I’ve had a couple of contacts us there already, before I knew it was a POTA location. So this Saturday after we finished our errands in town we decided to …
We planned a hike today around Gisburn Forest, which is within the Forest of Bowland and therefore a POTA park. We set off dressed lightly, and for a change I wasn’t carrying a radio. We did a loop of about 6km and discussed heading back to the car and grabbing radios and then doing the …
Whilst idly checking the POTA Map, I spotted a park which had never been activated. I was a little surprised since it’s in the middle of a town and very easily accessible – with plenty of parking and plenty of space. Whilst there is parking within the park boundary, so it would be possible to activate …