Tag: POTA
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An excellent talk from Andy G1AW on Parks on the Air
What an excellent talk we had this evening by Andy G1AW on Parks on the Air #POTA Park on the Air, or POTA is a scheme of Radio Amateurs to activate or chase Parks World wide. The scheme started in the USA and is spreading around the world, the numbers of people taking part in…
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Awards from our 2019 AGM
AGM Awards Night 2019 Its always great to see people picking up awards, and at this year’s Annual General Meeting we had quite a few. Martin (M0ZMF) Awards – Pat Pictured being awarded the Harold Chadwick G8ON Memorial Cup. This is given annually for outstanding service to the Worksop Amateur Radio Society. For those of…
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Sunny Day In the Peak District
Two of our members Gary M0ONI and Paul M0PJA went out to the Peak District to Activate it as part of Parks on the Air (POTA), this is how they got on. Before we started out we selected a spot in the Dark Peak which we were sure would have good take off in most…
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Cracking Talk on Parks on the Air from Andy 2E0UAW
We had a cracking talk from Andy 2E0UAW who is the English administrator for POTA (Parks on the Air). Parks on the Air, little known in the UK but appears to be taking the USA by storm. POTA was born from an National Event to activate all the National Parks in the US. Once that…