First POTA | Parks on the Air Activation

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Inspired by Mike, K8MRD, I finally activated my first parks on the air. What a huge rush to have such a successful activation with my first park. Call it beginners luck but I am hooked on POTA! :-)
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@andyseymour889 4 года назад

Great video Jason and looks like a bunch of fun. One of those things we could all get out and get involved in but something most of us hardly ever think about. Man you were working heavy there good stuff !

@Blue-Collar-Radio 4 года назад

Great job Jason! I'm going to give POTA a try when it warms up a little here in Cincinnati. 73!

@gravestonemyth 3 года назад

Thanks, Jason. I had my first activation and I agree that it’s quite a rush. Mine started with uncertainty, as I had a cobbled antenna solution. Getting the first ten was a huge relief. It turns out my antenna was pretty decent, I worked Alaska on 20W phone. Wrapped up with 35 contacts. I’m hooked!

@barnmichael 4 года назад

As usual, great video. Thanks for the activation. A couple suggestions. Print off a set of POTA logsheets from the Files section on the Facebook POTA page and use a clipboard. Much easier to write on. Personally, I do all my POTA logging on paper and enter it into the computer afterwards. Then I file the paper in case something blows up. Get a headset, the Yamaha CM-500 is inexpensive and works great with most radios. Also, get a footswitch. Those two will keep your hands free for logging. You can use a 'Y' cable to feed both the headset and an external speaker. I know these add items to your kit, but the improved experience is well worth it. I learn something new and make changes with every activation. Keep it up, hope to see you on the bands. 73, Michael WA7SKG

@davidsradioroom9678 4 года назад

You are more fortunate than I was at my first POTA activation. I had a bad antenna cable and didn't contact anyone. Still I had fun. Congrats on your success! WARNING: POTA is addictive!

@HamRadio2 4 года назад

Great video. Love me some POTA. Have fun!

@w6dfmp242 3 года назад

Just completed my first POTA on 2m, hoping to put together the efhw kit I got from you and step into HF soon!

@KU9L Год назад

Looks like a lot of fun Jason, now I need to get a rig after being inactive for all those years, I was licensed as a Novice in 1979 and POTA seems to recreate that feeling I had since I did the Novice Roundup in 1979, LOL! 73, Dave, KU9L

@courtainret 3 года назад

Wow! That was an absolute riot!!! Enjoyed the video. Just received my ticket 2 days ago and I can't wait to try this out. Still have a lot of things to learn, one of which is that I need to hurry up and upgrade to a general ticket. I'll be watching more of you videos! Wayne KJ7TJA Oregon

@KM4ACK 3 года назад

Thank Wayne. I’m a amateur when I it comes to POTA. If you want to watch a master work, search K8MRD on RU-vid. Mike is a blast to watch activate a park.

@tpobrienjr 5 месяцев назад

Good demo, sir.

@JnJTrueOutdoorAdventures 4 года назад

Jason, now your hooked!!! I hope to work you sometime on POTA!!! I have only activated one park here in WV, but I plan to activate others. I made 13 contacts in about 35 minutes on my first activation in September 2019, only using a random wire antenna and my uBitx on a 12v 7amp/h SLA battery. I started out using the FT-817ND but was having a rough time being heard, that is when I moved up to the uBitx. One day I hope to get a FT-891 that way if I wanted I would have the 100 watt capability, but I do like running QRP, more challenging. I am hoping to get out real soon so I can try my homemade WRC clone antenna that I built. I have already tested it, videos on my channel and it seems to work as it should. But, mostly I am the hunter looking for parks and I hope to hear you sometime!! POTA is a lot of fun. Juddie WD8WV

@K3JRZOnTheAir 3 года назад

Nice work! I started POTA at the beginning of the year thanks to K8MDR & KB9VBR. I love doing POTA! I’ve been going out every weekend since the beginning of the year and haven’t stopped yet (good thing I’ve been able to). Started my RU-vid channel last month to document my contacts in the event there were questions of making contacts with others.

@KM4ACK 3 года назад

That is awesome! I'll check out your channel :-)

@anthonymarino4260 11 месяцев назад

have a fun time

@willian.direction6740 4 года назад

You did well. Set up radio so mic is in ur left hand leaves right hand free to scribe. That way ur not swapping pen and mic etc. Looks like fun out there.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

SMH No one seems to like my juggling act. hihi!

@phillipgrawert596 Год назад

Great job on the activation!!!! You handled the pileups nicely. Thanks for the video, Phil (VE3DRO)

@F4WBU 2 месяца назад

Thank you very much. 73!

@paulgrindley8192 Год назад

This looks like a lot of fun. I’m going to have to give this a try.

@KM4ACK Год назад

just be warned....the activities depicted in this video are known to be addictive :-)

@paulgrindley8192 Год назад

@@KM4ACK Just watching POTA videos is addicting. The may be the one radio activity my wife will encourage 😁

@WilliamMcKeehan 4 года назад

Jason, I would love to see a "review" of the antenna used in this activation - it's hard to find much information online about these antennas.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

If I can catch another nice day that I am off from my day job, I'll see what I can do. 73, de KM4ACK

@k2cjbradio 4 года назад

Welcome to the club! It’s alot of fun activating a park! Maybe we’ll meet you on the air sometime. 73 de Chris K2CJB

@TheTechPrepper 3 года назад

You can't go wrong with paper logs. Thanks for the POTA video. I am trying out the FT-891 and Bioenna 12Ah battery today for a SOTA activation. It will be nice to have QRO rig, but not so much fun to carry the additional weight. 73

@KM4ACK 3 года назад

Looking forward to the video!

@TheTechPrepper 3 года назад

@@KM4ACK It premiers tonight at 5 central. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wtr10kwJrN8.html

@expert244 4 года назад

Awesome!

@timb4655 4 года назад

Looking slick with your voice drills ! You clearly not so rusty ! Someone been secretly practicing ? 👍😀. Great job, fun to watch. Thanks for sharing. 73 de 2E0IEH

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Thanks Tim. The magic of video editing helps a LOT!! hihi 73, de KM4ACK

@timk7749 4 года назад

Great job working the pile ups. Was that on 40m? Looks like a good time!

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Indeed it was 40M. I was a bit overwhelmed during the pile up. I can't remember the last time I worked one. It was a ton of fun and I plan on doing it again soon. Fair warning....if you try it once, you will be hooked. 73, de KM4ACK

@StrikeEagle15E 4 года назад

Great for giving Mike, K8MRD, The shout out about inspiring you to try POTA. Jason, you are a great inspiration with your Digital tutorials. It’s nice seeing the HAM RU-vid community cross seeding education and inspiration. Thank you for all you do to teach and share. 73 KA6JEB

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Every time I watched his POTA vids he was smiling. Now I know why. Hopefully I can repay his inspiration if he ever decides to build a pi. 👍 73, de KM4ACK

@vitainpugna 4 года назад

I enjoy your videos. How much power were you running? A couple weeks ago I attempted to activate k2575 in Montana using a yaesu 891 and a Chameleon Emcomm III Portable antenna. Unfortunately, the band conditions were terrible and I was only able to make one QSO. I did enjoy trying though. Keep up the good work.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

If I remember right.....100W

@pagemaster6371 3 года назад

I love being a Hunter for Parks on the Air.

@ChiefMade 3 года назад

Awesome Mask logo.. loved that show as a kid

@MrVWQ 4 года назад

damn tuner-uppers. 3:10 please don't be that guy.

@joel6221 Год назад

Jason, is there any way to utilize a solar panel with a lithium battery to keep the battery topped off?

@KM4ACK Год назад

Sure. You will need a panel, charge controller, and a battery. As long as you are producing more power than you are using, it will keep the battery topped off.

@JohnVK5JAK 3 года назад

Nice work. What’s that nifty fold up table?

@KM4ACK 3 года назад

This isn't the exact one but very similar amzn.to/3qJWzhA (affiliate link)

4 года назад

What a tempo! Nice work! Did you just get out to a random park or do you have to register some kind of POTA code to make it a POTA?

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Just go to the park and start calling CQ POTA. Just make sure you know the park number for the park you’re activating and submit your logs afterwards. All the info on the POTA website.

@barnmichael 4 года назад

David, qualifying parks are listed on the Parksontheair.com website. Only Federal and State facilities are listed. Each registered park has a reference number, in the US, they start with K- and a four digit number. Bound to be one nearby. Check it out, you'll be hooked. 73, Michael WA7SKG

@curtisayers8129 4 года назад

Tnx Jason, fun stuff...what was your output?

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

100W

@Liberty4Ever 4 года назад

Too much digital? What does that even mean? :-) POTA looks fun. Thanks for the inspiration.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Just need a break from digital from time to time. POTA is a great excuse to get outside and work portable. You could choose digital or voice. I just happened to choose voice for this activation. And voice makes for better videos. :-) 73, de KM4ACK

@lowtek42 4 года назад

Really enjoyed the video. This may be a dumb question, but could you talk about SOTA and POTA and how they work? Do you have to be at a park no one else has been to? How do know the number of the park? This looks very neat, I'd like to get into this but I'm totally clueless, lol.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

I don't know anything about SOTA other than it stands for Summits on the Air. POTA, Parks on the Air. You can activate any park you want at any time. It doesn't matter if it has been activated before or not. There will be hams that will be interested in working the park you are in. To find the park number, check out this map. pota.us/#/map and for more info on POTA check out their main website parksontheair.com

@lowtek42 4 года назад

@@KM4ACK thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I'm planning on upgrading to general and picking up an 891, so this is something I'm definitely excited about! Keep up the great work 👍

@TheServiciopalm 2 года назад

Me gusta la mesa plegable, tienes el link de compra???

@KM4ACK 2 года назад

www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-Portable-High-Tension-Travel-Table-Open-Size-20-5-in-x-31-5-in-x-18-1-in/805968743

@jakewilson2203 11 месяцев назад

I'm very new (just got my technicians a few days ago but I have so many questions. 1. How do you determine the signal strength like when you say 55 or 44? 2. What phonetic alphabet is that standard to say kilowatt vs kilo or sugar vs sierra? I. Hoping to get my general in a week or two to start POTA here in summersville wv since we have like 4 parks spitting distance from my house.

@KM4ACK 11 месяцев назад

Signal Reports - hamradiofornontechies.com/the-rst-system-signal-reporting/ NATO phonetic alphabet - www.worldometers.info/languages/nato-phonetic-alphabet/

@hamradiotube 4 года назад

116th haha! Great job. Be careful though. It can be addictive.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

116th. LOL! Thanks Mike. Too late.....I am already addicted.

@hamradiotube 4 года назад

KM4ACK excellent! That’s how we get you😈

@philipcanterbury4722 2 года назад

I just noticed something, I don't see a tuner? How do you work around this?

@KM4ACK 2 года назад

I was using a resonant antenna.

@joel6221 Год назад

Is emergency power required for POTA, or can you use 120v (shore power)?

@KM4ACK Год назад

You can use 120 if it's available. Often it isn't in my travels so I just got to where I always take a battery with me.

@zanado11 4 года назад

Hey Jason, did you up grade from your ft857 For the ft891? I also wanted to thank you again for helping me with my pi and Kx2. Much appreciated. 73 Roger W8RLP

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Indeed! I did purchase an 891 but didn't get rid of my 857. 73, de KM4ACK

@zanado11 4 года назад

KM4ACK Jason, are you going to use the 891 with the Pi for digital and if so do you think it will be easier to setup than the 857? Roger

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

I've been using the 891 with a pi for digital for almost a month now. It wasn't easier or harder than the 857 to setup. I'm planning on a setup video soon for the 891 with build-a-pi. Probably release sometime next month. Build-a-pi V2 will be coming to the channel on 28 Feb. 73, de KM4ACK

@ka1gdq 3 года назад

What were the handles for for your FT-891? I have the same radio.

@KM4ACK 3 года назад

portable zero rails

@Andrew-dg7qm 2 года назад

Looking into POTA spotting and I’m not seeing Hawaii (home) on the state list. How do you spot yourself so HAMs can find you? Is that how it works? Thx!

@KM4ACK 2 года назад

Check out this video for details on spotting ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7wM7T2VuzVA.html

@Andrew-dg7qm 2 года назад

@@KM4ACK thank you!

@jdailey19811 Год назад

Whereabouts in Tennessee? I am in Coffee County. N4JKD.

@KM4ACK Год назад

I'm in Rutherford county. The park was in Wilson county.

@clayaway48 2 месяца назад

can I do POTA as a technician?

@KM4ACK 2 месяца назад

Certainly! You have 2M, 70CM, & the 10 meter band open to you as a tech for voice. A few more bands if you learn CW.

@californiakayaker 4 года назад

I wonder if anyone has activated Whiskeytown NP . Technically its a NRA but has a park headquarters ect. I have permits to go pretty much anywhere there. Including behind locked gates. Might have seen this earlier but I'm not getting many notifications, even with my bell activated.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

You can check and see if it has a park number pota.us/#/map

@californiakayaker 4 года назад

@@KM4ACK Yes, its : K-0649 . Has it been activated ?

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

I have no idea nor do I know how to check for that info. Maybe try to contact the POTA guys through their website. 73, de KM4ACK

@de_w8tam 4 года назад

@@californiakayaker It has been activated, however less than 100 contacts each for CW and Sideband. If you go to activate it, there will be thousands of registered POTA chasers who do not have that park. 73 de w8tam

@de_w8tam 4 года назад

@@KM4ACK stats.parksontheair.com/ You can find that page to find out info about parks too. 73 de w8tam

@williampeacock9473 4 года назад

Jason I enjoyed the video. The Yaesu ft891 is a awesome little radio . I had one for a short while ago. Keep up the good work and HAM IT UP !73 AE4OY WILLIAM Peacock EM-81UF (OLDYELLA)

@smoberdeen 4 месяца назад

Some veteran stations say 50w is enough.

@lancewillard 4 года назад

Top of my bucket list. -KI5HHK

@wadepatton2433 4 года назад

Those rocks and cedars look entirely too familiar to me. Convenient though. 73!

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

I bet they do. I love being in the state forest. 😀 73, de KM4ACK

@herrprepper2070 4 года назад

Hello Jason, I have been trying to setup my 857D for digital... specifically JS8CALL, using SIGNALINK and RASPBERRY PI 4. Total failure so far. I have been following your exploits for a while and see that you use that same setup. Could I hire you through Patreon to mentor me through the process? I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I can follow directions. Thanks for your consideration.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Have you seen this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gBokG9FI-NM.html It's by far the simplest to setup once everything is installed.

@herrprepper2070 4 года назад

KM4ACK - Thank you for the reply. My problems are really more basic. I can’t figure out how to connect the 857D to the SIGNALINK and PI4. I know the SIGNALINK connects to the PI4 with USB and to the 857D data port... but don’t I need to connect to the CAT port on the 857D as well? I’ve searched high and low and cannot find a definitive answer.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

Yes. You need a cable between the 857 & Signalink. Then Signalink to Pi. You also need a CAT cable between the 857 & the Pi. There are 2 round 6 pin mini Din connectors on the back of the radio. The one marked data goes to the signalink and the one marked CAT goes direct to the pi. Look at the sticker on the bottom of the radio to figure out which port is which. 73, de KM4ACK

@jimguelde4068 4 года назад

@@KM4ACK Thank you Jason. If I connect the CAT cable to the Pi, that means I cannot use a (automatic) tuner with the 857D.. correct? Do you have a tuner in your 857D/Pi/Signalink train? Thank you.

@KM4ACK 4 года назад

@@jimguelde4068 Depends on the tuner. I have a LDG YT-100 that allows you to connect both the CAT & tuner to the radio with a pass through port on the tuner.

@randallhash9283 9 месяцев назад

Where can I get a table like that….Nice video…de WB4BBF

@KM4ACK 9 месяцев назад

Thanks. Can't find this specific model anymore that I know of but this one is similar amzn.to/46GvH7N . I use this one amzn.to/3tNZyMK a lot now. (affiliate link)

@randallhash9283 9 месяцев назад

Thanks so much….Looking forward to my first activation this coming week on 40m CW…73’s, Randall

@greyman5590 4 года назад

Holy crap. Is your scalp RF burned or something? What the heck happened?

@terrymurphy4177 3 года назад

Everything is not 5x9👍

@19TC504 3 года назад

its about time,hahahaha i dont like the digital video,s :)

@timholtzclaw8930 2 года назад

Please stick to the NATO phonetics. It does make life easier.

@jamesseaman2950 Год назад

I recently returned to ham radio after a 20-year break and find that nothing bugs me more than hearing "QSL" used on phone. This seems to be a recent innovation which never used to happen. We were always taught that using Q-signals on phone is bad form because they were created as CW shortcuts important in CW message handling where ops did not speak the same language. The standard handoff on phone is supposed to be "over." The standard acknowledgment "roger." You may also hand off by asking "copy?" with the reply again being "roger" if you were received. Not sure when all this changed, but the old ham in me finds it irritating. Don't get me started on useless signal reports where everybody is 5-9 regardless.