One Watt POTA Fun: Let’s compromise a compromised antenna!
by Thomas (K4SWL) On Monday, September 22, 2025, I visited my father in Hickory—in the foothills of North Carolina—and...
Category: POTA
K4RLC: Radio Adventures in the Highlands of Scotland Gang aft a-gley
by Bob K4RLC & MM/K4RLC But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid schemes...
Impromptu Blue Ridge Parkway Twofer and My First Run with the Ham2K PoLo Logger
On Monday, November 3, 2025, I had a handful of afternoon errands to run. I’d scheduled them so I...
Catching Up with a Friend and Logging 9,150 Miles per Watt from William B. Umstead State Park!
On Monday, October 20, 2025, I was still in the Raleigh area of North Carolina. That morning, I dropped...
Come POTA With Me!
The Ham Radio Community is one of the best communities that I have ever had the privilege of being...
Halloween Activation
I headed out this morning for an early activation at Norristown Farm State Park (US-4363, KFF-4363). Although it’s Halloween,...
Unsettled Conditions at Evansburg State Park
I had some spare time this morning, so I made a trip to Evansburg State Park (US-1351, KFF-1351) for...
The KH1 Meets the 19-Foot Vertical
For several years my homebrew 19-foot vertical was my go-to portable antenna. Over the past two years, I’ve been...
M1GEO and M0WUT Activate All G/TW Summits in a Stormy Weekend Adventure
Please note that the following field report was originally published on the SOTA Reflector: by George (M1GEO) On the...
M1GEO and M0WUT Activate All G/TW Summits in a Stormy Weekend Adventure
Please note that the following field report was originally published on the SOTA Reflector: by George (M1GEO) On the...
Steve’s New Portable Vertical Antenna System
by Steve (VA3FLF/NC4SR) Vertical antennas are now extremely popular for portable operations. The market has exploded with assorted brands...
Bug-Out Month: Peaceful Morning Activation And Coffee at Clemmons Educational State Forest
by Thomas (K4SWL) After my last activation at Clemmons Educational State Forest, I was eager to get back there....
KI5OEB: Putting the IC-705—and Two Antennas—to Work at Salt Plains State Park
by James (KI5OEB) Today I went to my favorite park bench again! The activation had a little prep and...
Get a load of this…
Ground-mounted verticals are all the rage these days in portable HF operations. This is particularly true in POTA activations....
HamAlert Is My Friend
Many of you already know about this wonderful alert tool: HamAlert. From the HamAlert website: HamAlert is a system...
KH8 SOTA/POTA (3) – Ofu Island
See Part 2 of this report. Ofu Island is not easily accessible, so it was a key decision on...
KH8 SOTA/POTA (2) – Tutuila Island
See Part 1 of this report. We arrived at Pago Pago (pronounced “pango pango”) around 9 pm and were...
KH8 SOTA/POTA (1) – The Plan
For decades, Joyce/K0JJW and I have working towards visiting all 63 of the US national parks. We are nearing...
Five-band HF Linked Dipole [updated January 2025]
An improved buildThis antenna was first described in the November-December 2023 Communicator. After a year of using it, I’ve...
The SARC Communicator – January-February 2025
Even better for 2025New desktop publishing software opens up even more possibilities for the SARC Communicator, the digital periodical...
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1343 – Full Version
Release Date: November 23, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1343 – Truncated 1-hour version
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1342 – Full Version
Release Date: November 16, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1342 – Truncated 1-hour version
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….