POTA in the Park - Hams in the Park

Purpose: To have a friendly club event where we can guide interested members in a POTA activation.

When: May 24, 2025
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm (Setup at 8:30)
Where: Little Big Econ Trailhead, 951 Barr St, Oviedo, FL 32765
POTA Parks #: US-4630, US-4559
Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wLnXSa6ncjGEaVm18
Contact Info: John-Paul Craig (KZ4JW), jpbhc@pm.me , 407-852-8142

Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/rRgf2XECS2wznTheA
Please register if you think you will be attending.

Prerequisites:

• Create an account on https://pota.app
• Have a logging app capable of .adi export (Recommended):
  • World Radio League https://app.worldradioleague.com
  • HAMRS https://hamrs.app/
  • HAM2K Polo https://polo.ham2k.com/

Details:

I will provide my IC-7300 and antenna as one station capable of 10m-40m contacts. If anyone else would like to provide equipment (MAX 2 total to limit interference), we could run an additional station. For this event only, I’d like to not have additional people setting up until we’ve at least finished the intro sessions.

We can then break up into groups of 2-3 and work together to get 10-15 contacts per station (10 are required to be a POTA “activation” officially). We will try to prioritize those who have never done POTA to finish first.

We will then do a demo of logging into the POTA website and submitting logs per group.

I will also bring my laptop for this demo, but I encourage participants to have a POTA account and a logger (HAMRS, HAM2k Polo, World Radio League, etc) initially configured beforehand. But we can deal with it if not.

After we get everyone their required contacts, we can play it by ear and either just launch into an informal Hams in the Park, or continue working together to pad the numbers, etc.


Bring:

• Chair
• Water / Snack
• Pencil/Pen & Notepad
  
  Resources:
• https://pota.app/#/ - Participants should create an account prior to the event.
• https://app.worldradioleague.com/ - World Radio League, the POTA logger I’m most familiar with. Requires internet connection, not a standalone app.
  
  
  
  

Overhead view:

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