POTA 101: The Beginner’s Guide to Parks on the Air. Episode #2.

Firstly, I want to congratulate you if you are thinking of heading out to activate a park for the very first time! The “addiction is real” to quote my buddy Charlie W7RTA… I also thought it was time to share some of my knowledge and experience as I’ve done over 350 activations and made 15,000+ QSO’s in the past 2 years. Originally, the plan was to make this video so it was a total of 15 minutes from start to finish – not the case! Once I started on this, I realized there is so much more to it than ’15 minutes’. hahaha

Thanks so much for watching mates. This has been a wonderful fun exercise. I can’t wait to hear what you think and get to work on the next one. Wooohoooo!

Thanks again everyone for your incredible support! You guys are awesome.

Stay tuned – for episode 3 – coming soon!

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Getting Started With POTA Documentation:
https://docs.pota.app

Cheers everyone! Simon VA7BIX
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Getting Ready – Next Steps
01:43 Starting Out: Paper Log or HAMRS?
02:49 Setting the Radio Clock to UTC Time
03:25 Check SWR – Put Radio in AM Mode
03:54 Time to Get On The Air Choosing a Band
05:25 Found A Clear Frequency? Next Steps…
07:44 Spotted on POTA Website – What’s Next?
09:59 QRM??? Be Prepared to QSY
10:58 Listen for Suffix of Callsigns
11:28 “Station Ending in Hotel – Go Ahead”
12:53 What Are Signal Reports? “You’re a 5-4 (Five-Four)”
14:30 POTA – “Park to Park?”
16:19 Calling QRZ – Is There a Difference?
17:35 A Great Respectful “QRZ Rule”
18:33 Conclusion – Thanks For Watching

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