Stacking up POTA parks for maximum effect

Stacking up POTA parks for maximum effect

The cool thing about the Parks on the Air program is that it’s deliberately designed for a great amount of flexibility. One of those features is that you can take advantage of activating two or more park entities at once when their borders overlap. I love the...
Minnesota QSO Party 2026: Here’s how we did it

Minnesota QSO Party 2026: Here’s how we did it

QSO Parties are a lot of fun. They are a low barrier entry into the world of contesting. You can operate casually or go full bore. And the best part is, your efforts are recognized no matter how little or long you operate. With our close proximity to the state of...
Did I Just Break the Radio? A Winter POTA Rove

Did I Just Break the Radio? A Winter POTA Rove

Between Christmas and New Years typically affords us a bit of down time and this video is our third annual holiday POTA rove. Putting a string of new parks together is getting a bit more difficult as we’ve pretty much done everything within an hours drive of...
The Rybakov Antenna Gets a Serious Upgrade

The Rybakov Antenna Gets a Serious Upgrade

My first real exposure to the Rybakov antenna was back about two years ago. I was playing with the Chameleon URT-1 remote tuner and needed a portable vertical to demonstrate the tuner’s usefulness. I ended up combining the Chameleon 17 foot whip with the...