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My First SOTA Activations
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 2:52 pm
by dspaedt
Hello all,
I got out and completed my first-ever SOTA activation and then . . . did another! CW and QRP were applied
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If it interests you, you can read about it here:
https://keyingthewilderness.blogspot.co ... tions.html
David W8GM
Re: My First SOTA Activations
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 3:03 pm
by Andrew (grayhat)
way to go !!!
Re: My First SOTA Activations
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 11:50 pm
by w2tef
Nice write-up, and good job making a double-activation in the cold!
When I discovered four new parks had been added to my state's POTA roster, I went to visit them one day -- in the midst of a cold snap (temp's in the teens) with a foot of snow on the ground. Turned out none of the Wildlife Management Areas get plowed! My passenger car wasn't going to navigate them, but fortunately the POTA "activation zone" is usually adjacent to a proper (plowed) road.
Where I live also doesn't have a lot of exciting SOTA options. But I hope to investigate a few more this year. Thanks for the encouragement!
72 de Todd W2TEF