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Recently I had the opportunity to visit San Bruno Mountain State Park and activate the summit for Summits on the Air (SOTA), and I attempted a Parks on the Air (POTA) activation. This was a very transit friendly destination to make radio contacts. Starting from downtown San Francisco, I took BART to Daly City, where I caught the 130 bus to the Royce Way Trailhead. You can also take the 130B bus. T...
So far this June has been a busy month for me with regards to amateur radio and as of writing this, the ARRL Field Day hasn’t even happened yet. Before Field Day gets started on the 22nd, I decided it would be nice to reflect on my contesting experience thus far. Lately my experience with ham radio has been characterized by challenges, but nevertheless I’ve been having a lot of fun with my operati...
I enjoy climbing the various hills of San Francisco and seeing who I can contact over VHF/UHF radio. There are many hills throughout the city which are great for making radio contacts, but only one is actually indexed as a SOTA summit, Mount Davidson (W6/NC-423). What better place to attempt my first proper SOTA activation? I had been here before many times, but never to attempt a SOTA activation....
When bringing up ham radio to friends, I often get a puzzled look and they ask me what is so fun about contacting random people. Today I had a thought about how ham radio is like the OG Pokemon Go. You know the rush of trying to catch 'em all in Pokemon Go? Well, hams have their own version – it's all about snagging those unique callsigns from different operators and locations. Each callsign is...