On the last day of May, Theresa/KG4TVM called for a OVH club POTA activation at Manassas National Battlefield Park. There is only one area for POTA at the park, the Groveton Road picnic area.
It has a shelter and bathrooms but the trees are puny. We used a hot spot provided by Byron/AK4XR for spotting ourselves, using the POTA app on the web and for uploading the digital log.
We had excellent weather and band conditions. We put up a vertical and George’s big ears antenna. OVH members attending were Theresa/KG4TVM, George/K4GVT, Bruce/KG4GDX, Rob/KR4EEV, Ken/KD4VA and John/KG4NXT.
George set up a sideband station and John set up a digital station. John and Rob made 16 contacts and George made 15.
A good time was had by all.
Theresa (KG4TVM), John (KG4NXT), George (K4GVT) thank you for hosting the POTA event and letting me participate in the fun. I learned a lot, had a great time, and can’t wait to give this a try myself. It was amazing to see how fast you were able to make the contacts on 20 meters.
I think I came home with almost the same amount of Dunkin Munchkins as I brought! Forced me to eat even more than I needed too. 🙂
Looking forward to our Hamfest in a couple weeks!
73, Rob (KR4EEV)