WA5CYI, Happy birthday and I agree that a POTA outing would be a great way to celebrate.
Please stay in the shade & stay hydrated! 73, Stephen (OA4/W2WF) > On Jul 20, 2023, at 09:23, wa5cyi--- via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > What a great way to celebrate my 89th birthday! > > Pump > WA5CYI > > > > > > > On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 08:46:36 AM CDT, Kori Rahman via BVARC > <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone! > > I want to remind you all that we will have another great BVARC POTA event > coming up at Stephen F. Austin State Park THIS SUNDAY (July 23rd 10am - 5pm). > It's going to be a really hot one this weekend, temperatures have been over > 100F for the past week or so, but if the forecast is to be believed, it might > dip just a little to double digits for us on Sunday. There's a slight chance > of rain later in the day, but we will be there and prepared for whatever > happens. We'll have some great food as well, with our usual complement of > sausages, chips, and LOTS of water. It should be a really great time with > friends, some delicious food, and of course some fun on the radio! > > > Photos from our last POTA event at Brazos Bend SP in May. Marc KI5ZHO made us > some fantastic fajitas, and Jayant KG5LJZ came by to see how we run our event > (see his article about BVARC POTA on the Johnson Space Center ARC website > here). > > > For this Sunday at Stephen F. Austin we expect to set up at the day use area > near the front of the park (the first left after the ranger station). You can > ask the park rangers how to find us, or reach out to us on 146.520MHz FM > Simplex while in the vicinity of the park. > > The important details: > * Park access is $5. Ask for a day use area pass. More info on: > tpwd.texas.gov > * IF you have a Texas State Park Pass, then admission for the day is FREE. > * ALSO, if you are over 65 years old, you can request a Senior Partial > Texas Parklands Passport to get half-off of park admission (rounded to the > nearest dollar). Speak to the Park Rangers when you arrive or visit > tpwd.texas.gov for details. > * We will have at least 4 HF radios (40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, and possibly 17m > or 80m) that you can use if you don't have your own. So all you need to bring > is yourself, some water, and maybe some snacks. > * If you'd like to bring your own radio, we have a few antennas you can > use and the appropriate filters. But again, you don't need to bring any > equipment. > * Technician class licensees ARE WELCOME! You CAN operate the stations on > ALL HF bands that are available and get POTA credit for contacts you make. > You will be required to use the club call sign (ask me or Anthony W5LIC for > details upon arrival). > * If you're a Tech class license holder and would like to operate on 10m > you may do so under your own call sign if the station is open (10m band > conditions have been favorable lately). > * Of course, you do not have to operate the radios, you can just come out > for a fun time with your fellow hams. > * 10 contacts are all that are required to "activate" the park. You can > log with paper, or with any apps you prefer (we recommend the HAMRS App). > * Sign up on the POTA.app website to upload your logs after the event. > > JULY BVARC POTA EVENT: > Sunday July 23rd 2023, 10am - 5pm > Stephen F. Austin State Park > Park Road 38 > San Felipe, TX 77473 > > If you've been curious about trying CW, FT8, or Winlink (VARA HF, 2m Packet > etc.) we will have those as optional modes you can try (more to come in the > future). As before, if you can't make this event, we are doing them every > month. POTA is a lot of fun, and we hope to see you out there with us this > weekend. Contact me or Anthony (W5LIC) if you have any questions about this > event. > > I want to say a special thanks to all those wonderful folks who attended our > last event at Brazos Bend State Park in May: > - Kristy (KI5RLZ) > - Mike (W5MWJ now N5MH) > - Laurent (W0MM) > - David (N0LUV) > - Bill (KI5ZMM) and Ava > - John (KC9JLE) > - Jayant (KJ5LJZ) + XYL > - Jason (KR1BBT) > - David (KI5TEB) > - Sean (W5URT) > - Mike (N5VCX) > - Craig (K8CPC) > - Richard (KG5YCU) and Norma > - Marc (KI5ZHO) > - Bubba (AI5KD) > - Steven (KI5IOC) > - Anthony (W5LIC) and Me (WX5KR) round out the great list of folks from the > event sign-up sheet. > > Thanks to everyone for being there with us. Hope to see you again soon at our > next events. 73 y'all! > > Kori Rahman, WX5KRBrazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > Vice-President and Club Call Sign KK5W Trustee > Cell: (770) 298 8516 > kori...@gmail.com > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
