I will not be able to attend this event. However I will still be POTAing, just in Oregon. I plan to activate Newberry Crater Volcanic National Monument K-4390, which is in the Deschutes National Forest K-4378. Plan to be on 20meters but check for my spot for details .
Temps here are going to be low of 58 with a high of 93. The best part, humidity of 28% Hope to hear you guys Rudy Ackerman KF5QYG On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 06:46:12 AM PDT, 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/
