My POTA Journey
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New Years Day
Well, it’s taken a few months for me to get around to writing this. It seems that with Facebook, etc, the website has become my last priority. My resolution for the new year was to complete the “Activated All Ohio References” award. The final push began on New Years Day, with a drive up to…
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How To Find Flint Run
One of my toughest POTA activations I’ve was Flint Run. This is only because it took so long to figure out How t o do it. I finally decided that it was strictly a “hike – in“ activation. Flint Run is a Wildlife area in Jackson county Ohio. It lies south of Wellston off of…
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I’m still Here!
I’ve been not blogging much in the last couple months. Why is that? Let’s see, running the club fundraiser, vehicle troubles, transitioning to a new job. Pick one, but they all have played a part in my lack of activations in the last few months. I did hit Zepernick SWA (K-9522) pretty hard this month…
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Winter Hike Rove
Each year, I head to the Hocking Hills region in Southern Ohio for their annual Winter Hike. Most years, I home-base a few miles east, at Lake Hope SP. But this year, wanting to try someplace, I rented a Sherman cabin at Tar Hollow State Park (K-1996). Tar Hollow SP is SW of the Hocking…
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January 14th N1CC Rove
It was a fun morning yesterday. I don’t get to play POTA as much as I used to, so I’m happy to get even a few hours away. I’m working on my N1CC award, and was able to get to 10 bands at both sites yesterday. I was real happy for contacts with a couple…
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Mapping Resources for POTA
I like to analyze the heck out of things when I’m planning to hit a new park. In this post, I’m going to share some of the resources I use. Some, I’ve learned about from following the POTA Facebook group, and others from friends who are not on Facebook, but are active in POTA all…
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SE Ohio Rove
Ohio has 75 (soon to be 76) State Parks, but did you know that there are 271 POTA “references” in Ohio? I’ve activated 169 of them. My goal is to activate the remaining 102 references in Ohio before the moratorium on adding new parks ends. I’ve done a couple day trips, picking up a park…
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K-9440 Activation
I wanted to get out this morning to do some hiking. Work has been pretty hectic lately, so I tossed my QRP gear in the truck, and headed north. My target today was the Tummonds State Nature Preserve in Mantua, OH. I’ve not found a parking area for this one. The only two ways in…
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So, where is K-9440?
K-9440 (Tummonds SNP) is a hike in activation. It’s located in Mantua (Portage County), OH. To my knowledge, there is no drive-in access to this one. The Cuyahoga River runs through it, so access via the water is a possibility. I wanted to try hiking in, so that meant entering via the Rotary Glacial Esker…
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Thanksgiving Day Rove
Thanksgiving day POTA Location: 40.74890° N, 80.67612° W (Middle Beaver Road) The sign says Beaver Creek SP, but is actually on Beaver Creek SF property. I went out to my favorite two-fer at Beaver Creek/North country Trail today. I wanted to do some troubleshooting on my system and found I still have some problems. I…