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My Amateur Radio Life
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I was POTA before POTA was cool
Posted: 25 Oct 2021 05:38 PM PDT
https://va3qv.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/i-was-pota-before-pota-was-cool/
Yes seriously,
The above picture was taken in Feb 2006 when I operated for the FYBO event
as CF3RCS (Canadians Freezing 3 Real Cold Spot. The Canadian Regulating Authority had allowed VA stations to use the special Prefix CF and my call
at the time was VA3RCS( I still hold it) I became CF3RCS which worked out
quite well in a contest that for operating in the cold
Over the years with VA3PCJ Jose and other operators we did play radio in
the great outdoors quite a few times and weather did not matter.
VA3PCJ KX3 and Alexloop antenna at Brewer Park in Ottawa
Sometimes the weather not so good
Just another day in the park
Some others joined us as well
The above pic was taken at the end of the RAC Canada Winter Contest when
we operated outdoors in late December for 24 hours
And we always had fun
There were a couple of SOTA events as well but its hard to find anyplace
with altitude near Ottawa.
Now we have POTA and there so much activity that you cant not have fun.
all bands . mostly all modes and with the bulk of the operations happening
in North America its not hard to stay pumped about making contacts
So just remember when you make all your contacts. Theres a large group of
old hams out there that was doing it before we knew POTA but we did know
QRP, we did know Portable operating and we did (and still) know fun.
Remember that Amateur Radio can be an outdoor sport
73bob
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