{"id":5549,"date":"2020-10-24T12:41:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T16:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=5549"},"modified":"2020-10-24T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T16:44:57","slug":"very-successful-pota-activation-at-ninigrant-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=5549","title":{"rendered":"Very Successful POTA Activation at Ninigret Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NCRC members John K1JSM, Willy W1LY, Jim KA1ZOU, and Bob WB4SON met up around 09:30 local time at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/ninigret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/parksontheair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">POTA<\/a> Park K-0515.\u00a0 Three separate stations were setup on 40m, 20m and 17m.\u00a0 The 20m station used an end-fed half-wave, the 40m station used a random end-fed wire (actually about 35 feet), and the 17m station used a HamStick on the truck roof.\u00a0 All three stations had successful activations (meaning a minimum of 10 contacts).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-24-at-12.34.42-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5550\" src=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-24-at-12.34.42-PM-702x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-24-at-12.34.42-PM-702x1024.png 702w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-24-at-12.34.42-PM-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-24-at-12.34.42-PM-768x1121.png 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-24-at-12.34.42-PM.png 836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A fine time was had by all.\u00a0 Jim KA1ZOU fed the crew a fantastic beef-barley-vegetable soup, which hit the spot given the cool weather.\u00a0 Besides being outdoors, and on-the-air, the best part was being able to see friendly faces and chat in a safe setting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5551\" src=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350-2048x1431.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG-1350-429x300.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We invite new members to join us on Friday mornings while the weather holds.\u00a0 Email POTA at W1SYE.org for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRC members John K1JSM, Willy W1LY, Jim KA1ZOU, and Bob WB4SON met up around 09:30 local time at Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, POTA Park K-0515.\u00a0 Three separate stations were setup on 40m, 20m and 17m.\u00a0 The 20m station used an &hellip; 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