It's been a long time since I've participated in Parks On The Air. During the week of September 2nd I will be operating in Yellowstone National Park. I've scheduled Sept 3rd thru the 5th at the POTA website to activate Yellowstone (K-0070). I'll be operating SSB, CW and PSK31 on 20, 40 and 80 Meters. If you are hunting Parks On The Air and need Yellowstone this will be a good opportunity.

Parks On The Air From Fishing Bridge RV Park

During the early morning and evening hours I will be operating from the camper at Fishing Bridge RV Park near Yellowstone Lake. The Icom 7300 and my Tarheel 200A should work good from that location. I don't think there will be room to put up any type of wire antenna. The RV Park is crowded and the sites are very close together.

Operating from Old Faithful

On either Monday or Tuesday (I'll be looking at the weather to determine the best day) I should be able to operate close to Old Faithful. If there's a suitable picnic area nearby I'll try to setup there. I have my Elecraft KX2 and a couple of good choices for antennas to use with my 20' wonderpole fishing pole mast.

 

Mammoth Hot Springs

Again, it could be either Monday or Tuesday that I will be at Mammoth Hot Springs and operating portable from there. I'll find a picnic area and operate with the Elecraft KX2 and wire antenna.

If band conditions are too poor for QRP ( 5-10 watts) I'll get on the Icom 7000 in my vehicle and use the Tarheel with 100 watts.

Parks On The Air Modes of Operation, Frequencies

I can operate Phone, CW, RTTY and PSK 31 with the Icom 7300 in the camper and with the Icom 7000 in my vehicle.

Using the Elecraft KX2 I'll operate mostly CW and PSK31. I'll only be sending signal reports and my location (K-0070).

Main frequencies for me: CW - 7.031, 14.061 / SSB 14.255 / PSK31 portion on 80, 40 and 20.

Look for me in the late morning and early afternoon at those frequencies and locations (Old Faithful & Mammoth).

I'll try to check into the Breakfast Club Net (3.973 MHz) from the camper in the early morning hours each day.

Spotting, WIFI and Cellular Data Coverage

I am told that there isn't WIFI in the park except in some very limited locations. My cellular, AT&T, will be very limited also. If you hear me and can spot me, that would great, because otherwise I do not anticipate being able to self spot.

I found a webpage with easy access to POTA spots.  Maybe you'll see my frequency there.

Here is a list of scheduled activations for POTA.

Thank you!

A big thanks to subscribers and everyone who posts questions, comments and sends emails to me with ideas and suggestions. I sincerely appreciate it and hope this website helps Ham operators.