POTA
A Tool to Replace POTAPlus
This is a follow-up to my previous article on the POTAPlus web browser extension. With the help of “ham-proxy-app.exe” and Omnirig, POTAPlus provided rig control to QSY to POTA spots and set the correct mode. With ham-proxy-app.exe, POTAPlus would also log your contact and add your spot to POTA. As you may recall, POTAPlus did…
POTA Adventures
This month’s article will highlight a few POTA adventures that I went on earlier this year. POTA hunting and activating have been a large part of my operating activities for the last two and a half years. In fact, as I am writing this, we are trailer comping at Caddo Lake State Park which I…
A New Web Tool for POTA Hunters
During one of my recent web searches, I happened across something called POTAPlus. POTAPlus is a browser extension for any Chrome-based browser (Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.). It was developed in early 2022 and is still under development, although the last update was in December 2022. There are some bugs present, but overall, this is a…
TQSL Tips for Logging POTA and Other Portable QSO Operations
This month we take a look at some tips for correctly logging QSOs made during portable operations I had done about 15 POTA activations from 6 different parks before learning about creating station locations. Using station locations provides more accurate QSO data to LoTW. In talking about this with fellow hams, I found that it…