Objectives

Below is the list of the upcoming and/or completed W5LVC POTA activation dates, locations, status and blog:

January - N/A

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Winter Field Day

No activation during January due to Winter Field Day activities.

February - completed

2/28

Spring Creek FSP

Thank you all who came and participated!

Joe, Edgar, Michael, Rick, Sandra, Colin! You all did great!

We had an awesome activation. The day was perfect, in the upper 70's, almost too warm for February... We set up two stations, Michael's FT710 for SSB and Colin's K2 for CW QRP. Both stations used vertical antennas with spread out radials. Easy to set up and tear down...

The result: over 50 QSO's in the log and a newly minted activator: Congrats Edgar for your very first successful activation. Well done!

Nest stop is Ray Roberts in March. See you there!

March - completed

3/21

Ray Roberts Lake SP

Now, this one was a different one...

We started a bit later, just after noon, since we all spent the morning at the Go-Kit Challenge event, which was great. 

Getting to the park was an adventure by itself, since the date coincided with school's spring break and an additional collegiate bass fishing competition at the same time. Very little parking and almost zero sites available...

We set up in an unoccupied bench in the middle of a brushy area, since literally all other spots were taken. The spot was unprotected from the sun and no breeze coming thru...

With the limitations of that space, we decided to activate with only one 100W station and a vertical whip on 20m for both SSB and CW, rotating operators, so that we all could get a valid activation in the log.

Thank you Mark, Ron, Michael, Dave, Rick, Sandra and Colin for coming and making this a fun event!

The result: 51 Qs in the log, including several contacts with our brothers from LAARK that were so nice to call and work us.

Next stop is Cedar Hill in April. See you there!

April - completed

4/18 and 4/19

Cedar Hill SP

If there is one weekend in spring that you would like to see dry, it would be this one, but as the weather gods would dictate, we had a very wet Saturday... But despite the fact, LARA had a great activation. Jim and Brandon camped out there over the weekend, Greg, Colin , Debbie and Sandra came out on Saturday for a day activation.

We ended up putting 63 QSOs in the log in all 3 modes, SSB, CW, FT8, and activating the park on both, Saturday and Sunday! Well done team LARA!

We also had the chance to mingle with other operators from the Irving and Arlington clubs. The Irving club had reserved a pavilion on Saturday and invited us for dinner with delicious burgers and brats! Thank you so much!

Next stop is Ray Roberts in May. See you there!

May - scheduled

5/16

Ray Roberts Lake SP

See you there!

June - N/A

-/-

Summer Field Day

No activation during June due to Summer Field Day activities.

See you at the park!

Colin - N5GG

POTA Coordinator