Category: POTA
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Congratulations to Rich K3VAT
At the 5/21/26 SVARC Meeting, Club President Bill Hyman KK8E presented the POTA Hunter Award to Club member Rich Kennedy K3VAT. He earned the award for working 8,000 unique reference areas in the Parks on the Air program. It was signed by Jason Johnston, W3AAX, POTA Coordinator on 04/05/2026. Thanks to Tom Witt KM4FEC for…
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W4RKC Club Members make Park to Park QSO New Zealand to British Columbia!
Sometimes you just have to stretch the imagination, and ask for what you want. SVARC Club Members Janine, KI5WI, and husband Larry, KQ4GUY are traveling in Janine’s home of New Zealand. While being interviewed by a fellow New Zealand Radio Amateur, ZL1BQD, Roly, Larry and Janine made a very special contact called a QSO from…
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KQ4IGV Annabel – How POTA created a new ham!
Cross posted from QRZ: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/general-kq4igv-annabel-hiraldo-charges-ahead-with-parks-on-the-air.871923/ Annabel Hiraldo had participated in over 700 Parks on the Air activations with her husband, David Lama HI8D, long before she was a licensed ham radio operator. Although she didn’t initially understand the lure of ham radio, she loved being in the outdoors, helping where she could and keeping David’s…