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Parks on the Air

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Members of GVARC have an increasing interest in the POTA or Parks on the Air program. 

On this page we will try to keep an informal list of POTA Activations by our members.

The button on the Right will download a pdf versions of a Presentation given by Rick Rogers at the February 8th GVARC General Membership Meeting
3/6/2026
Another change our March club POTA date.
  • Original date was Friday, March 20.
  • New date will be Wednesday, March 25. It will still be at Proctor Parking and Trailhead, Madera Canyon. Hours are still 1000-1400.​
Hoping to see you there!
Randy Walker  K7NOJ
2/15/2026
Good day, folks! There's going to be a change in the date to the March POTA. It will be Friday, March 20th 1000-1400. Same place in Coronado National Forest, Proctor Rd parking lot, 28060 S Madera Canyon Rd. There is an $8 parking fee if you don't have a National Parks Pass or equivalent. Hope to see you there!
Randy  K7NOJ
2/3/2026  
GVARC POTA FOR FEBRUARY
  • WHEN: Thursday, February 19 1000-1400 LCL
  • WHERE: S. ABREGO TRAILHEAD OF JUAN BATISTA DE ANZA TRAIL
    (Same place we have held previous POTA’s)
  • DETAILS: 1 RADIO, 2 ANTENNAS (1 CLUB, 1 G5RV Jr.). START WITH SSB THEN FT8 FOR THE REMAINDER OF TIME.
EVERYBODY WELCOME!   COME JOIN US FOR FUN TIME OF OPERATING AND LEARNING!
Pota File
3/3/2025

I'll be doing this POTA tomorrow at US-0845. On 20M 1000-1500 PST...I'll start out on CW, then move to SSB and finish with FT8. Activation is posted on the POTA website https://parksontheair.com/

Manzanar was a WW II Japanese internment camp. It is just north of Lone Pine, CA where we are staying for a few days.

73 and hope to see you in the log!

---
Randy  K7NOJ

3/1/2025

Hello, Everyone

I just wanted to send this note out to thank all the members who showed up at today's outing with OVARC.  Special thanks to John Lynn for a great job in setting this up.  To every member that was there, I think our club made a good showing, and I believe we had a great time visiting with the Oro Valley Club members.  I hope we can do things like this more often because I think anytime our club members get together, we have a pretty good time.  I might add - the food was great.  Which reminds me, thanks to Ed and Sharon Toal for saving the brats.  Good job!  Good evening to everyone.

73
Gene
N8ELA
2/19/2025
Gary Carroll's photos from the March 1, 2025  Ham Gathering with OVARC
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March 1, 2025  Ham Gathering with OVARC

"Abrego Trailhead of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail"  

The sign at the drive way says "Abrego Trailhead"

The address is 2105 South Abrego Drive Green Valley  AZ

It is on Abrego Drive 0.91 miles south of the intersection of Continental and Abrego on the EAST side of Abrego  

31°50'23.08"N  110°59'29.64"W


On March 1, 2025 Oro Valley ARC will be at the Abrego Trailhead of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.  It is located about 0.9 mile south on Abrego from the intersection with Continental.  It is on the East side of Abrego.
 
OVARC will be cooking brats.  The rest of the food will be pot luck.  GVARC is invited to attend, so mark your calendars.  If you plan to attend we will try to get a count of people at the GVARC general meeting,  so there will be enough brats.  We can certainly contribute to the pot luck too.  “Gene’s Beans” will be there. 
 
This is on the same day as the ARRL DX Sideband Contest so the bands should be buzzing.  KL7CY will be setting up a CrankIR antenna.  OVARC will have their portable station.  This can be a Parks on the Air “POTA” activation or just fun making contacts. 
 
Additional Information
  • There are no restrooms at this location
  • There is a live 120V double duplex outlet in the covered area
  • Two concrete picnic tables and a low concrete platform/table
  • GVARC John Lynn has received for the Park Permit
  • Setup at 7AM with tear down completed by 6PM
  • The permit specifies no alcohol
  • KL7CY will also bring a portable vertical with floppy footed tripod, two 100ft RG-8 coaxes, and a long tailed outlet strip

Bring your own chair and water recommended

--Thanks, !
John Lynn KL7CY
Parks on the Air Website
Rick Rogers' POTA Presentation
Bill Reed's POTA - FT8 Presentation on March 13 v2
Becoming a POTA Activator
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