I didn’t realize I had Veteran’s Day off until Friday so I planned some POTA activations.  I started out at K-3607 Beker Wingate Creek State Park.  This is just some scrub land for hiking, not really a park.  I did pretty good and made 42 contacts here.  Hit behind some sort of hunting perch or something for a little shade.  Nice day for it.  This park is just under an hour away from my QTH.                 On the way back I went to K-3635 Madira Brickel Mound State Archaeological Site.  The indians around here would create mounds of shells for ceremonial purposes.  This…

 I brought my HT on vacation with me to Ireland.  It was a very full vacation so I didn’t bring my HF gear.  It would be a great place to activate though, maybe another time.  My brother and I climbed up the mountain in Connemara National Park near Clifden.  At the top I made some calls and was able to contact a guy in Cork via a linked repeater.  I used callsign EI/AA0O/P.   Great views.        

It’s too hot for activating parks in Florida so I went on the road.  I was heading to a music festival and made some stops on the way to activate a few parks.  Unfortunately there was flooding in the town next to the music festival which contaminated the water and they were forced to cancel the festival.  Huge bummer, but at least I got in some camping and ham radio. First I activated Uwharrie National Forest in North Carolina.  I stayed at the West Morris Mountain campground.  There were only two other people there and one of them was heading to the same music festival.  He ended up meeting up…