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FIRST TIME POTA ACTIVATIONS FROM NORTH DAKOTA RADIO AMATEUR MAKES DX
CONTACTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHILE OPERATING AT A HISTORICAL SITE AND
WILDLIFE PRESERVE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST.  ANDREW JIM DANIELSON, AC9EZ WHEN
MY FAMILY AND I TRAVEL TO NORTH DAKOTA, I LIKE TO BRING A PORTABLE HF AND 6
METER STATION BECAUSE THERES A VERY LOW NOISE FLOOR FOUND IN MOST OF THE
STATE.  BEFORE WE LEFT FOR OUR TRIP LAST JUNE, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE
WERE ANY PARKS ON THE AIR POTA ENTITIES THAT MIGHT BE CLOSE TO OUR VACATION
SPOT.  POTA ENCOURAGES HAMS TO SET UP AND OPERATE TEMPORARY STATIONS AT
NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS, MONUMENTS, WILDLIFE PRESERVES, AND OTHER POTA
RECOGNIZED ENTITIES.  MAKING A PLAN AFTER VIEWING THE MAP FUNCTION ON POTAS
WEBSITE HTTPS// POTA. APP/ /MAP, I DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO ACTIVATE TWO POTA
ENTITIES THAT HAD NEVER BEEN ACTIVATED THE DAVID THOMPSON STATE HISTORIC
SITE K 8534, AND THE LONETREE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA K 7702.  BECAUSE AT
LEAST ONE OF THE ENTITIES WOULD HAVE NO ACCESS TO AC POWER, I DECIDED TO
BRING ALONG ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE FROM 100 BATTERY POWER AT THE 50
100 W POWER OUTPUT LEVEL.  THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT I COULD BRING WAS
LIMITED TO WHAT I COULD PACK IN OUR DODGE CARAVAN.  FOR ANTENNAS, I BROUGHT
A HOMEBREW 40 METER END FED HALF WAVE EFHW, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO OPERATE ON
40, 20, AND 10 METERS.  AS BACKUP, I HAD SPARE WIRE FOR A 20 METER DIPOLE
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