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- Parks on the Air | POTA
Parks program for amateur radio, also known as Parks on the Air (POTA), including a map and list of entities for the program
- Docs Home - Parks on the Air Documentation
Parks on the Air® (POTA) started in early 2017 when the ARRL’s National Parks on the Air special event ended A group of volunteers wanted to continue the fun beyond the one-year event, and thus, POTA was born
- Hunter Guide - Parks on the Air Documentation
POTA Slack features many discussion channels and #potaspots reporting-only channel, which archives the past and current spots from pota app (It is probably best not to turn on notification on the #potaspots channel; search instead )
- Resources and Documents - Parks on the Air Documentation
Facebook POTA CW for New Ops Facebook POTA Digital Experimentation group Discord Reddit Parks on the Air websites Parks On The Air® website Parks On The Air® user portal: spots, statistics, logs, etc Amateur radio sites QRZ com WA7BNM Contest Calendar ARRL Logbook Of The World Hamalert: Push SMS email notifications for amateur radio spots
- Rules - Parks on the Air Documentation
At a foundational level, POTA is about amateur radio operators visiting parks and making contacts from within the parks with other amateur radio operators at any location The following sections go into more detail, formally defining this Key Definitions
- Official Events - Parks on the Air Documentation
Official Events Curious about our “Official” Parks on the Air events? Currently POTA has 5 official events throughout the year, as detailed below Events start at 00:00:00 UTC and end 23:59:59 UTC on the days listed: New Year’s Week First full week of the new year January 1-7, 2026 Casual contacts to help ring in the new year! Support
- Awards - Parks on the Air Documentation
POTA Rover Awards (Inspired by South African operator, ZS6BNE, Eddie Leighton [RaDAR] ) POTA Rover is a series of awards for activating certain numbers of unique parks in a single UTC day: You can earn these awards multiple times, so get out there and have fun roving! Early Shift Late Shift Awards
- Activator Guide - Parks on the Air Documentation
Declare your activation plan on the POTA activation page, and it will automatically keep you on the POTA spot page with the up-to-date frequency when using CW or digital modes
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