join me this September for Wisconsin State Parks on the air
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well today I'm out at rib Mountain State Park one of the highest spots in the
state of Wisconsin in addition to this commanding view it's an excellent perch
for launching your RF energy so that's why I chose this spot to talk a little
bit about an operating event called Wisconsin parks on the air the purpose
of Wisconsin parks on the air is it's an operating contest to promote public
awareness of amateur radio with in Wisconsin's beautiful state park system
myself for one day on the third Saturday of September from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
local time other parks will activate and you'll hear competing stations operate
from as many different state parks and in Wisconsin as possible of the
objective is to work as many stations located in Wisconsin parks and enhance
not located in a park to work as from any state province or country so what
are the rules well it's pretty straightforward first off you don't need
to activate a park to participate in the contest anybody inside or outside the
state can participate and collect as many park entities as possible but
activating a park will offer you some extra challenge in operating portable
plus you'll become a focus of everyone else when you get on the air
so what's considered a state park great question Wisconsin parks on the air is
conducted in state parks state forests flow ages and recreation areas within
Wisconsin there these are all defined as parks there are 76 total entities to
choose from in Wisconsin parks on the year activation including 49 state parks
10 state forests 12 recreation areas and flow ages while not all of the parks may
be activated for this particular event there's still going to be a great number
of parks and recreational areas to choose from so if you're a Wisconsin
operator please consider activating a park and registering your activation on
the Wisconsin parks on the air website as for the bands
you'll want to work the general portion of the general phone portion of the HF
bands 75 through 10 meters and onside band or a sideband and fm on VHF 2 meter
band limit your power to 150 watts or less if you're inside the parks if
you're setting up in a day use area check with the park superintendent
especially if you're going to be planning to use a generator or you're
gonna erect antennas or drive any stakes into the ground if you're outside the
state I encourage you to get on the air and participate by collecting as many
State Park entities as possible many of the parks are in rural areas so you may
be able to collect a rare grid square to boot exchange is simple if you're inside
the park give your callsign and the Wisconsin State Park abbreviation if
you're outside the park please supply your state province or country all right
that's about it if you're planning to activate a park go to the Wisconsin
parks on the air website and/or register which Park or Parks you're going to be
located in if you're outside the park be sure to get on the air that third
Saturday in the September and listen for the parks to go live full details of
Wisconsin parks on the air can be found on their website at www.att.com/biz
please check out my blog at WWF and 10.com plenty of interesting stuff there
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