On Saturday, September 12, 2026, members of ACARA participated in the 19th annual PCARS “Ohio State Parks on the Air” (OSPOTA, https://parksontheair.com/), activating Strouds Run State Park at the Bulldog Shelter and operating under the club’s callsign, W8UKE. Participants:Phil Armstrong, Ben Brewster, KF8DESBob Curtis, KD8FRQJohn McCutcheon, N8XWODrew McDaniel, W8MHVEric McFadden, WD8RIFPaul Schulz, WD8SCVJeff Slattery, N8SUZ Paul and Ben deployed an 80m end-fed halfwave antenna and the club’s Chameleon EMCOMM IIIP end-fed antenna for the operation. Operations started using the club’s Elecraft . . .
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Report: ACARA Parks on the Air Activation of Strouds Run State Park, July 21, 2024
On Sunday, July 24, 2024, several members of the ACARA met at Bulldog Shelter within Strouds Run State Park to perform a club Parks on the Air (POTA) activation of Strouds Run State Park, US-1994, using the club’s callsign, W8UKE. Several members and guests participated in the operation: Jeramy Duncan, KC8QDQKirk Groeneveld, KC8JRVJohn McCutcheon, N8XWODrew McDaniel, W8MHVEric McFadden, WD8RIFMiles McFadden, KD8KNCTony Peric, KE8VFADaniel PostRich Post, KB8TADPaul Schulz, WD8SCVJosh Senefeld, N8VXRHeidi TouthLen Touth, W8VQ The station consisted of the club’s Elecraft . . .
ACARA Parks on the Air (POTA) Activation of Strouds Run State Park, Sunday, July 21, 2024
ACARA will be performing a club Parks on the Air (POTA) activation of Strouds Run State Park at Bulldog Shelter (map) on Sunday, July 21, 2024. We will use the club’s callsign, W8UKE, and we will operate in SSB and CW. (We might also be able to operate using digital modes, too.) Experience, or lack thereof, doesn’t matter–we’ll have operators on-site to help! Because our logging software will keep track of operators, individual operators will get credit within POTA for . . .