How Parks on the Air Changed Ham Radio

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Inside the Volunteer Team Building the Future of Parks on the Air

James VE7UVL Activating CA-3948 Peace Arch Provincial Park, British Columbia

Just after sunrise, a portable antenna rises beside a picnic table somewhere in America. A coax connector tightens. A radio face lights up. A callsign cuts through the noise floor. Within seconds, operators from across the country, and increasingly across the world, begin calling back.

For many amateur radio operators, this ritual has become as familiar as morning coffee. A folding table. A wire in a tree. A radio powered by a lithium battery. Sometimes snow on the ground. Sometimes blistering summer heat. Sometimes a rare national park. Sometimes a small state wildlife area miles from the nearest town. Read More Here!