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Frank K4FMH
@k4fmh@mastodon.hams.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

POTA admin has steadfastly refused for the past 6-7 years to include local (city, county, regional) parks. Would you get involved with an alternative "all parks on the air" organization that included all parks---federal, state, regional, county, local---in the database?
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David, KC1TLF
@KC1TLF replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@k4fmh@mastodon.hams.social This came up at my club and I suggested the following: Just as, "TEDx is a grassroots initiative, created in the spirit of TED’s overall mission to research and discover “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx brings the spirit of TED to local communities around the globe through TEDx events." POTAx could be described as, "POTAx is a grassroots initiative, created in the spirit of POTA’s overall goal to extend ARRL’s National Parks on the Air special event and "continue the fun beyond the one-year event", POTAx brings the spirit of POTA to local parks and public sites through POTAx activations."

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Chris (W1YTQ)
@chrisfarnham@mastodon.roundpond.net  ·  activity timestamp last month

I've earned my Kilo Award at Minute Man National Park. Minute Man is a few minutes away from my home and is my go-to park for a quick and relaxing activation.

Thanks to all the hunters out there.

#POTA #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

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David, KC1TLF
@KC1TLF replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

I didn't even know there was a kilo award. I wonder if my POTA friends know about this?

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Imogen
@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

I think having the text only version of Wikipedia available on VHF packet radio would be a good public service idea. The data would be locally stored requiring no internet.

Thoughts?

#HamRadio

David, KC1TLF
@KC1TLF replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social I can imagine how this would work. I have a Kiwix server with a copy of wikipedia, text only, and an AREDNMesh.org node that can expose that server over the air. It may not be packet but would let you "browse". Or, Winlink lets you send requests for web pages. That could work but doesn't offer the browser experience. It does open it up to multi-user through, in an async way.

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David, KC1TLF
@KC1TLF  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

My first post...this is more of a placeholder to remember when I started this thing.

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