Support Your Parks Weekend: Winter is here—and Brew and Activate is getting you ready. We’re talking the origin story of Support Your Parks, how to plan a safe and efficient winter POTA activation, and then we’re ending with a community challenge:

The Brew and Activate SYP-Winter Challenge:

Get 10 QSOs on 60m (SSB or FT8) during an activation, then try one weird thing for 15 minutes: 30m (CW/FT8) or FT4.

In this stream we cover:

Where Support Your Parks came from and why it’s such a big weekend

Activator + chaser strategies for event weekends

Winter field tips: layers, hands/feet, wind management, condensation, and battery performance

Quick “go kit” checklist you can screenshot

How to make alternative bands/modes work (and still qualify the park)

Drop a comment with your plan: activating or chasing, what park, what band/mode, and your weather forecast. After the weekend, come back and tell us how it went.

#POTA #ParksOnTheAir #SupportYourParks #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #WinterCamping #FT8 #CW #SSB #60m

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