{"id":4072,"date":"2025-08-30T06:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:03:16","slug":"why-i-still-hunt-pota-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4072","title":{"rendered":"Why I still hunt POTA stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do I still hunt POTA stations? \u00a0After all, nine out of ten calls\/parks I hear have been worked multiple times. \u00a0There are four reasons as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Test and find tune my Morse keys. \u00a0Especially bug keys.<\/li>\n
  2. Use of my lower power radios (HW-8, TR-25 and NorCal 40B).<\/li>\n
  3. To not only see hits on the Reverse Beacon but contact someone.<\/li>\n
  4. Work the occasional new park.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Why do I still hunt POTA stations? \u00a0After all, nine out of ten calls\/parks I hear have been worked multiple times. \u00a0There are four reasons as follows: Test and find tune my Morse keys. \u00a0Especially bug keys. Use of my lower power radios (HW-8, TR-25 and NorCal 40B). To not only see hits on the\u2026 Continue Reading ‘Why I still hunt POTA stations’<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,21,23,13,14,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hw-8","category-morse-code-keys","category-norcal-40b","category-operating","category-tr-25","category-pota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4073,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions\/4073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}