Parks On The Air

In 2016, the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) ran a one-year event called National Parks on the Air (NPOTA), which gained significant popularity.

POTA has since grown into a wildly successful program with over 325,000 participants, continuing to promote portable operations from parks and protected areas worldwide.

[8][9][10] The organization worked to expand worldwide and participation now occurs around the clock and around the world, in locations as diverse as the Caribbean,[11][12] India,[7] China and Europe.

Antennas may be small enough to form part of a hand-held unit for VHF and UHF operations, or be ground-spike or tripod-mounted temporary whips or loops for longer radio wavelengths.

Where permitted by local regulations, kites, trees or lightweight masts and fishing poles are sometimes used to suspend wire antennas as high as possible to optimise performance.