What: SARA Parks on the Air (POTA) Event
When: Saturday, May 31st 2025 from 10am to 2pm (Setup earlier)
Where: We will be at the Walker Shelter at Portage Lakes Old State Park, also known as Turkeyfoot North Shore Park. On Google search for Portage Lakes Boat Ramp #1. (Google Maps Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aoTfgVajxroqi3T78).
Food: The Social Committee will be providing hot dogs. If you’d like, bring a side or snack to share!
What to bring: Yourself! If you’d like, you’re welcome to bring a radio, antenna, and power source.
Talk In and Contact Coordination: W8WKY repeater 147.390+ PL 114.8 and W8OKE repeater 147.015+ PL 110.9
RSVP Form: https://forms.gle/uM8kJaUAYpezmYp46
Note: There are active wall outlets at the shelter so if you don’t own a battery, don’t let that stop you from bringing out your rig!
Help we need day of:
– Activators with their own radios, antennas, and power sources to man and potentially share during the event.
Points of Contact:
SARA Activation Logistics Coordinator
– Josh Van Dyke W8HRF ([email protected])
Social Committee
– Stephen Kinford N8WB ([email protected])
Multi-Club Event: We’ll be activating Portage Lakes the same day other clubs and individuals will be activating their own parks.
We encourage you to visit more than one of the clubs who are activating parks that day! Find the complete list of activations at the bottom of the event’s info page here: w8wky.org/neo-pota
We’d like to get as many clubs and individuals on the air at different parks that day as possible! If you know of another club that would like to organize their own POTA event on May 31st, no matter how big or small, please let that club know about this multi-club event! We will be using the W8WKY and W8OKE repeaters linked together to coordinate Park-to-Park contacts if we can get multiple clubs involved!
Can’t Make it out to an Activation? Hunt from home! See the event’s info page for times, parks, club callsigns, and bands where you might find Northeast Ohio Clubs and see if you can work them! Also keep an ear on the W8WKY and W8OKE repeaters for clubs looking to coordinate HF contacts.
What happens if it rains?: POTA on! We’ll be there in the shelter.
For more information about Parks On The Air: https://parksontheair.com/