Tag: MA

US-2424 Callahan State Park

Perry W1GRDNovember 28, 2024

Autumn 2024 has been a great time to explore new POTA sites. The weather has been unseasonably mild, with temperatures reaching into the high 60s many days, and plenty of […]

US-11625 Erwin Wilder WMA

Perry W1GRDNovember 25, 2024

The father and son had bagged one pheasant, and the young boy was excited to show it to me, a beautiful male. It was a reminder that WMAs are set […]

US-2464 Whitehall State Park

Perry W1GRDNovember 15, 2024

Whitehall is one of the small handful of parks in my area that I’ve spent some time at in my pre-POTA life, kayaking on the reservoir and hiking the six-mile […]

US-2417 Ashland State Park

Perry W1GRDNovember 13, 2024

In early November 2024 New England was blessed with a short stretch of 80ºF, sunny weather in what had already been a mild fall. I took the opportunity to visit […]

US-11563 Quisset WMA

Perry W1GRDNovember 8, 2024

I’ve been burned a few times visiting parks that have had only a few activations. For a while I would get intrigued and excited when I’d find a nearby location […]

US-5636 Mt. Greylock State Reserve

Perry W1GRDNovember 4, 2024

For some reason I thought it would be an easy thing to drive out to the summit of Mt. Greylock in Adams, three hours to my west in the Berkshires […]

On Saturday I joined the Pilgrim Amateur Wireless Association’s monthly POTA outing at US-2420 Borderlands State Park. It was a really fun get-together with POTA/SOTA star Bob WC1N flipping burgers […]

US-11513 Martha Deering WMA

Perry W1GRDOctober 18, 2024

In late September I ventured northward to the Grafton area of Massachusetts and US-11513 Martha Deering WMA. This was the most uninviting spot I’ve been to so far, and to […]

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