I must say that POTA is what drove me to buy the HF gear I have now, POTA was the driving force for me to join this club.
Also if I drag my radio, battery, computer out to a park, you bet I'm going to use my call on my gear. Rudy Ackerman KF5QYG On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 04:48:34 PM CST, Eddie Runner via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: Im sorry to hear that .. I think POTA is amazing and fills so many blanks for BVARC and the Ham radio community... 1) can you ever beat a beautiful day in the park 2) be a catch (cause a pileup) 3) Afternoon with some great friends 4) opportunity to welcome new folks to HAM and to BVARC.. Suzanne and I bought BVARC banners and other stuff out of our own pockets to help bring the POTA MASTERS in as a BVARC EVENT.. All has been working great as far as I knew.. I have posted on this before I think, but again at the last BOARD meeting there was some questions about using the club call, about illegal operations and other questions a board member(s) posed.. even though the board did set a budget to help POTA .. the masters felt disrespected and .. well The POTA MASTERS got butt hurt... I dont blame them, they dont use BVARC equipment, they use their own radios (and other volunteer radios).. Like I said before, BVARC NEEDS POTA, more then POTA needs BVARC. POTA is super popular, I think our board members and especially our PRESIDENT needs to be kissin some POTA A*S...!! These POTA guys are SUPERSTARS!!!!!!!!!!!!! BVARC needs to make this a priority.. If you do not agree or do not understand POTA please GO TO POTA EVENT.. it is true ham radio at its finest.. I ask our board to REALIZE how important this is, buy a couple POTA radios, really make it a BVARC EVENT support these guys.. And I ask our POTA MASTERS to take the stupid abuse for a minute and forgive the MORONS that hurt your feelings and lets have some fun.. Eddie Runner (NU5K) in the last year a lot of folks seem to get hurt feelings.. WISE UP BOD.. we need to welcome folks not run them off.. > > > > > > Hello all, > > I am writing this message to let everybody know about the >changes we are making to the BVARC POTA Event. We will no longer be running >the event as a BVARC (Brazos Valley Armature Radio Club) affiliated one. We >will not be doing it every month. We will however still do the event for the >city. This means we are inviting every club in the city of Houston and beyond. >We are looking into a way to let everyone know when and where we are going to >do the event. For now February the 25th is the last BVARC sponsored POTA >Event. We are looking at doing it six times out of the year. Times will be >determined by the event managers. More info to come on the upcoming events and >where to find us. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Your Friendly POTA Operators > > Anthony-W5LIC / Kori-WX5KR > > > > ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
