# Latest **URL:** https://forums.pota.news/latest.md?page=3 [Latest](https://forums.pota.news/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.pota.news/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.pota.news/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Awards Summary](https://forums.pota.news/t/awards-summary/51)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/awards-summary/51 "2025-11-14T04:07:12Z")
This is the summary topic for our awards conversation. I’ll update this as we converge on a set of awards. Goal The PN&R Awards Program is dedicated to promoting on-foot exploration of public lands. We encourage operato… --- ## [We're doing it](https://forums.pota.news/t/were-doing-it/50)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/were-doing-it/50 "2025-11-13T23:06:56Z")
I’m committing to an awards program, to launch January 1st, 2026. Over the next few days I’ll set up some topics here for hunter, activator, SWL, and general awards, and we’ll figure out under each which awards to do.I’l… --- ## [Super interesting interview with Mike AL7KC](https://forums.pota.news/t/super-interesting-interview-with-mike-al7kc/43)
**Author:** [@w7pfb](https://forums.pota.news/u/w7pfb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/super-interesting-interview-with-mike-al7kc/43 "2025-11-08T16:55:29Z")
Mike is in my activation logs a bazillion times, both SSB and CW. When I started doing activations in earnest, his call was probably the first one I recognized as being part of my growing list of frequent fliers. It’s … --- ## [S21SDX Bandgladesh BD-0051](https://forums.pota.news/t/s21sdx-bandgladesh-bd-0051/39)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/s21sdx-bandgladesh-bd-0051/39 "2025-11-08T15:21:38Z")
From DX World: --- ## [8Q7JI Maldives - Possible POTA](https://forums.pota.news/t/8q7ji-maldives-possible-pota/40)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/8q7ji-maldives-possible-pota/40 "2025-11-07T23:09:14Z")
From DX World: --- ## [High-level PN&R awards framework](https://forums.pota.news/t/high-level-pn-r-awards-framework/36)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/high-level-pn-r-awards-framework/36 "2025-11-06T23:20:37Z")
I’ve been thinking about how an awards system would function. The last thing I want to do is to write the matching code for things like the POTA operator-to-operator awards, or hunter awards. POTA has a fairly robust sys… --- ## [Which 60m channel?](https://forums.pota.news/t/which-60m-channel/21)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/which-60m-channel/21 "2025-11-04T18:33:14Z")
Is there a ‘POTA’ channel on 60m CW? I see 5.373 spotted a lot, and that’s where I typically go, too, since my rig’s already tuned there. --- ## [ChatGPT out in the woods](https://forums.pota.news/t/chatgpt-out-in-the-woods/25)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/chatgpt-out-in-the-woods/25 "2025-11-03T21:40:36Z")
Any of you use ChatGPT when you are activating? I am usually hiking for several hours around an activation, and I love bringing up ChatGPT and just asking about stuff. I’ll find a cool rock, take a pic, and ask what is i… --- ## [US-1149 The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park (CA) - Closed trail](https://forums.pota.news/t/us-1149-the-forest-of-nisene-marks-state-park-ca-closed-trail/12)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/us-1149-the-forest-of-nisene-marks-state-park-ca-closed-trail/12 "2025-11-03T17:30:41Z")
As late as mid-August 2025, the trail at Nisene Marks that leads up to the earthquake memorial is still closed. There’s a sign that says ‘Closed Indefinitely’, but you can follow the creek upstream along the banks to get… --- ## [Edmund Fitzgerald 2025 US-6822](https://forums.pota.news/t/edmund-fitzgerald-2025-us-6822/27)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/edmund-fitzgerald-2025-us-6822/27 "2025-11-02T17:08:28Z")
\[via 2025 EDMUND FITZGERALD page\] This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the tragedy which claimed the lives of 29 sailors and the mighty ship on November 10, 1975. The ship rests at the bottom of Lake Superior. W8LR… --- ## [Iowa Statewide POTA Get-Together](https://forums.pota.news/t/iowa-statewide-pota-get-together/26)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/iowa-statewide-pota-get-together/26 "2025-11-02T01:34:02Z")
Iowa Statewide POTA Get-Together Saturday, May 2, 2026 9am - 5pm Pine Lake State Park near Eldora (via Discourse) --- ## [W6P 6th Angel Island Trifecta Plus](https://forums.pota.news/t/w6p-6th-angel-island-trifecta-plus/24)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/w6p-6th-angel-island-trifecta-plus/24 "2025-11-01T14:59:51Z")
W6P 6th Angel Island Trifecta Plus Via QRZ: SOTA: Summits On The Air reference W6/CC-075 7.033 7.243 14.063 14.328 146.505 445.425 POTA: Parks On The Air reference US-1123 7.035 7.178 14.065 14.275 146.415 444.125 W… --- ## [US-12341 Spencer Island State Wildlife Area](https://forums.pota.news/t/us-12341-spencer-island-state-wildlife-area/20)
**Author:** [@w7pfb](https://forums.pota.news/u/w7pfb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/us-12341-spencer-island-state-wildlife-area/20 "2025-10-31T19:56:16Z")
When this wildlife area was first listed as a POTA entity I’d swung by hoping for a very quick, in and out activation but found it would take a short hike and a little research before I could do an activation. This past… [Previous page](https://forums.pota.news/latest.md?page=2)