# \#awards
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## [POTA's Support Your Park Winter Weekend: Quick things to be mindful](https://forums.pota.news/t/potas-support-your-park-winter-weekend-quick-things-to-be-mindful/159)
**Author:** [@KG4IMO\_Pubmechanic](https://forums.pota.news/u/KG4IMO_Pubmechanic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/potas-support-your-park-winter-weekend-quick-things-to-be-mindful/159 "2026-01-17T01:35:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Winter Support Your Parks Weekend 2026: It starts tomorrow. For me, we’ve had a large winter storm with high winds and blinding snow move through, but it is supposed to taper off tonight.…
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## [Pack Mule](https://forums.pota.news/t/pack-mule/109)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/pack-mule/109 "2026-01-06T01:05:38Z")
I was on Eric N1JUR’s podcast this week, he graciously let me talk for nearly 90 minutes about what’s going on at POTA News & Reviews. A big piece was about the Pack Mule award. I just wanted to share this video from KD…
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## [PN&R Awards are a cross between POTA and SOTA](https://forums.pota.news/t/pn-r-awards-are-a-cross-between-pota-and-sota/85)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/pn-r-awards-are-a-cross-between-pota-and-sota/85 "2025-12-16T14:25:36Z")
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the awards program, and having some really good conversations with several of you about it. Paul and Santi have been especially insightful, thank you. I’ve been trying to shape th…
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## [Eliminating n-Fers](https://forums.pota.news/t/eliminating-n-fers/80)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/eliminating-n-fers/80 "2025-12-15T22:49:13Z")
Along with limiting the number of times a park can be used for an award, I’m leaning hard toward not accepting n-Fers. In a park with three overlapping references? Pick one.
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## [Awards technical architecture](https://forums.pota.news/t/awards-technical-architecture/83)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/awards-technical-architecture/83 "2025-11-25T15:49:31Z")
I’m starting to work out the technical architecture of the awards engine, and I thought I’d periodically make notes here in case anyone is curious about the thought process or about how the system got to be how it is. I…
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## ["Incomplete" activations](https://forums.pota.news/t/incomplete-activations/81)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/incomplete-activations/81 "2025-11-24T17:08:57Z")
I’ve always thought that an “unsuccessful” activation just doesn’t exist, if you are out there and have the radio on, you are activating. For activators, I’m thinking about bumping the number required for “completion” t…
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## [Complexity of 'matching' awards](https://forums.pota.news/t/complexity-of-matching-awards/59)
**Author:** [@W1GRD](https://forums.pota.news/u/W1GRD)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.pota.news/t/complexity-of-matching-awards/59 "2025-11-18T21:46:44Z")
I’ve been thinking a lot about the issues that POTA.app experiences with log ingestion. The current advice is to ‘avoid uploading between these hours’ due to problems in various batch processes. I’ve been avoiding even …