PRESENTER OPINION : New Documentary on Martin F. Jue and his Company, MFJ, in the WorksT

PRESENTER OPINION : New Documentary on Martin F. Jue and his Company, MFJ, in the WorksT

I found this post on reddit yesterday, and I loved the idea so much that I have volunteered to be the unofficial PR guy for this project. Say what you will about MFJ projects—and I have sometimes been critical myself about them—Martin and his company have played a big part in amateur radio for a long time. This is a story that should be told. 

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PRESENTER OPINION: Does POTA’s Selection of U.S. Park Entities Shortchange Urban Hams?

PRESENTER OPINION: Does POTA’s Selection of U.S. Park Entities Shortchange Urban Hams?

On a regular Saturday-morning Zoom meeting of hams a few months ago, a participant in Los Angeles asked the group, “Why can’t I activate one of my local parks and have it count in POTA?” Some of those in attendance echoed the sentiment. Based on that question, I asked myself what does POTA as a program look like? I recently published a snapshot of POTA sites, activations, and activators on this blog. There were several findings that we did not know before I published these results.

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