My first NPOTA activation!

[filkerdave]

This actually took place a week ago, but I forgot to post about it here. If you read me on FB, then you already know this.

As I've previously mentioned, in conjunction with the centennial of the US National Park Service, the ARRL is running a year-long event called National Parks on the Air. Ham operators go out to different NPS units and "

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[msminlr]

Floyd Bennett Field, across Jamaica Bay from JFK, is also a National Park there on LonGuyland.

[sodyera]

#YalDawo radio: J’mus D’al (n., acc. 3.) radio; i.e., the medium;
J’mus Na (n., acc.2) a radio transceiver;
j’muss’e (v., acc.2) to transmit by radio.

Sonw'e j'mussinss av xaruidt'a. (Happy radioing out there.)
J'musssad'o vena. (You have transmitted well/)

[filkerdave]

Looks like it's part of Gateway National Recreation Area.

[msminlr]

Does that not count in the NPOTA tallying? I had thought the National Recreation Areas were part of the National Parks system.

[filkerdave]

Oh, absolutely! It's just not a thing on it's own.