For some reason I thought it would be an easy thing to drive out to the summit of Mt. Greylock in Adams, three hours to my west in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, do a quick POTA + SOTA activation, and then hit one or two other parks in the area as part of my overall […]

On Saturday I joined the Pilgrim Amateur Wireless Association’s monthly POTA outing at US-2420 Borderlands State Park. It was a really fun get-together with POTA/SOTA star Bob WC1N flipping burgers on the grill and at least four stations active on all bands and modes. One would think that I’d be reporting on a US-2420 activation, […]

In late September I ventured northward to the Grafton area of Massachusetts and US-11513 Martha Deering WMA. This was the most uninviting spot I’ve been to so far, and to be fair the notice mentioned that it was ‘unimproved’. There’s no parking, so I had to nestle up against a stone wall on the highway. […]