A Beginners Guide to Hunting POTA with CW

   / @joen2di   This video is a beginners guide to hunting Parks on the Air (POTA) stations with CW (Morse Code). I cover key CW abbreviations to learn, how to make a QSO, what to expect and what to do when things go wrong. Hunting POTA activations is a great way to sharpen your CW skills. I'll show you how to join in on the fun while being a good operator. The key is the Begali Traveler Light - https://www.i2rtf.com/traveler.html. Links: The Parks on the Air Website - https://parksontheair.com/ The Parks on the Air Spots page - https://pota.app/#/ 00:00 Intro 00:47 Parksontheair.com 01:35 Pota.app spots page 01:50 Terms used 02:20 The POTA QSO 03:09 The setup 03:20 Components of the POTA QSO 03:41 CQ POTA 04:12 DE 04:33 ES 04:46 BK 05:25 Question Mark 05:48 AGN 06:15 GM, GA, GE 06:50 UR 07:16 Numbers 07:28 TU 07:35 TNX 07:53 Q-Codes 08:02 QRL 08:30 QRT 09:07 QRZ 10:01 QRM & QSB 11:45 QSL 12:00 Note about speed 12:42 How to start 13:03 Listen 14:12 Ongoing QSOs on Frequency 15:30 Making the POTA QSO 20:29 The QSO Format, What to Expect 23:16 Cut Numbers 24:52 Your response 27:16 The final round 28:32 What can go wrong 28:45 QSB 31:22 QRM 32:19 When the activator gets your callsign wrong 34:08 Don't freak out 34:41 Nobody cares if you screw up