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Parks on the Air (POTA) is an international radiosport award program that encourages licensed amateur radio operators to visit, enjoy and operate portable equipment in a variety of parks and public lands, always respecting other park users and local regulations. [1][2] POTA issues awards to participants based on a wide range of criteria ...
Beaches on the Air. Beaches on the Air (BOTA) is an international radiosport award program that encourages licensed amateur radio operators to visit, enjoy and operate portable equipment on beaches, respecting other beach users and local regulations. [1] BOTA issues awards to participants based on criteria including the total number of contacts ...
The air show is one of the largest in the United States, and was attended by 231,000 people in 2015. [ 16 ] On April 28, 2005, the park and many of its related causeways & parkways were listed on the National Register of Historic Places , in a historic district known as the Jones Beach State Park, Causeway and Parkway System .
Built. 1943. In use. 1943 – present. Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA), commonly known as Camp Parks, is a United States Army base located in Dublin, California, that is currently an active military and training center for U.S. Army Reserve personnel to be used in case of war or natural disaster.
The Great Park is a public park in Irvine, California, with a focus on sports, agriculture, and the arts. It is a non- aviation reuse of the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro. The Orange County park comprises 28.8% of the total area that once made up the air base. The project was approved by the voters of Orange County in ...
Inscription. 1980 (4th Session) The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are a complex of one United States national park and three California state parks located along the coast of northern California. The combined RNSP contain Redwood National Park, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Prairie Creek ...
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a 2009 television documentary miniseries by director/producer Ken Burns and producer/writer Dayton Duncan which features the United States National Park system and traces the system's history. [2] The series won two 2010 Emmy Awards; one for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and one for Outstanding Writing ...
Summits On The Air (SOTA) is an amateur radio operating award program launched in Great Britain in 2002 by John Linford. [2] [3]The aim of SOTA is to encourage licensed amateur radio operators [4] to operate temporarily from mountainous locations [5] [6] using any method of travel including hiking, [7] mountain climbing, [8] and cycling [9] while operating their amateur radio station from the ...