I chase parks around Tennessee and neighbor states, drag a radio onto every vacation my family will tolerate, and write down what worked. Everything here is a real log entry with the boring parts left in — the ones that tell you where the antenna actually went.
Located in Roane County, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Clinch Rivers, Fort Southwest Point State Historic Park preserves and protects the location of a federal military fort built in 1797. This is Tennessee's newest POTA park.
St. Kitts: More Than Just Radio — Beaches, Monkeys, and Island Magic
First licensed as V4/W4IO on St. Kitts! I activated Brimstone Hill Fortress (KN-0003) — a UNESCO site with cannons and great views — plus Royal Basseterre Valley (KN-0002). Rain couldn’t stop the fun. And there are monkeys and wild donkeys!
A memorable visit to Sint Eustatius with a little radio in the shadow of a volcano, and a memorable swim at the Golden Rock Resort.
The story (or part of it), of my adventure heading up to Scott's Gulf Wilderness to be first to activate the newest TN State Park.