Ham On A Bike

The Parks on the Air program has revitalize my passion for Amateur Radio.  I am fortunate to live in an urban area where I have several POTA sites near my home that is convenient for me to activate by bicycle or if I choose, public transportation.  The metropolitan Louisville area and the southern Indiana cities of Jeffersonville, Clarksville and New Albany, located along the Ohio River across from Louisville, KY. USA has an abundant area of parks and historical POTA sites that provide stunning, serene, and picturesque areas to setup to operate portable Ham Radio activities. Below is an example of a portion charming scenery of Louisville, KY's Waterfront area near downtown along the Ohio River which is part of the Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail (US-4572) that is part of the Parks on the Air list.  A portion of the waterfront  on the Ohio River at  Louisville, KY USA There is one drawback urban Parks on the Air operating especially along the banks of the Ohio River betwee

  There is something spiritual and innate about the early morning moments of a new day.  As a Ham Radio operator who does a lot of Parks on the Air,  that moment the sun peaks just above the horizon introducing the freshness of a new day is incredibly serene.    Living in Kentucky, USA, summer mornings can be insufferable. At times, the heat island of Louisville situated in the Ohio River Valley creates a vicious daily cycle of high heat and high humidity during the daylight hours with nighttime conditions never providing cooler relief. Some days at dawn the temperatures can be in the low 80's with humidity near or above 70%.  That's why most of my summer Parks on the Air and portable activities were done at sunrise to avoid those dangerous conditions.   Those Terrestrial weather conditions along with Space weather conditions (Solar Flares - Radio Blackouts) during the summer months found me doing what I called, "Beat The Heat" activations. I've found getting in a