Be An Early Bird Morse Code POTA Hunter

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Morse Code POTA Hunter


It is Spring in the U.S. and the Early Birds are out chirping Morse Code. 

You've heard the saying, "The Early Bird Catches the Worm".  l did a post about The Morse Code POTA Early Birds Activators.  That post is about a group of CW operators who by chance arise before sunrise to activate Parks on the Air sites around the U.S. These collective Morse Code Parks on the Air operators are back again with early morning POTA activations, and with some new activators.  None of these operators organized these activities as a group. These EARLY BIRDS just came together unintentionally to operator at sunrise. They seem to employ the Nike commercial catchphrase ... 

JUST DO IT!

If you are curious about Parks on the Air, new to Morse Code and looking for a short structured CW QSO exchange, an early riser, or an activator who is taking a day off, turn on that rig to hunt the Parks on the Air Morse Code EARLY BIRDS any day of the week.


Here's a current list of Morse Code Early Bird POTA activators.

AC4BT - Jerry           QRZ - AC4BT

W4ARB - Aaron         QRZ - W4ARB 

KB3EOF - Sandy       QRZ - KB3EOF

KB9RPG - Steve       QRZ - KB9RPG

N8BB - Warner          QRZ - N8BB

K3SLH - Steve          QRZ - K3SLH            

N4NR - Dennis          QRZ - N4NR   

N1BS - Brian             QRZ - N1BS

K4NYM - Bill             QRZ - K4NYM

K2JVB - Dave           QRZ - K2JVB


If you really want to UP your POTA Morse Code hunting game, review this YouTube video "Be a Better CW POTA Hunter" below from Dan - WD4DAN QRZ Page; who is one of the top Morse Code hunters in the Parks on the Air community


Most early mornings you can find these operators on 40 meters.  However, there are instances with changing HF band conditions they may move up to 30 meters or even 20 meters

Also there are some mornings when signals from across the pond will show up on U.S. POTA spots on 20 meters. Be sure to check the POTA app for SCHEDLUED ACTIVATIONS and POTA SPOTS.

As a matter of fact, the BEST way to catch these EARLY BIRD Morse Code POTA activators is by setting up an alert on the Ham Alert App.











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