Portable — Operating away from home.
A park, a summit, a picnic table. Usually battery powered and often more fun than the home station.
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Related words
- Repeater — A relay station, usually up high.
- RST — The signal report system.
- Grid square — Your location as a short code.
- Field Day — The biggest weekend in amateur radio.
- Spot — A public post saying who is on the air and where.
- Hunter — Someone chasing park activators.
- Park reference — The code that identifies a POTA park.
- Activator — Someone operating from a park or summit.