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
- SOTA — Summits on the Air.
- Park reference — The code that identifies a POTA park.
- POTA — Parks on the Air.
- Grid square — Your location as a short code.
- Net control — The operator running a net.
- ARRL — The national association for amateur radio in the US.
- Spot — A public post saying who is on the air and where.
- Pileup — Everybody calling one station at once.