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# K4FMH

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## Why I Resigned after 12 Years as Assistant Director of the ARRL Delta Division

k4fmh
February 13, 2026
Uncategorized
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On February 13, 2026, I sent the following e-mail to my Delta Division Director, David Norris K5UZ, and cc’d the President, Rick Roderick K5UR: Dear David, It was good visiting with you at the recent Capital City Hamfest in Jackson, MS. I hope your return drive was not hazardous with the remaining weather. I am […]

## Does POTA’s Selection of U.S. Park Entities Shortchange Urban Hams?

k4fmh
February 8, 2026
POTA
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Administrators Say They Will Not Include Local-Area Parks On a regular Saturday-morning Zoom meeting of hams a few months ago, a participant in Los Angeles asked the group, “Why can’t I activate one of my local parks and have it count in POTA?” Some of those in attendance echoed the sentiment. Based on that question, […]

## A Snapshot of U.S. POTA Sites, Activators, and Activations

k4fmh
January 26, 2026
POTA
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We often read that POTA is the “fastest-growing activity in U.S. amateur radio.” I’ve said it, too. Several times. I think satellite operations are a distant second growth activity. But do we actually know much about POTA activity growth through empirical data? My impressions are based on guesstimates from data on Canada where I analyzed […]

## You Can Think of the Darndest Things While in a Hospital Bed…

k4fmh
January 23, 2026
Antennas
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Listeners to the ICQ Podcast where I appear monthly as a Presenter probably heard me say that I was successfully treated for a highly aggressive prostate cancer (adenocarcinoma, Gleason 8) almost two years ago at the Mayo Clinic. While in Rochester for two weeks, I had a lot of time in bed recovering from the […]