Parks on the Air
Cooper State Park, S. Sulphur Unit
Cooper State Park, S. Sulphur Unit
Parks on the Air (POTA) Saturday September 13, 8:00am till Activated - It's no longer tentative, we plan to activate Cooper State Park S. Sulphur unit under the RARC call sign K5RKW. The address for the park is:
Cooper State Park
South Sulphur Unit
1690 FM 3505
Sulphur Springs, TX 75482
Lat: 33.546727
Long: -96.144758
There is a $5 per person entrance fee to get into the park. You can pay at the gate or you purchase a day pass online and print it out ahead of time at Texas State Parks Reservations.
We will be setting up in the Heron Harbor Day Use Area. The picnic benches are covered, but are on a first come first serve basis. Here is a map to our location: Cooper State Park S Sulpher Unit Map
As with most of our previous POTA events there won't be any nearby shore power, so plan on alternate power, battery, solar panel, flux capacitor, etc. For talk-in we'll be monitoring 147.580 mHz, one of the club's designated simplex frequencies. We will also be monitoring the national 146.520mhz simplex frequency. There is no fixed start time, you start operating when you arrive and we’ll operate till early afternoon (assuming we've activated the park by then). Be sure to pack some drinks, food and snacks along with your radio gear.
For more information on Cooper State Park go to the Texas State Parks website. If you have any questions or just want to let us know you're coming write Doug WB5WRC or Ron N5YDX.