Mississippi State Parks

On The Air

Purpose

• To promote public awareness of Amateur radio and Mississippi’s State Park system.
• To promote a spirit of friendship and goodwill within the ranks of Mississippi Amateur Radio Operators and Amateur Radio clubs.
• To encourage contact with other Amateur Radio Operators around the state, country, and world.
• To provide additional field operating experience for Mississippi’s Amateur Radio Operators.

Overview

As of this writing, there at least 133 reference entities in the POTA database. Not all of them are parks. Only those with “Park” in the name will be used for MSPOTA.

There are twenty-one (21) State Parks in Mississippi, and we need to have most, if not all, of those 21 state parks activated by as many amateur radio operators as possible on the day of the event. This will entail the efforts and cooperation of multiple Mississippi clubs.

Except where noted in this document, POTA rules will apply. See https://pota.app/ for more details. All MSPOTA activators will operate as if they were activating a State Park for POTA. Co-activating is allowed. When activators mail their adi file to the certificate coordinator, please include the co-activators call signs, if applicable.

As in POTA the guidelines, all rules and regulations of the MS State Parks, will be followed. Fees need to be paid where they are required. If you use Pavilions then those need to be reserved and paid for.

Thank you’s go to the Jackson County Amateur Radio club, and the Area 51 Radio group for their fine cooperation, in making this happen for our State.  Special thanks to all the Activators for the State Parks from whatever club or organization they come from, and of course, without all the hunters, this would not be an event!

Objectives

• To activate most, if not all, the 21 state parks in Mississippi
• To get as many activators as possible to activate in the field
• To get as many contacts as possible during the event

Dates

Statewide MS POTA event date: Saturday, May 18, 2024. 1300 UTC to 2259 UTC (8 am – 5:59 pm CDT local time).

Modes and Bands

Modes of Operation: SSB, CW and FT8/4

Amateur Radio Bands: Any Ham Radio band that is legal in POTA can be used. Also, 2m and 70cm – VHF/UHF Simplex is acceptable.

Stations may be worked once on each band, mode, and by activator.

Hunters

To receive a certificate by email, your email must be correct in the QRZ database. Please read the document below for further details.

Activators

Activator Details are in this document: MS_StateParks_OnTheAir

Park List

This is the Park list for the MS State Parks on the Air.

This list will be updated regularly with activator callsigns who will be assigned.

Activators wishing to activate a certain park, and want to be on this list, please email ms.parksontheair@gmail.com to state your preferences. We will also be monitoring the Facebook groups: Jackson County Mississippi Amateur Radio Association, and Area 51 Radio Group Mississippi

Please state which park, your callsign, and if you are doing AM or PM (or both).

State Park Name	POTA reference	Activator(s) AM	Activator(s) PM
Buccaneer State Park	US-2532	W5SMN	W5SMN
Clarkco State Park	US-2533		K5DDT
George P Cossar State Park	US-2535	K5RFL
Great River Road State Park	US-2537		K5RFL
Hugh White State Park	US-2539	AD5IT	W5BAM
John W. Kyle State Park	US-2540	KG5VEK & KG5VEP
J P Coleman State Park	US-2541	N5VGK	N5VGK
Lake Lincoln State Park	US-2542	WG5GK	WG5GK
Lake Lowndes State Park	US-2543
Lefleur’s Bluff State Park	US-2544
Legion State Park	US-2545
Leroy Percy State Park	US-2546
Natchez State Park	US-2547
Paul B. Johnson State Park	US-2548	WF5W & AI5ME	WF5W & AI5ME
Percy E Quin State Park	US-2549		N5MES
Roosevelt State Park	US-2550	N2PKW	N2PKW
Tishomingo State Park	US-2552	KE5LWY	KE5LWY
Tombigbee State Park	US-2553	W5DDX & WJ5K	W5DDX & WJ5K
Trace State Park	US-2554	K5RTW	K5RTW
Wall Doxey State Park	US-2555		KG5VEK & KG5VEP
Clark Creek Natural Area State Park	US-9847	N5MES

More details are in this document: MS_StateParks_OnTheAir