{"id":2117,"date":"2026-01-16T17:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2026-01-17T19:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:57:33","slug":"preparing-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/preparing-for-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am working on preparing to take part in Parks on the Air (POTA)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-2119 size-large\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pota-central-1024x388.png\" alt=\"Pota sites Central Scotland\" class=\"wp-image-2119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pota-central-1024x388.png 1024w, https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pota-central-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pota-central-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pota-central-1536x582.png 1536w, https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pota-central.png 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Local POTA sites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and Summits on the Air (SOTA) this year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-2122\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-16-15_25_14-Workshop-Inventory-My-Brain-Obsidian-v1.11.4-1024x373.png\" alt=\"SOTA Map\" class=\"wp-image-2122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-16-15_25_14-Workshop-Inventory-My-Brain-Obsidian-v1.11.4-1024x373.png 1024w, https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-16-15_25_14-Workshop-Inventory-My-Brain-Obsidian-v1.11.4-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-16-15_25_14-Workshop-Inventory-My-Brain-Obsidian-v1.11.4-768x280.png 768w, https:\/\/carmont.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-16-15_25_14-Workshop-Inventory-My-Brain-Obsidian-v1.11.4.png 1467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SOTA SITES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am going to use the Xiegu G90 as the transceiver and will put together a portable kit around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First thing will&nbsp; be getting the G90 into a protective case for mobile use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have purchased a case and fitting kit, more to follow on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on preparing to take part in Parks on the Air (POTA) and Summits on the Air (SOTA) this year. I am going to use the Xiegu G90 as the transceiver and will put together a portable kit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/preparing-for-spring\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[94,95,96],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","tag-g90","tag-pota","tag-sota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6jb6X-y9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/2132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmont.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}