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Have you ever played a video game with side-quests? There are lots of side-quests in ham radio and POTA is one of them. Awards in ham radio are exactly the same
by bityard 2y ago
Have you ever played a video game with side-quests? There are lots of side-quests in ham radio and POTA is one of them. Awards in ham radio are exactly the same as "achievements" in video games where you collect all the special items. They don't MEAN anything, you can't sell them, they are there for the fun of chasing them, and--tangentially--bragging rights.
There's no "work," it's just another part of the ham radio hobby.
- _yb2s 2y agoThere are a ton of replies in here, including yours which seem to be trying to explain what this is, but appear to be assuming too much, and still skipping the actual explanation.
- jimnotgym 2y agoDrive out to a park. Set up a radio. Announce you are in a park. You are known as 'activating' the park. People in other places answer, they are known as 'chasers'. Why? People like making radio contacts with people in novel places. People like setting up their radio in cool places. There is some gameification, and points gained for activating and chasing. The points get you nothing, not everyone even records them. Does that work?
- _yb2s 2y agoThanks. That was really hard to guess from the website, but I supposed the intended audience already knows what this is.