POTA is Changing & What is ISO-3166?

When anything is released, started or begins, it is NEVER perfect. Applications get updated to fix bugs, correct new issues and add enhancements. Reference books get updated with newer information. The question pools for the U.S. amateur radio exams at all levels get updated every four years with new info and out of date info is removed. And the same thing goes for Parks On The Air (POTA). When POTA started it was small, but years later it has grown and with that there comes conflicts with a growing database of new countries that join the program. In this video you'll learn about what the POTA admins have done and will be doing. MORE INFO AT: Details about the changes to Parks On The Air: https://docs.pota.app/docs/changes.html ISO-3166 Info: https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html & https://www.iso.org/glossary-for-iso-3166.html ISO-3166 from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166 -- 💚 Support the Channel 💚 Please like 👍 & subscribe ✅ and click the bell 🔔 for notifications of new videos! Don't forget to leave a comment 📜! ☕️ Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ 🅿️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/K3JRZ Connect with me on: ✖️🐦 X/Twitter at https://twitter.com/k3jrz -- Parks On The Air: https://parksontheair.com Parks On The Air Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/parksontheair/ Parks On The Air Slack group: https://parksontheair.slack.com Parks On The Air spotting/stats/awards/and more site: https://pota.app -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- I am not affiliated administratively with the Parks On The Air organization, but a happy participant in the POTA program. Q: What is Parks On The Air? A: Parks On The Air (or POTA) for international portable amateur radio (ham radio) operations that promote emergency awareness and communications from national/federal and state/provincial level parks. There are activators and there are hunters. Activators go into POTA approved parks, set up their amateur radio equipment and call CQ (CQ is an invitation for any amateur radio operators listening on that frequency to respond and make contact). Hunters will contact the activators and upon a successful contact, the activator puts the hunter into their logs that will be uploaded to calling area representatives who will then upload those logs to the POTA system. Hunters do not need to upload any logs. Q: What are the Parks On The Air rules? A: The rules for Parks On The Air can be found at https://parksontheair.com/rules/ . Q: What are the Parks On The Air frequencies? A: Any frequency that an amateur radio operator has permission to legally use in their country based upon their level of license. Repeaters cannot be used. More info can be found at https://parksontheair.com/faq/ . --