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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026 · 2H 40M

We Asked to See Your POTA Bags… BIG Mistake

from Brew and Activate

What does your POTA bag say about you?We asked the Brew Crew to open up their POTA bags and show us what they REALLY carry for Parks on the Air activations.Six brave operators answered the call.That may have been a mistake.This week on Brew & Activate, Eric N1JUR and Shannon KC1OHT are putting six real POTA bags under the microscope. Radios, antennas, batteries, coax, adapters, backup gear and a few items that are going to require some serious explaining.Welcome to the POTA BAG ROAST.But this isn't just about making fun of somebody carrying 37 adapters and enough battery capacity to survive the apocalypse.For every bag, we're asking:• Does the gear match the activation?• What's genuinely useful?• What's unnecessary?• What's missing?• What would WE change?• And most importantly… WHY ARE YOU CARRYING THAT?!Because there isn't one perfect POTA setup.A hiking activator shouldn't necessarily carry the same station as someone operating from a picnic table. QRP, 100-watt SSB, CW, quick activations, all-day operations and remote parks all create different requirements.Join us LIVE and bring your own POTA bag confessions. Tell us the weirdest thing you carry, the piece of gear that has saved an activation, and the item you finally stopped dragging into the field.☕ BREW & ACTIVATEBrew & Activate is a weekly live show about Parks on the Air, portable ham radio, gear, operating skills, experiments, questionable decisions and becoming better operators.Hosted by:Eric — N1JURShannon — KC1OHTGrab a drink, join the Brew Crew and come hang out with us.73!#POTA #ParksOnTheAir #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #PortableHamRadio #POTAGear*************************************************************📡 KEEP UP WITH N1JURPractical ham radio videos, operating guides, equipment reviews, community projects, and Field Notes from around the hobby.🌐 Explore N1JURhttps://n1jur.com📬 Join the free Field Notes Newsletterhttps://n1jur.com/newsletter━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🤝 GET MORE INVOLVED⭐ Become a YouTube Channel Memberhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBBAnDZb9q0hDFNEIUuOVDQ/join🛠️ Follow exclusive builds, projects, and mentoring on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/cw/n1jur━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎒 GEAR, PARTNERS & DISCOUNTSSee the radios, antennas, batteries, accessories, and production equipment I use:https://n1jur.com/gearFind available partner discounts and special offers:https://n1jur.com/discounts━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👕 WEAR SOMETHING WEIRDN1JUR, POTA, and ham radio shirts, mugs, stickers, and more:https://makerfweird.com

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