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KENTUCKY
TOOL BOX
Every KPC tool in one place. Find a park, check the bands, plan the trip, print the sheet and pack the right battery — built by the club for operating in Kentucky.
What Do You Want To Do?
Pick what you need and jump straight to the right tool.
Where Can I Activate?
Search Kentucky’s POTA parks, check the official boundaries, and find the parks that need activating most.
Map Room
Not sure which map to open? Every KPC map tool in one place, with what each one does and when to use it, plus the KML and GPX map files.
Hunters Lounge
Live POTA, WWFF, SOTA, DX and special-event spots. Load the parks you've worked and only the new-to-you ones light up, roll across the screen and blink on the map, with an alert if you want one.
Activation Board
See who is on the air right now and who is heading out soon, and which parks hunters still need. Post your own plan or ask for a park with a short form.
Activation Kit
Pick a park or summit and get everything for it on one screen: weather and band conditions, boundary map with parking, other references at the same spot, where to stay and Spot Me. Save it at home and it opens with no signal.
Am I in the Park?
Not sure you're over the line? Your phone's GPS checks the official POTA and WWFF boundaries (and SOTA activation zones) and tells you if you're inside, how far the edge is, and which way to walk.
Park & Summit Info Finder
Traveling? Type any POTA park, SOTA summit or WWFF reference (or a park name) anywhere and get just the official website, the official boundary on a map (USGS PAD-US) and a search of the official site for its maps.
KY Park Commander
FULL DETAIL IN KY · MAP SEARCH NATIONWIDEMap and search of Kentucky POTA parks with official boundaries, full trails, and an “Am I inside a park?” GPS check.Outside Kentucky you get the map search, distances and directions. Boundaries, trails, parking, county and the inside-a-park check are Kentucky only.
Kentucky Park Checker
FULL DETAIL IN KY · OTHER STATES LITEActivators: enter any callsign to see which Kentucky parks it has activated. Hunters: upload your POTA hunter CSV to see which parks you’ve hunted. Map and CSV of what’s still needed. Other US states: lite version.
SOTA Summit Checker
KENTUCKY + ANY US SOTA AREAEvery SOTA summit in Kentucky, or any US SOTA area, on a map with height and points. Load your SOTA chaser or activator log to see what you still need.
KPC Trip Planner
NATIONWIDEPOTA parks, SOTA summits and WWFF references near any US town. Drop pins, check Street View and boundaries, and send the route to Google Maps.In Kentucky, the KY Trip Planner has more detail (county, parking, park guide info).
Rarely Activated Parks
📍 KENTUCKY ONLYEvery Kentucky park colored by how often it has been activated. Find the ones hunters are waiting for.
Top 25 Low-Activity Parks
📍 KENTUCKY ONLYThe 25 Kentucky parks with the fewest QSOs and the 25 with the fewest activations, updated every week from POTA.
Campgrounds & Cabins
📍 KENTUCKY ONLYCampgrounds, cabins and lodges inside Kentucky POTA parks, with every program at that park on one card, campground maps, booking links and reviews.
Park Notes
📍 KENTUCKY ONLYEvery Kentucky POTA park, SOTA summit and KFF reference with tips from other operators: parking, where to set up, noise, cell signal and gates. Submit your own.
KPC Community
Station setups, antenna builds, field tips, gear reviews, activation stories, Elmers (mentors) and operator spotlights. Share yours.
Park Guides & Map Files
📍 KENTUCKY ONLYKPC PDF park guides plus KML and GPX files for your phone, GPS or Google Earth.
SOTA Activation Zone Check
Pick a summit, save its 25 m zone before you hike, and check with GPS whether you're high enough — even with no signal.
Get Ready Before You Go
Build the route, know your grid and county, check the forecast, and print what you need for the field.
Plan A Radio Trip
📍 KENTUCKY ONLYPick a town and a distance to see POTA parks, SOTA summits and KFF references in range, then build a multi-stop route.Planning outside Kentucky? Use the KPC Trip Planner.
Grid & County Lookup
GRID ANYWHERE · COUNTY & PARKS IN KYGrid square, Kentucky county and the nearest parks for where you’re standing or any reference.
Printable Park Sheet
📍 KENTUCKY ONLYOne printed page for any Kentucky park: GPS, grid, county, nearest towns and QR codes, plus an optional paper log.
Field Weather Search
KY PARKS · ANY US TOWN OR ZIPSearch by park name, POTA number, town or ZIP and check the field forecast.
Bands, Spots & Frequencies
See who’s on the air right now, how the bands are doing, and where to find activity on each band.
Spot Me
Type your call, frequency and park once, then pick where it goes. POTA spots send from here (real park number required, one every 5 minutes). SOTAwatch, WWFF Spotline, the DX cluster and APSPOT open with your spot ready to submit there.
Special Event Stations
Who is on the air today for special events, from the ARRL list (updated every morning), plus the big yearly ones: 13 Colonies, Museum Ships Weekend, lighthouses, Route 66 and JOTA.
Live POTA Spots
📍 KENTUCKY PARKS + KPC MEMBERSKentucky parks on the air right now, with KPC members highlighted.Every program worldwide is on the Live page spots list.
Radio Conditions
Live HF band estimates, real band activity from signal reports, a gray line map, NOAA space weather and practical band guidance.
Frequency Quick Reference
A phone-friendly guide to HF bands and where the activity is.
Band Plan By License Class
Which CW, digital and phone portions of each band Technician, General and Extra can use, plus popular frequencies.
Band Activity & Gray Line
CENTERED ON KENTUCKYReal signal reports around Kentucky by band, a gray line map and the busiest bands right now.
KPC POTA Spotter
Spot KPC operators and send alerts to the club Discord.
Quick Reference Card
Phonetics, Q-codes, prosigns, RST, UTC and Kentucky time zones on one printable page for the go-bag.
Cut It, Wind It, Put It Up
Wire lengths, patterns, radials, transformers, doublets, loops, VHF/UHF and every antenna guide.
Antenna Calculator
Wire lengths for dipoles, linked dipoles, end-fed half-waves and whips on every band, plus coax loss.
Antenna Pattern & SWR
See where your signal goes (DX or close-in), the SWR curve and coax loss for dipoles, verticals, end-feds and random wires.
Radials: How Many & How Long
Ground loss, what one more radial buys you, a cut list and the best use of the wire you have.
Antenna Guides
Every KPC antenna guide: dipoles, end-feds, verticals, doublets, loops, J-poles, receive antennas, transformers and calculators.
Ununs, Baluns & Chokes
Wind your own EFHW 49:1, 9:1 unun, 4:1 balun or coax choke: core, mix, turns, wiring diagrams, recipes and testing.
Loaded Verticals & Homebrew Coils
Wind your own loading coil for a whip vertical: inductance, turns on PVC, a tap chart for every band, tuning steps and radials.
Ladder Line, Doublets & G5RV
88 ft and 44 ft doublets, G5RV and ZS6BKW: feeder length checker and ladder line vs coax loss.
VHF & UHF Antennas
J-pole, Slim Jim, roll-up J-pole, ground plane, tape-measure yagi, HT and mobile upgrades, with a calculator.
Loops & Delta Loops
Delta loop on one pole, square and skywire loops, matching, and a magnetic loop calculator.
Receive-Only Antennas
Loop on Ground, Beverage on Ground and K9AY: hear through low-band noise.
Power, Math & Safety
Battery runtime, what your power really buys you, RF exposure and everyday ham math.
Battery Runtime
Enter your battery, radio and mode to see how long you can operate, plus a safe number to plan on.
Power, dB & S-Units
Why doubling power is only half an S-unit, what QRP really costs you, and an S-meter calculator.
Harmonics Planner
Plan a multiband end-fed or dipole, pick random-wire lengths, and check where your harmonics land, what they could hit at a campout and how to filter them.
RF Exposure Check
The FCC-required RF exposure check: power, mode, antenna and time on the air give a safe distance for you and the public.
Ham Calculators
SWR and return loss, dB and dBm, Ohm's law, wavelengths, EFHW transformer turns, LC resonance and grid-square beam headings.
Get Better On The Air
New to POTA, SOTA or WWFF, licensing, rules, CW practice, digital modes and fox hunting.
New To POTA? Start Here
A step-by-step guide to your first POTA hunt and your first activation in Kentucky.
New To SOTA? Start Here
Summits on the Air: sign up, the rules, your first Kentucky summit and chasing from home.
New To WWFF? Start Here
World Wide Flora & Fauna (KFF): sign up, the 44-contact rule, and how to submit your log.
Get Your License
Technician, General and Extra: free study tools, exam sessions in Kentucky, the FCC fee and what happens after you pass.
Rules You Should Know
The FCC, POTA and Kentucky land-manager rules every portable operator should know.
CW Practice Room
Work simulated POTA and SOTA stations as the hunter or the activator, with a straight key, paddles or keyboard. Copy drills and a fist meter too.
CW Info & Links
How real POTA and SOTA CW contacts go (tap to hear each line), the shorthand everyone uses, and the clubs, classes and apps to learn Morse and get faster.
Voice Pileup Practice
Be the activator on phone. Stations call you, you copy their calls, give reports and keep a clean log. POTA, KFF, SOTA or regular contacts, and you can talk back with your voice.
Kids Room
Phonetic alphabet and Morse code games, the story of Lily and Ben with printable coloring pages, guides on how radio works and why it matters, a state abbreviations worksheet, and Spin the Dial, a pretend radio to tune around the bands.
Digital Modes Guide
FT8, JS8Call, Winlink, APRS, SSTV and digital voice: what each is for, frequencies, a clock check and FT8 timer, and how to activate a park on FT8.
Fox Hunting & Bearing Map
How to hunt a hidden transmitter, a map that triangulates the fox from your phone's compass, and a tape-measure Yagi you can build.
News & Field Tips
Club news, activation reports and founders’ tips — coming soon.
Members Only
Club tools for KPC members. Ask a club officer for the members password.
Members Room
The members’ home page with everything below in one place.
Club Stats & Challenges
Club stats, the Kentucky County Challenge, Park of the Month and badges.
Park Tracker
Track which Kentucky parks each member has activated, with the club leaderboard.
Monthly Recap
Members’ Kentucky POTA activity, month by month.
Planning Tools, Not The Final Word
KPC tools use public data from POTA, state and federal GIS, NOAA and others. Maps and boundaries can be simplified or out of date. Always confirm with the land manager’s official map, the park’s POTA page, posted rules, closures and hunting seasons before you operate.
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