EM50/60 Ham Radio POTA Leaderboards

Public Parks on the Air leaderboards for grid squares EM50 and EM60 — no sign-up, no roster, nothing to join. These two grids cover the coastal stretch from eastern Louisiana across south Mississippi and Alabama into the Florida panhandle, and they’re where most of the activating around here happens.

Map of the Gulf Coast from eastern Louisiana to the Florida panhandle, showing all 57 POTA parks in grid squares EM50 and EM60 as dots sized by activation count, with the 88 degree west grid line marked through Mobile Bay

The underlying data all comes from POTA’s own public record: each park publishes its grid square, and each uploaded log publishes the call sign that made it. The rankings, the time windows and the totals are worked out here — POTA doesn’t publish a by-grid leaderboard of its own. If you’ve activated a park in these two grids and uploaded your log, you’re already counted, alongside every other operator activating the same parks. These are activator logs only; hunters aren’t counted. The boards show the top ten in each category; the full park list further down covers every park.

Numbers only count logs that have been uploaded, so treat every figure as a floor rather than a total. Anyone who’s been out and hasn’t uploaded yet won’t appear until they do. Every call sign links to that operator’s own POTA profile.

As of 2026-08-07T08:09:36Z — 57 parks across EM50 and EM60, 9,831 activations by 924 operators.

POTA counts a log as an activation only at 10 or more QSOs; below that it's an attempt. These boards apply that same rule, so each park's activation count here matches the figure POTA publishes for that park — 10,202 outings have been logged across these two grids, 9,831 of which reached the threshold. QSO totals count every contact, attempts included, which matches how POTA reports a park's contact total. POTA does not publish a by-grid leaderboard itself; this page is an aggregate built from their public park and log data.

August 2026 so far

39 activations from 39 logged outings, 1,465 QSOs, 17 operators.

Activations

#	Call	Activations
1	AB5GC	9
2	W5DUI	5
3	KQ4TPD	4
4	N5VJX	3
4	WS4Y	3
6	KI5UTS	2
6	KQ4KZM	2
6	KC3SEG	2
9	KC5RFU	1
9	KO4GIA	1
9	AA5UZ	1
9	AA5UY	1
9	N5HLM	1
9	KT4GH	1
9	K4AA	1

2 more operators not shown.

QSOs

#	Call	QSOs
1	KQ4TPD	244
2	KC5RFU	227
3	KO4GIA	201
4	N5VJX	165
5	AB5GC	106
6	W5DUI	104
7	KI5UTS	92
8	WS4Y	71
9	AA5UZ	59
10	AA5UY	46

7 more operators not shown.

Different Parks

#	Call	Different Parks
1	AB5GC	9
2	KQ4TPD	3
3	N5VJX	2
3	KI5UTS	2
5	W5DUI	1
5	WS4Y	1
5	KC3SEG	1
5	KQ4KZM	1
5	AA5UY	1
5	AA5UZ	1
5	K4AA	1
5	KC5RFU	1
5	KF0BWR	1
5	KO4GIA	1
5	KT4GH	1

2 more operators not shown.

Most-Activated Parks

#	Park	Grid	Activations	QSOs
1	US-0661 Gulf Islands National Seashore	EM60	9	376
2	US-1047 Meaher State Park	EM60	3	151
2	US-1873 Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park	EM60	3	71
4	US-8332 Escambia River State Conservation Area	EM60	2	216
4	US-12996 Fowl River Access Site BLM Recreation Management Area	EM50	2	128
4	US-11292 Historic Blakeley State Park Historic Site	EM60	2	111
4	US-0302 Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge	EM50	2	105
4	US-11376 USS Alabama Battleship Park	EM50	2	41
4	US-8334 Perdido River State Conservation Area	EM60	2	33
4	US-1042 Gulf State Park	EM60	2	23

2026 Year to Date

1,705 activations from 1,755 logged outings, 67,460 QSOs, 289 operators.

Activations

#	Call	Activations
1	W5DUI	170
2	KQ4TPD	89
3	NL5Y	73
4	K4BOS	69
5	K5DZR	63
6	WS4Y	60
7	N5VJX	38
8	W9FTR	29
8	W8WZ	29
8	KF0BWR	29

279 more operators not shown.

QSOs

#	Call	QSOs
1	K5DZR	5,847
2	KQ4TPD	5,586
3	W5DUI	4,098
4	NL5Y	2,896
5	K4BOS	2,584
6	N0BPM	2,442
7	WS4Y	2,143
8	N5VJX	2,084
9	NE4MW	1,484
10	W9FTR	1,413

289 more operators not shown.

Different Parks

#	Call	Different Parks
1	W8WZ	24
2	KC1YL	22
3	KC9RF	19
4	W4ER	18
5	NJ9L	17
6	WY7BW	16
7	K4BOS	13
8	KG5LRB	12
9	N5VJX	11
9	K3CBK	11

279 more operators not shown.

Most-Activated Parks

#	Park	Grid	Activations	QSOs
1	US-0661 Gulf Islands National Seashore	EM60	338	9,211
2	US-1042 Gulf State Park	EM60	140	9,257
3	US-11376 USS Alabama Battleship Park	EM50	109	7,583
4	US-1873 Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park	EM60	97	4,452
5	US-11292 Historic Blakeley State Park Historic Site	EM60	61	2,172
6	US-1047 Meaher State Park	EM60	55	2,349
7	US-2532 Buccaneer State Park	EM50	48	1,853
8	US-3670 Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park	EM60	45	1,921
9	US-4614 Blackwater River State Forest	EM60	44	2,058
10	US-8333 Garcon Point State Conservation Area	EM60	43	1,333

All Time

9,831 activations from 10,202 logged outings, 415,206 QSOs, 924 operators.

Activations

#	Call	Activations
1	K4AA	711
2	WS4Y	592
3	W5DUI	483
4	N4SAX	295
5	KQ4TPD	256
6	N5BO	207
7	N5VJX	160
8	N5PWD	137
9	AE4JC	130
10	KD5PCK	127

914 more operators not shown.

QSOs

#	Call	QSOs
1	K4AA	27,697
2	WS4Y	22,286
3	N5BO	21,991
4	N4SAX	17,947
5	KQ4TPD	16,580
6	W5DUI	12,637
7	N4LEQ	10,717
8	N5PWD	7,809
9	N5VJX	7,598
10	KI5HBS	6,946

953 more operators not shown.

Different Parks

#	Call	Different Parks
1	K4LLL	55
2	W6ZD	51
3	KE8SZL	50
4	KG5YMI	48
5	N4MTE	47
6	W8WZ	46
7	WS4Y	39
8	N5BO	38
9	K4AA	37
10	W5DUI	36

914 more operators not shown.

Most-Activated Parks

#	Park	Grid	Activations	QSOs
1	US-0661 Gulf Islands National Seashore	EM60	1,227	44,629
2	US-1873 Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park	EM60	1,031	48,467
3	US-1042 Gulf State Park	EM60	619	33,239
4	US-11376 USS Alabama Battleship Park	EM50	371	23,911
5	US-1047 Meaher State Park	EM60	332	17,022
6	US-4614 Blackwater River State Forest	EM60	307	13,861
7	US-8327 Blackwater River State Conservation Area	EM60	284	12,291
8	US-0300 Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge	EM50	279	12,667
9	US-2532 Buccaneer State Park	EM50	261	11,512
10	US-1876 Henderson Beach State Park	EM60	218	9,401

Every Park in EM50 and EM60

All 57 of them, ranked by activations. Park references link to POTA's own page for that park; the map link opens its location. Grid squares are POTA's own — this page asks POTA which parks are in each grid rather than working it out from coordinates.

#	Park	Name	Grid	State	Activations	Outings	QSOs	Map
1	US-0661	Gulf Islands National Seashore	EM60ki	US-FL,US-MS	1,227	1,276	44,629	map
2	US-1873	Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park	EM60sl	US-FL	1,031	1,047	48,467	map
3	US-1042	Gulf State Park	EM60eg	US-AL	619	655	33,239	map
4	US-11376	USS Alabama Battleship Park	EM50xq	US-AL	371	389	23,911	map
5	US-1047	Meaher State Park	EM60aq	US-AL	332	340	17,022	map
6	US-4614	Blackwater River State Forest	EM60nq	US-FL	307	320	13,861	map
7	US-8327	Blackwater River State Conservation Area	EM60lp	US-FL	284	290	12,291	map
8	US-0300	Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge	EM50ah	US-LA	279	284	12,667	map
9	US-2532	Buccaneer State Park	EM50hg	US-MS	261	266	11,512	map
10	US-1876	Henderson Beach State Park	EM60sj	US-FL	218	228	9,401	map
11	US-3664	Topsail Hill Preserve State Park	EM60ui	US-FL	215	227	9,912	map
12	US-0388	Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge	EM50qk	US-MS	210	216	6,373	map
12	US-1841	Blackwater River State Park	EM60nq	US-FL	210	215	9,855	map
14	US-0042	Fort Gaines National Historic Site	EM50xf	US-AL	192	206	6,634	map
15	US-11292	Historic Blakeley State Park Historic Site	EM60br	US-AL	187	197	8,395	map
16	US-0025	Fort Morgan National Historic Site	EM50xf	US-AL	179	190	5,990	map
17	US-8332	Escambia River State Conservation Area	EM60is	US-FL	175	181	8,204	map
18	US-3711	Weeks Bay Reserve National Conservation Area	EM60ck	US-AL	168	172	6,278	map
19	US-1837	Big Lagoon State Park	EM60hh	US-FL	164	169	5,866	map
20	US-1910	Perdido Key State Park	EM60gh	US-FL	163	169	4,663	map
21	US-1875	Grayton Beach State Park	EM60wi	US-FL	156	167	6,073	map
21	US-3670	Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park	EM60ll	US-FL	156	160	7,466	map
23	US-3608	Blackwater Heritage State Trail	EM60lp	US-FL	153	159	5,311	map
24	US-8333	Garcon Point State Conservation Area	EM60kl	US-FL	147	150	5,134	map
25	US-4071	Pearl River Wildlife Management Area	EM50dh	US-LA	143	147	4,945	map
26	US-2551	Shepard State Park	EM50qi	US-MS	141	148	4,960	map
27	US-8335	Yellow River Water Management Area	EM60np	US-FL	133	136	4,723	map
28	US-3691	Grand Bay Savanna Complex Wildlife Management Area	EM50uj	US-AL	129	135	4,968	map
29	US-4636	Point Washington State Forest	EM60wi	US-FL	128	134	4,442	map
30	US-0136	Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge	EM60cf	US-AL	112	120	2,971	map
31	US-1861	Eden Gardens State Park	EM60wi	US-FL	107	113	2,895	map
31	US-4494	De Soto National Forest	EM50jw	US-MS	107	108	5,682	map
33	US-3662	Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park	EM60hi	US-FL	104	122	3,204	map
34	US-1854	Deer Lake State Park	EM60xh	US-FL	102	109	3,202	map
35	US-0384	Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge	EM50sk	US-AL,US-MS	100	104	4,974	map
36	US-3699	Mobile-Tensaw Delta Wildlife Management Area	EM60at	US-AL	99	101	5,957	map
37	US-0298	Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge	EM50bc	US-LA	94	97	3,752	map
38	US-3692	Heron Bay and Portersville Bay State Fish and Wildlife Area	EM50wi	US-AL	92	93	3,829	map
39	US-8334	Perdido River State Conservation Area	EM60gn	US-FL	90	93	2,592	map
40	US-6445	St. Tammany Wildlife Refuge	EM50ag	US-LA	83	84	4,148	map
41	US-0302	Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge	EM50ck	US-LA	80	85	3,644	map
42	US-1040	Lake Jackson RV Park at Florala State Park	EM60ux	US-AL	68	69	2,755	map
43	US-3696	Lillian Swamp Complex Preserve State Conservation Area	EM60hk	US-AL	67	74	2,141	map
44	US-6300	Escribano Point Wildlife Management Area	EM60mm	US-FL	60	65	2,327	map
45	US-7110	Little Biloxi Wildlife Management Area	EM50jp	US-MS	47	49	2,151	map
46	US-3700	Perdido River Wildlife Management Area	EM60gq	US-AL	42	42	1,469	map
47	US-7635	Airey Lake State Recreation Area	EM50lq	US-MS	40	40	1,511	map
48	US-12996	Fowl River Access Site BLM Recreation Management Area	EM50wj	US-AL	36	36	1,646	map
49	US-7112	Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area	EM50qn	US-MS	31	31	1,286	map
50	US-13011	Shoal River Headwaters State Park	EM60vs	US-FL	29	29	753	map
51	US-7108	Pascagoula River Wildlife Management Area	EM50rp	US-MS	28	28	967	map
52	US-7107	Theodore Mars Wildlife Management Area	EM50gs	US-MS	27	28	734	map
53	US-8517	Flint Creek State Recreation Area	EM50ku	US-MS	26	26	651	map
53	US-9916	Blackwater River State Nature Preserve	EM60gl	US-AL	26	26	785	map
55	US-7111	Red Creek Wildlife Management Area	EM50nq	US-MS	24	24	735	map
56	US-7109	Old River Wildlife Management Area	EM50cs	US-MS	18	19	552	map
57	US-9849	Deer Island Coastal Park	EM50nj	US-MS	14	14	701	map

How the Two Grids Split

The line between EM50 and EM60 runs down longitude 88° W — straight through Mobile Bay. That puts parks a few miles apart on opposite boards, so this page ranks both grids together rather than splitting them.

Grid	Parks	Activations	Outings
EM50	25	2,752	2,847
EM60	32	7,079	7,355

Note: 1 logged activation(s) carry an impossible date — an operator typo in the original log. They are left out of the boards rather than guessed at.

Get On the Board

Nothing to sign up for — the only thing standing between you and these boards is an uploaded log. Pick a park from the list above, work ten contacts, and upload; the next daily refresh picks you up automatically. If you've already been out and haven't uploaded yet, that's the one thing to go do now. Check your own totals on your POTA profile.

Stats via POTA.app, refreshed daily. See also Live Spots and the South Alabama POTA Posse on ae4jc.com.