2023 Support Your Parks Weekend POTA Activation

With my busy weekend drawing to a close, I went out for a quick Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation for the POTA 2023 Summer Support Your Parks event at K-4582 Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail @NationalParkService in Newark, Delaware, on the early evening of Sunday, July 16, 2023. Thank you to all of the hunters and POTA activators for the contacts. New POTA-themed QSL cards are IN! QSL info can be found on my QRZ page. ALL amateur radio operators world-wide need to know the DX CODE OF CONDUCT. It was meant for DX contacts, but it really applies to ALL aspects of amateur radio (DXing, contesting, POTA, SOTA, Field Day, special events, etc...). DON'T BE AN ALPHA HOTEL! http://dx-code.com. EQUIPMENT USED: Radio: Xiegu G90 Antenna: MFJ 1640T 40m HF Stick Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 9Ah LiFePO4 Battery Tripod: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod External Microphone: Movo VXR10-PRO External Video Microphone @MovoOfficial Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging) Logging App: HAMRS - https://hamrs.app Tumbler: RTIC 30 oz Insulated Tumbler @RTICOutdoors Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Mini Pack, Deployable Tourniquet Pouch, Large Tool Bag, iPad Pro sleeve, Combat Cock and other bags and pouches from Special Operations Equipment @SOEtacticalgear (SOE) - https://www.originalsoegear.com or https://www.soetacticalgear.com 3D PRINTED QR CODE PLAQUES - EMAIL Jess N4JAH via QRZ.com -- 💚 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 Mastodon at https://mastodon.hams.social/@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 LOCATION INFO: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route - National Park Service - https://www.nps.gov/waro/index.htm The National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association - https://w3r-us.org Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington–Rochambeau_Revolutionary_Route Battle of Cooch's Bridge on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cooch%27s_Bridge -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:56 - KE4HD - P2P 02:37 - KM4KDF - P2P 03:01 - N4BDW - P2P 04:34 - Is the frequency in use? 04:49 - VA3IMW 05:29 - W9AV 06:04 - KB4LOA 08:04 - KB2GCG 08:51 - N4CWB 09:28 - KC3NQB 10:45 - KJ4ZFJ 11:23 - WA1MAD 11:59 - VE3YOB - P2P x2 13:52 - Recap/Outro -- 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/ . --