A Salty New Year's Day at K-0229 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

New Year's Day 2024 (Monday, January 01) finds me and my dogs at K-0229 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge @usfws @USInterior near Smyrna, Delaware, for our first a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation there. Other than some migratory birds, not much wildlife wanted to come out and be seen. I guess they all were partying it up the night before. Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts! 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: FX-4CR SDR HF Transceiver DIRECTLY FROM BG2FX - GET YOUR OWN AT www.bg2fx.com! Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M & 1620T 20M HF Sticks Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner Case: Apache 2800 Weatherproof Protective Case (Medium) Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 4.5Ah LFP Battery Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod @ubeesize9784 External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI Camera: iPhone 15 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 Large Tool Bag, iPad Pro sleeve and various 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: ✖️🐦 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 LOCATION INFO: Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bombay-hook Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Hook_National_Wildlife_Refuge Friends of Bombay Hook - https://www.friendsofbombayhook.org -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - 10 Meters 01:26 - KJ5CKH 02:04 - KD2CFI - P2P 02:45 - AI4BJ - P2P 03:48 - AE4XO 04:23 - N4KHI 04:58 - KE8UKX 05:32 - KD8JAM 05:56 - KQ4GEC 06:27 - KC8IQ 06:51 - K4OEK 07:16 - K8NEE 07:40 - KB4ZBB 08:01 - WP4PV 08:43 - VA3WGX 09:11 - N5CET 09:39 - AA5EY 10:00 - N4NB 10:24 - KF5QYG - P2P 11:06 - KD9DZT 11:35 - KD9ROB 11:59 - WR4P 12:24 - K0KLB 12:54 - NP3V 13:29 - W4VON 14:21 - KD9VSU 14:45 - AJ4RJ 15:26 - VA2WY 15:55 - AB5HN 16:27 - KC9JML 16:59 - W1RCP - P2P 17:49 - N9EAJ 18:21 - 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/ . --