Activating by Hunting on New Year's Day 2025

In this video I show again the technique of activating a POTA (or other) entity by hunting other activators. On New Years Day, Wednesday, January 01, 2025, I return to US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area @delawarednrec at Biddle Point to for my first Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation of 2025. I was also excited to get back out and spend more time with my new Yaesu FT-891. 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: Yaesu FT-891 @YaesuUSAOfficial Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner Coax Cables: ABR Industries @ABRindCoax Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 30Ah LFP Battery Battery Box: Powerwerx PWRbox Portable Power Box for 12-40Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Bioenno Batteries Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod @ubeesize9784 External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging) Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo") Tumbler: RTIC 30 oz Insulated Tumbler Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Large Tool Bag, Mini Pack, Grocery 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 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k3jrz/ -- Parks On The Air spotting/stats/awards/and more site: https://pota.app 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 LOCATION INFO: DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area overview: https://bit.ly/3fFth1q DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area (entire map): https://bit.ly/3qSlEtB Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal Michael N. Castle Trail - https://delawaregreenways.org/trail/michael-n-castle-c-d-canal-trail/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:28 - Bueller? Bueller? 02:00 - KJ5EGC 02:59 - PU8WCB 04:18 - KE2ET - P2P 05:06 - NW4TF - P2P 05:58 - AC3AV - P2P 06:57 - W0YR - P2P 07:52 - K4BJO - P2P 08:40 - W4ZDP - P2P 09:36 - N7AWX - P2P 10:20 - W1BQ - P2P 11:42 - N9MLR - P2P 12:20 - KN4WGE - P2P 13:07 - Recap/Outro -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --