Activating POTA in the Wild

While down in Virginia I got the chance to hit a Parks On The Air (POTA) @ParksOnTheAir entity that I haven't activated yet. So on Saturday, June 03, 2023, I headed out to K-3997 Princess Anne Wildlife Management Area @DCRVirginia in Virginia Beach, Virginia. With the Parks On The Air Plaque Event going on, I knew there would be plenty of people on the air. Thank you to all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts during this activation. 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: Yaesu FTDX10 Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20m HF Stick Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 30Ah LFP Battery (PVC, BLF-1230A) Battery Box: Powerwerx PWRbox Portable Power Box for 12-40Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Bioenno Batteries Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod & Anozer Flexible Tripod External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging) Logging App: HAMRS - https://hamrs.app Tumbler: IRON °FLASK Rover Tumbler 2.0 - 32 Oz Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Large Tool Bag, iPad Pro sleeve, T-shirt, Combat Cock and other bags and pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) @SOEtacticalgear - 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 📜 also to tell me what you thought of this video & activation! ☕️ Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ 🅿️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/K3JRZ 🦣 Connect with me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.radio/@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: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources: https://dwr.virginia.gov/wma/princess-anne/ Princess Anne Wildlife Management Area on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Anne_Wildlife_Management_Area -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - HK3AVR - P2P 02:26 - KG5AHJ - P2P 03:29 - KG9JP - P2P 04:03 - KQ4IPM - P2P 05:15 - IN3BJS 06:32 - IN3BJK 07:15 - KD9LON - P2P 08:00 - KW5CW - P2P 08:39 - N1XXU - P2P 09:22 - K1PET - P2P 10:03 - Overgrown 10:53 - KC3QXO - P2P 11:39 - 40m 11:46 - K3STL 12:17 - W0CGC 12:44 - AD2CD 13:04 - AD2MM 13:22 - WD4DAN 13:53 - VA3BLV 14:36 - AC3IK 15:06 - KQ4IFR 15:45 - K3RLW 16:46 - Alfred wants to walk 17:05 - KC3HMB 17:36 - WV1W - P2P 18:19 - W2VDZ 18:42 - AD4JX 19:17 - WT9Y 19:58 - AE4FZ 20:22 - N1S 20:57 - W1WRA 21:36 - KC8LUB - P2P 22:37 - K4RT 23:12 - 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/ . --