Attack of the Flying Ants - POTA Activation

I stopped for a quick Parks On The Air (POTA) activation at K-4000 Saxis Wildlife Management Area near Saxis, Virginia on Friday, June 02, 2023. It was a "new to me" POTA entity that I needed to activate on my travels down to and back up from the Virginia Beach area. Unlikely did I know what awaited me there during my stop. Thank you to all of the hunters 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, 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 -- 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/saxis/ Saxis Wildlife Management Area on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxis_Wildlife_Management_Area Hummock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummock Saxis Island Museum: https://www.saxisislandmuseum.org -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - K2HXC 02:56 - AC1NY 04:25 - N9DEK 05:00 - AD0BC 05:36 - WF5S 06:00 - KB2GCG 06:36 - K9WZB 07:09 - K0OE 07:36 - HK3AVR 08:29 - AD4JX 08:55 - N9GNY 09:22 - KA7TXS 09:59 - KC1QDZ 10:35 - K9TQ 11:07 - N0RMC 11:53 - VE2HTC 12:32 - W4AOR 13:04 - W4XCO 13:36 - W3YF 14:03 - VA3JIN 14:32 - KQ4KK 15:02 - K8NIV 15:53 - N4ZAR 16:15 - W8NWG 16:50 - AI4JL 17:50 - 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/ . --