Autumn Foliage & Support Your Parks Weekend

It was a busy weekend for me and still sick, but I didn't want to miss participating in the Autumn 2023 Support Your Parks Weekend, so I loaded up the dogs and headed to K-1741 Lums Pond State Park @DelawareStateParks17 in Bear, Delaware, for a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation on Sunday afternoon, October 22, 2023, before the event ended. 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: 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 HF Stick, Shark Antenna S-F15 Ham Stick & MFJ 1620T 20M HF Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 9Ah 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, T-shirt, 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: Delaware State Parks: https://www.destateparks.com/PondsRivers/LumsPond Lums Pond State Park on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lums_Pond_State_Park -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:41 - N5LOT 02:38 - W4ILJ 03:12 - W3TRO 04:07 - W0TTG 04:41 - KI5RLZ - P2P 05:49 - KQ4GUI 06:37 - W7MJG 07:11 - K7PRA 07:30 - KQ4BII 08:08 - The one that got away 08:38 - KC0DWZ 09:16 - KQ4CQA - P2P 10:31 - KD9DZT - P2P 11:18 - NP4JJ - P2P 12:00 - W9YOY - P2P 12:40 - 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/ . --