Can You Copy? Fighting Through Brutal Noise and QRM During POTA

Always be prepared is easier said than done. You never know what will happen on the air or what the band conditions will be, but you have to face it head on and take control. That's what I did on Sunday, June 22, 2025 during my Parks On The Air (POTA) activation at US-1737 Fort DuPont State Park @DelawareStateParks17 in Delaware City, Delaware. 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 Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B Antenna: MFJ 1617T 17M & 1620T 20M HF Sticks Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner Backpack: Gigaparts Explorer Modular Backpack System 2.0 - HamRadio 2.0 Special Limited Edition @GigaPartsHuntsville 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") @Ham2KApps Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Portable Fan Rechargeable, 20000mAh Cordless Battery Powered Fan: https://amzn.to/4klpHaD 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: Delaware State Parks: https://www.destateparks.com/History/FortDupont Fort DuPont on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_DuPont Delaware City on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City,_Delaware Delaware City Historic District on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City_Historic_District Delaware City History: https://www.delawarecity.com/history/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - HI8D 01:26 - KE9CSZ 02:39 - KK2TT 03:16 - VE3OTI 04:38 - KE9CZR - P2P 05:39 - N0GVK 06:17 - AE4XO 06:42 - AC5O 07:27 - KM7AZ - P2P 09:06 - KQ4SXW 09:39 - W9DWT 10:09 - KE4QCY 10:37 - KE8WMF - P2P 11:46 - VE4QZ 12:52 - KD9ZGA 13:18 - Recap/Outro -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --