Cars vs Ham Radio: The ULTIMATE RFI Battle in Virginia

Several surprises were awaiting me when I stopped at US-1294 Chippokes Plantation State Park @DCRVirginia in Surry, Virginia for a Parks On The Air (POTA) activation while heading down to Virginia on Saturday, August 09, 2025. Besides being near a nuclear power plant, the park has a very long history. Watch the video and see what happened on that day. Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts! Search for videos of your contacts at https://ve2zdx.com/toolkit/youtube/videos/K3JRZ 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 (with Amazon Affiliate links): Radio: Yaesu FT-891 Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod Antenna: MFJ 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 Coax Cables: ABR Industries 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 - https://amzn.to/40LozWJ External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging) Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo") Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler - https://amzn.to/45lY23O Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Portable Fan Rechargeable, 20000mAh Cordless Battery Powered Fan - https://amzn.to/4klpHaD Other items used: RJ45 Extension Cable (forFT-891 mic) - https://amzn.to/4f2ZlJq Domke 722-19U F-34 19-Inch Protective Wrap (Blue) (Used for mAT-30) - https://amzn.to/4eUlVnb Domke F-34L 19-Inch Protective Wrap -Red (Used for 891) - https://amzn.to/3GDJS5L 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/ Use Promo Code ➡️ *K3JRZQUIRKY* ⬅️ for a $5 discount on any purchase of $50 or more. Also any purchase of $35 or more gets them free shipping. This code does not expire. https://quirkyqrphamradios.etsy.com/?coupon=K3JRZQUIRKY -- 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: Chippokes State Park @ Virginia DCR: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/chippokes Chippokes State Park @ Virginia DWR: https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/chippokes-plantation-state-park/ Chippokes State Park @ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippokes_State_Park Friends of Chippokes State Park: http://www.chippokes.com Chippokes State Park @ National Parks Service: https://www.nps.gov/places/chippokes-state-park.htm Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail: https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - 40m 01:24 - KC1LBL 02:01 - K2BHS 02:37 - KG1S 03:22 - KD9VGL 03:57 - K0LBR 05:01 - N8ZA 05:36 - VA3MHV 06:04 - Got to love it 06:13 - K1LY - P2P 07:11 - KQ4VJC - P2P 07:26 - KQ4RYV - P2P 07:44 - KU4GZ - P2P 08:06 - AA4AT - P2P 08:41 - KE5VLX 09:18 - KD9RSE 09:54 - WF5TV 10:50 - KY4DAV 11:26 - KZ8JF 12:15 - W1VR 13:07 - KA4KXX 14:26 - KQ4LBM 15:03 - KE8VPE 15:35 - KD9LUH 16:45 - Recap/Outro -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --