Delaware Fossil Extravaganza POTA Activation

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! My first @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation for 2023 was K-7648 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Conservation Area (Biddle Point Parking Area) between St. Georges and Delaware City, Delaware on Sunday, January 01, 2023. Activity on 40m just wouldn't stop, but once it did I started to hunt for a little bit on 20m & 17m. The next day I headed out to the dredged spoils piles to look for some fossils. Watch the entire video to see what fossils I found! Thank you to all of the hunters and POTA activators for making this a successful 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 Case: Apache 4800 from Harbor Freight Antenna: MFJ 1640T 40m HF Stick, MFJ 1620T 20m HF Stick, MFJ 1617T 17m HF Stick 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 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 Mini Pack, iPad Pro sleeve, various pouches and t-shirt 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 -- Please like & subscribe if you enjoyed the video 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!!! (Better for creators than Patreon) If you wish, you can help support the channel at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ . Already on PATREON? You can help support the channel at 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: What3Words.com: ///torso.purchasers.keyboard https://w3w.co/torso.purchasers.keyboard DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area overview: https://bit.ly/3fFth1q @delawarednrec DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area (entire map): https://bit.ly/3qSlEtB Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal https://www.fossilguy.com/sites/canal/index.htm https://www.dgs.udel.edu/delaware-geology/fossil-sites-delaware -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:22 - KC3JAS - P2P 02:10 - N2BTD 02:45 - KC1NNR 03:19 - KK4ADQ 03:55 - K1CWB 04:25 - NW2W 04:51 - KB6NU 05:16 - AD2MM 05:44 - VE3PYJ 06:22 - AD8MP - P2 - P2PP 07:16 - K8NIV 07:43 - KF9R 08:08 - NO8RF 08:41 - N2JKA 09:12 - K3CU 09:38 - K9RVA - P2P 10:31 - WG2W 11:06 - K4CGY 11:43 - KV4NI 12:23 - KC3UDO 13:01 - KD2ZJO 14:15 - K2HA 14:42 - KC1QDZ - P2P 15:26 - KC3SVR 15:54 - KC3RRF 16:52 - WB8UBR - P2P 17:47 - AG5FX 18:16 - W8JLT 19:14 - W3GLH 20:13 - N8SCO 20:49 - W2ITG - P2P 22:25 - K4SDV - P2P 23:23 - WB8UJS 24:43 - KN4XJ - P2P 25:29 - W8ZBR 25:58 - VE3VVX 26:48 - W2VDZ 27:15 - KE8SZL - P2P 28:03 - KI4MNR 28:36 - N3SSM 29:18 - AA0Z - P2P - https://www.youtube.com/@AA0Z/videos 30:19 - W5AZO - P2P 30:56 - W5AZN - P2P 31:24 - N3RT - P2P 32:38 - HI8AM - P2P 33:49 - Recap / Outro --