Elk at Big Elk Creek? POTA Activation

For Parks On The Air's Winter 2023 Support Your Parks Weekend we activate K-9721 Big Ek Creek State Park in Landenberg, Pennsylvania on Saturday, January 21, 2023. @ParksOnTheAir 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 1610T 10M HF Stick & Shark Antenna S-F15 Hamstick 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: Anozer Flexible 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, t-shirt, 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 Embroidered Call Sign and Name Tactical Hat with American Flag on Side: https://www.etsy.com/listing/982895227/embroidered-call-sign-and-name-tactical -- 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 - ///pension.bibs.meanders https://w3w.co/pension.bibs.meanders Big Elk Creek State Park on the Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources site: https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/BigElkCreekStatePark/Pages/default.aspx -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:27 - K5BDL 02:03 - K7PYP 02:38 - KK7ELV 03:03 - N5KO 03:57 - KR7RIK 05:03 - CT1ERY 05:56 - EA2CCG 06:26 - WB0SSC 06:55 - KJ7NXV 08:12 - W5SSV - P2P 08:54 - EA1URP - P2P 09:40 - KE5VDC - P2P 10:43 - Antenna Swap 11:00 - KB9VBR - P2P 11:40 - KI5GTR - P2P 12:30 - K5MPD - P2P 13:32 - HI8POTA - P2P 14:36 - 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/ . --