FX-4CR Gets Fortified at Fort Monroe National Monument

While While back down in Virginia before Christmas, I grabbed my FX-4CR SDR Transceiver and went over to K-0929 Fort Monroe National Monument @usarmy @NationalParkService in Fort Monroe, Virginia for a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation, Thursday, December 21, 2023. This was one POTA entity that I have been waiting for a while to activate from. The land the fort sits on has a long history as a strategic defensive location since the early days of the American Colonies through World War II. Be sure to check out some of the incredible history in the video! 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: FX-4CR SDR HF Transceiver DIRECTLY FROM BG2FX - GET YOUR OWN AT www.bg2fx.com! Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: Shark Antenna S-F15 Hamstick & MFJ 1620T 20M HF Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner Case: Apache 2800 Weatherproof Protective Case (Medium) Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 4.5Ah 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, 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: Fort Monroe National Monument from National Park Service - https://www.nps.gov/fomr/index.htm Fort Monroe Authority - https://fortmonroe.org Fort Monroe on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Monroe -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - 15 Meters 01:26 - EA4TL 02:13 - AE0TO 03:06 - WP4T 03:29 - N5KSS 03:59 - N4ZPD 04:35 - KQ3C 05:05 - KA1EFE 05:47 - KD9RPE 06:15 - KI0EB - P2P 06:48 - VA3CWZ 07:22 - N9EYO - P2P 08:04 - K0KLB 09:15 - KA2ENE 10:00 - KN4OHD 10:45 - KD9DZT 11:16 - The Fighting Eights 11:48 - KE8VMG 12:12 - WW8O 12:36 - K4CVD - P2P 13:11 - NF6P 14:07 - K1NEO 14:46 - KR8P 15:22 - KD2AGW 16:10 - N5VMN 16:38 - KE8OYJ 17:08 - AD0BC - My last contact with Jerry - Tribute at https://youtu.be/vFsv5vwX1TY 17:57 - AB5HN 18:24 - EA1BUL 19:08 - N8VYD 19:34 - VA3LCG 20:10 - KQ4HFL 21:05 - KN4MYZ 21:46 - 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/ . --