Getting an EXTRA Portion of 20 Meters

With the day off work for Presidents Day, Monday, February 17, 2025, I headed out to US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area at Biddle Point for another Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation to take advantage of the day. After finally getting my Amateur Extra license, I also wanted to talk in the Extra porton of the bands that have that. Why? Because I can. 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 Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20M HF Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner 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") Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Large Tool Bag, Mini Pack, Grocery 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 📸 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: DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area overview: https://bit.ly/3fFth1q 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 Michael N. Castle Trail - https://delawaregreenways.org/trail/michael-n-castle-c-d-canal-trail/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - W9APS - P2P 01:06 - KC3YQC - P2P 01:51 - N4RDJ 02:23 - KE4QCY 02:59 - N3LOU 03:12 - KD9VXO 03:19 - KK4TE 03:33 - VA3DVY 03:40 - AD8MS 03:54 - N1MHV 04:01 - WD3D 04:29 - W8JDE 04:38 - K9ICP 05:03 - VE1BQC 05:14 - KF4KYX 05:23 - KF4ZUN 05:31 - WD8OMX 05:41 - N1RKB 05:48 - KE8UU 05:54 - WB8MIW 06:04 - KA4TLC 06:11 - WX4JEL 06:17 - KB1ASM 06:25 - AC5O 06:45 - V33PTA 06:54 - WB1EVU 07:02 - KE4LPL - P2P 07:09 - KO4UTH - P2P 07:17 - K8NEE 07:24 - VE2DDQ 07:36 - VA3EBM 07:45 - AG5H - P2P 08:10 - KF4JM 08:16 - F4ILH 08:52 - KB8SRN 09:00 - VA3CRL 09:09 - W8NI 10:00 - KF8CIZ 10:08 - KB0NVR 10:14 - N4TII 10:23 - IZ5ILF 10:48 - Recap/Outro -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --