"Go to 17m," He Said... at the POTA Activation

Back at K-1741 Lums Pond State Park for another @ParksOnTheAir activation on a warm Sunday, March 05, 2023. It was the weekend of the ARRL International DX contest on SSB and to avoid the contest traffic, I hopped on 12m and 17m. Luckily there was plenty of activity on those bands to make me happy. 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: Shark Antenna S-F12 Ham Stick & MFJ 1617T 17m HF Stick 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: 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, Pullover Hoodie, 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 -- 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 - ///crashed.influencing.flamed https://w3w.co/crashed.influencing.flamed Delaware State Parks: @DelawareStateParks17 https://www.destateparks.com/PondsRivers/LumsPond Lums Pond State Park on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lums_Pond_State_Park -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - KJ6ER - P2P 02:26 - KE4LJH 04:00 - N5VOF - P2P 05:01 - KE0N - P2P 05:45 - K7IDX 06:24 - N5HOG 06:44 - K0KLB - https://www.youtube.com/@hamradioqrp-k0klb 07:24 - KY4YL 07:50 - AG4HG 08:18 - WA7RAR 08:54 - EA4TL 09:48 - N4FZ 10:24 - KG9JP 10:59 - N5KGY 11:21 - N8COM 12:22 - KE4PTP 12:53 - N9JFZ - P2P 13:44 - KI5GTB - P2P 14:34 - K4GDS/AG - P2P 16:02 - AK4RJ 16:31 - KC9BHE 17:02 - AD4JX 17:38 - N9RON 17:59 - NI4MX 18:25 - WA4JA 19:02 - N7HDD 19:28 - K8ROY 19:55 - KF0CGP 20:28 - KD9QVW - P2P 21:09 - W4RLS - P2P 22:13 - KF8IV - P2P 23:00 - K8MRD - P2P - https://www.youtube.com/@K8MRD 23:43 - 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/ . --