How Short 20m Can Be - On the Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail

After activating Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area (near Carrollton, Virginia) and after lunch, on Saturday, November 09, 2024, I weighed my options for the rest of the day. Due to Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources' (DWR) @VirginiaDWR lack of support for iOS devices for online purchases, I decided to hit a close location to where I was staying in Virginia. I went to Stumpy Lake Natural Area @VirginiaBeachNOW, where US-9935 Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail passes through, for another Parks On The Air (POTA) activation. Watch the video to see what happened. 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 http://www.bg2fx.com! Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20M HF Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner Coax Cables: ABR Industries @ABRindCoax N9SAB's 1:1 QRP Nano Dipole Balun/Choke for Common Mode Currents/Noise Reduction Gen II - http://bit.ly/3UEy9Zf 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 Lavalier @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: RTIC 30 oz Insulated Tumbler Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Hat from GearForeverDesigns on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/GearForeverDesigns 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 📸 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: Stumpy Lake Natural Area from Virginia DWR: https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/stumpy-lake-natural-area/ Stumpy Lake Natural Area from City of Virginia Beach: https://parks.virginiabeach.gov/outdoors/city-parks/stumpy-lake-natural-area Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail (VBWT) from Virginia DWR: https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/ VBWT Costal Region/Seashore to Cypress from VA DWR: https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/coastal-trail/CSY/ -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:45 - KA9YHJ - P2P 02:49 - KA9ZLR - P2P 03:50 - KZ4CP 04:21 - K1NEO 04:55 - W2OHR 05:37 - K4JHN 05:59 - N9XC 06:49 - WB9VVH 07:40 - KQ4AHO 08:05 - W8FWH 08:48 - N4CPR 09:19 - W8KNX 09:44 - KO4KVS 10:25 - KO4ESS 11:09 - N5SRC 11:35 - AI4BN 12:03 - W0YKS - P2P 13:29 - W1WC - P2P 14:22 - KM4QNA - P2P 14:43 - KD8PZU - P2P 15:04 - 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/ . --