I Made a BIG Mistake for this Activation

Friday, March 28, 2025, brought another trip down to Virginia Beach and this time I planned to stop at US-9962 Doe Creek Wildlife Management Area @VirginiaDWR, near Onancock, Virginia, for my first Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation while traveling south. Every time one goes out to do an activation, you learn something and this case was NO EXCEPTION to that. Watch the video to find out 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: Yaesu FT-891 @YaesuUSAOfficial CAGE: Armoloq TPA-891B Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M & 1620T 20M HF Sticks 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") @Ham2KApps 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: Doe Creek Wildlife Management Area @ Virginia DWR - https://dwr.virginia.gov/wma/doe-creek/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:28 - New Hardware 01:50 - KJ5FWP 03:03 - K3IV 03:24 - WW3K 03:52 - KC5OQN 04:27 - KJ5BOG 05:01 - KQ4BUE - P2P 05:49 - KC3SJ - P2P 06:50 - W0BTS - P2P 08:03 - KC9RBL - P2P 08:23 - KA6NEI - P2P 08:54 - W9TPJ - P2P 10:30 - KJ5FZP - P2P 11:32 - KD0B - P2P 12:32 - Outro/Recap -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --