In The Majestic Blackbird State Forest

On the sunny afternoon of Sunday, August 27, 2023, I grabbed some lunch at Willey Farms @willeyfarmsTownsend and headed for the shade of K-4609 Blackbird State Forest outside of Smyrna, Delaware for another Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation. Thank you to all of the hunters and POTA activators for the contacts during this 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: FX-4CR SDR HF Transceiver DIRECTLY FROM BG2FX - GET YOUR OWN AT www.bg2fx.com! Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod Antenna: MFJ 1640T 40M HF Stick & MFJ 1620T 20M HF Stick Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 9Ah LFP Battery Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI Camera: iPhone 14 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, T-shirt, iPad Pro sleeve and other bags/pouches from Special Operations Equipment @SOEtacticalgear (SOE) - https://www.originalsoegear.com or https://www.soetacticalgear.com Range shorts from Kitanica @KitanicaUSA - https://kitanica.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: Delaware State Forests: https://agriculture.delaware.gov/forest-service/state-forests/ Blackbord State Forest on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_State_Forest Blackbird State Forests Tracts map: https://agriculture.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2023/01/Blackbird-State-Forest-Map-2023.pdf -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:56 - W4XCO 02:40 - N1NQU - P2P 03:38 - KC4BB - P2P 04:26 - KE8CUG 05:07 - K4ABX 06:15 - N4SAX 06:49 - VE9CZ 07:18 - KQ4CQA 07:55 - N4RDJ 08:25 - N0WKP - P2P 09:37 - K0WML - P2P 10:43 - WA4JA 11:13 - N2UZK 11:46 - WA4CB 12:27 - K4FTV 12:53 - W4RNO 13:17 - KM5RF 13:49 - KO4NLL 14:14 - N9KOJ 14:54 - W9EMM 15:25 - KQ4FWO 15:54 - KC3JAS - P2P 16:41 - 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/ . --