Last Minute Late Shift

After getting all of my errands and chores done on Sunday, June 18, 2023, I headed out to K-1741 Lums Pond State Park@DelawareStateParks17 in Bear, Delaware, for a quick Parks On The Air (POTA) @ParksOnTheAir LATE SHIFT activation! I made a quick dinner, packed up my gear and headed out. Thank you to all of the hunters and POTA activators for the contacts. 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 @YaesuUSAOfficial Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20m HF Stick #& MFJ 1640T 40m 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 @DJI 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 T-Shirt, Deployable Tourniquet Pouch, Large Tool Bag, 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 -- 💚 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 Mastodon at https://mastodon.radio/@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 Parks: 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 00:54 - N5TXK 01:32 - KI5UBT 02:06 - KC3NQB 02:59 - KD9GOD 03:27 - KD9VUK 03:53 - VA3KBW 04:23 - KD2WLN - P2P 05:05 - KE5ILU 05:45 - VE3VJK 06:38 - WA7RAR 07:13 - KK4VRR 07:57 - N4LEQ 08:29 - VE2YJ 08:51 - KW4SAB 09:22 - W4NIC 09:49 - KC3RGV - P2P 10:34 - K6FRJ 11:35 - N0VYU 12:31 - K0OE 13:17 - AD0BC 13:43 - KC5MJE 14:05 - KQ4HFL 15:16 - N0GDB 15:45 - W0AEZ 16:29 - Pack Up/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/ . --