Lemur Invasion at the POTA Activation

After a crazy day at work there's nothing like heading out to a local state park and getting on the air to do a Parks On The Air (POTA) @ParksOnTheAir activation! So when the whistle blew on Friday, May 19, 2023, I packed up my gear and headed to K-1741 Lums Pond State Park. @DelawareStateParks17 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 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 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 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 Hat & 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 -- 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: 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 00:55 - KD9DZT - P2P 01:57 - KB4JOY - P2P 02:33 - KT4Q - P2P 04:11 - Let’s Activate! 04:20 - N5SLY 05:02 - KI4PIL 05:35 - KF0LRL 06:13 - N1AWT 06:38 - K4CVD 07:03 - NM5SP 08:19 - WV4AS 08:50 - KB4AHI 09:28 - K2BRO 10:00 - AC9NW 10:30 - KJ7NXV 11:06 - YV1GIY 12:00 - K4UTL 12:27 - AC9YY 12:57 - KO4CHB 13:43 - EA2EVM 14:39 - M0LED 16:05 - ND9Z 17:03 - K9ITW 17:36 - N5PRN 18:18 - KG9NF 18:50 - W6PUG - P2P 19:50 - AE0TL 20:28 - K9JOZ 21:15 - KI5LKS 21:47 - KO4WSW 22:18 - KF0IDT 23:19 - W0MM 23:41 - KN4LPF 24:21 - KC5UXO 25:30 - AJ4RM 25:54 - KB2GCG 26:28 - K9LR 26:59 - WZ4L 27:41 - KB9BMX 28:13 - WA4JA 28:47 - KE8PZN - P2P 29:19 - KH6WI - P2P 29:27 - KD9UDV - P2P 29:35 - K8GQ - P2P 29:53 - 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/ . --