Massive Morning DX Fun & Still Avoiding the Contest in Virginia

After spending the weekend in Virginia, I stopped at US-3994 Mockhorn Island Wildlife Management Area @VirginiaDWR at the GATR tract (it is also a location for US-9935 the Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail), just north of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, at the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, for a Parks On The Air (POTA) activation on Sunday, March 30, 2025. With the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest still going on, I jumped back on 12 & 17 meters. Who needs contests when you get this happening! 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 Backpack: Gigaparts Explorer Modular Backpack System 2.0 - HamRadio 2.0 Special Limited Edition @GigaPartsHuntsville 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") Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod 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 LOCATION INFO: Mockhorn Island Wildlife Management Area on Virginia DWR: https://dwr.virginia.gov/wma/mockhorn-island/ Mockhorn Island Wildlife Management Area on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockhorn_Island_Wildlife_Management_Area Mockhorn Island Wildlife Management Area @ Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail: https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/mockhorn-island-wildlife-management-area/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 01:33 - KF0IHL 02:16 - SM2SUM 02:54 - DL1GZH 03:55 - MI5AFK 04:42 - SM3NRY 05:20 - AG5YL 05:59 - N1CBM 06:32 - F4ILH 07:32 - AE5DS 08:10 - W7FWH 08:57 - EA1BUL 09:23 - KF0AUS 10:08 - M7CUW - P2P 11:23 - KP4FL 12:50 - IZ2LSC/P - P2P 14:28 - Recap/Outro -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --