My First Activation as an Amateur Extra Licensee

After consistent studying for the Amateur Extra exam (US), I felt confident enough to take the exam. So I signed up to take the exam on Saturday, January 25, 2025. I PASSED. The next day (Sunday, January 26, 2025) I went out to get on the airwaves as an Amateur Extra licensee and headed to US-1737 Fort DuPont State Park in Delaware City, Delaware for my a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation. Watch the video to see what happened. Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts! 🔐 DECODE the RED secret word in the video and WIN A PRIZE! 🎁 RULES: 1) There have been hints in every video of mine to what language the secret word is in. 2) Email me (I'm good on QRZ.com) with YOUR answer. 3) There is only ONE WEEK from the video's premiere date to email me the correct secret word and win. 4) The FIRST email I receive with the correct answer wins. 5) AGAIN, you have ONLY ONE WEEK to win. Each contest ends AFTER 1 week after the video premieres. 6) You can only win once. 7) Not following the above rules disqualifies your entry. 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 Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner Coax Cables: ABR Industries @ABRindCoax Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V 30Ah LiFePO4 Battery BLF-1230A PVC 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 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: Delaware State Parks: https://www.destateparks.com/History/FortDupont Fort DuPont on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_DuPont Delaware City on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City,_Delaware Delaware City Historic District on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City_Historic_District Delaware City History: https://www.delawarecity.com/history/ -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - WB5PGX 01:02 - I4JED 01:58 - KC0JRW 02:44 - VE6LK 03:37 - VE6TD 04:11 - K7TZD 04:56 - EA4TL 05:31 - KJ5IQD 06:49 - KB2GCG 07:57 - W1GUU 08:50 - K9SBR - P2P 09:33 - YY5RAO 10:28 - KF0HZN 11:03 - KD2PHN 11:32 - KK7CJV 12:06 - N5PEZ 13:00 - 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. --