If you like fishing and Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir, make sure you hit some of Delaware's newest POTA entities that include multiple fishing lakes that are run by the State. On Saturday, December 16, 2023, I went down to K-10675 Garrisons Fishing Lake @delawarednrec in Smyrna, Delaware with the FX-4CR SDR transceiver to see how the bands would be. What happened? Watch to find out! Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow 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: FX-4CR SDR HF Transceiver DIRECTLY FROM BG2FX - GET YOUR OWN AT www.bg2fx.com! Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick & MFJ 1640T 40M HF Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner Case: Apache 2800 Weatherproof Protective Case (Medium) Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 4.5Ah LFP Battery Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod @ubeesize9784 External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI Camera: iPhone 15 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, 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 -- 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: Garrisons Fishing Lake Map - https://www.gpsnauticalcharts.com/main/us_de_garrisons_lake-garrisons-lake-nautical-chart.html Garrisons Fishing Lake on Lake-Link - https://www.lake-link.com/delaware-lakes/kent/garrisons-lake/302858/ -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - 10 Meters 01:38 - KJ5CLA 02:22 - WD5JOE 03:15 - W2RVG 03:54 - N3VEJ - P2P 05:04 - N1GNF 05:49 - WA3TVH 06:37 - W1EDX 07:03 - KC3NLT 07:44 - AE4XO 08:16 - K8NIV 09:10 - VA3IMW 09:41 - N1BAM - P2P 10:27 - VE3LBI 10:53 - 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/ . --