Only Revolutionary War Battle in Delaware | POTA Activation

With the pending 4th of July holiday approaching I thought it would be a good idea to do a Parks On The Air (POTA) @ParksOnTheAir activation from a location that has ties to the American Revolutionary War. So on Sunday, July 02, 2023, I decided to go to K-4582 Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail in Newark, Delaware, where it passes the Battle of Cooch's Bridge Battlefield, which is the only battle that was fought in Delaware during the American Revolution. (Unfortunately this location is not a state Park. Why, I have no idea! Come on @DelawareStateParks17! Can we do this?) Unsure if the weather would stay dry during this holiday weekend (as it was raining on & off all weekend), I did this activation later in the day when it was clear, but the heat and humidity was still persisted. 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 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.hams.social/@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: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route - National Park Service - https://www.nps.gov/waro/index.htm The National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association - https://w3r-us.org Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington–Rochambeau_Revolutionary_Route Battle of Cooch's Bridge on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cooch%27s_Bridge -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 02:07 - KO4GAR - P2P 02:57 - KD9DZT - P2P 03:44 - KB5UWS - P2P 04:31 - Activate 04:43 - NOXMD 05:39 - HI8MA 06:11 - N0JNM 06:45 - W4XED 07:19 - VE3NEP 07:48 - KO4ZRZ 08:22 - EA5CVV 08:55 - KB9KMB 09:43 - VE1RPX 10:10 - N5SLY 10:32 - AD4GG 11:01 - M0LED 11:46 - KJ4WNW 12:11 - VA3DVY 12:47 - KQ4ELE 13:28 - KE2BLB 15:20 - KC4EEL - P2P 15:51 - K9TPT 16:30 - KE8TKY 17:24 - WA2UFD 17:50 - K8ROY 18:21 - K8KSP 18:46 - WW5TX 19:25 - KQ4IZW 19:50 - N0NM 20:15 - KQ4GEW 20:43 - N4RDJ 21:08 - N0ZHD 21:46 - KC1GGA 22:21 - VA3GHB 22:43 - WD4DAN 23:17 - VE3PTA 23:44 - WD9DWT 24:16 - N2QIL 25:02 - VE2OPC 25:40 - Can I call QRZed first? 26:04 - KD8KZC 26:31 - VE3ISE 27:08 - QRT 27:23 - K3CU 27:50 - FINAL QRT 27:58 - 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/ . --