POTA From 5 Colonial Parks Where American Won Its Freedom

I activated 5 historic colonial parks where America's independence was won - US-8204 Yorktown National Battlefield in Yorktown, Virginia - and made incredible US & DX contacts! This multi-part Parks On The Air (POTA) adventure captured amazing propagation and unforgettable QSOs. Electrical noise at Yorktown tried to stop me, but... Watch the video and see what happened! Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts! Search for videos of your contacts at https://ve2zdx.com/toolkit/youtube/videos/K3JRZ 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 (with Amazon Affiliate links): Radio: Yaesu FT-891 Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick & Shark Antenna S-F15 Ham Stick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner Backpack: Gigaparts Explorer Modular Backpack System 2.0 - HamRadio 2.0 Special Limited Edition Coax Cables: ABR Industries 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 - https://amzn.to/40LozWJ External Microphone: DJI Mic 2 - https://amzn.to/48GXPLW Camera: iPhone 17 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 - https://amzn.to/45lY23O Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Portable Fan Rechargeable, 20000mAh Cordless Battery Powered Fan - https://amzn.to/4klpHaD Other items used: RJ45 Extension Cable (forFT-891 mic) - https://amzn.to/4f2ZlJq Domke 722-19U F-34 19-Inch Protective Wrap (Blue) (Used for mAT-30) - https://amzn.to/4eUlVnb Domke F-34L 19-Inch Protective Wrap -Red (Used for 891) - https://amzn.to/3GDJS5L iPad Pro sleeve and various pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) - https://www.originalsoegear.com or https://www.soetacticalgear.com -- 💚 Support the Channel 💚 Please like 👍 & subscribe ✅ and click the bell 🔔 for notifications of new videos! Don't forget to leave a comment 📜! 🎊 Become a Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/@K3JRZOnTheAir/join *NEW* 👕 K3JRZ Merch Store: https://k3jrz.myspreadshop.com ☕️ Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ 🅿️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/K3JRZ 🛒 Shop on Amazon & Support me! Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/4nV1gn3 📡 Alpha Antenna Affiliate Link: https://www.alphaantenna.com/?aff=49 Connect with me on: ✖️🐦 X/Twitter at https://twitter.com/k3jrz 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k3jrz/ 📓 Threads: https://www.threads.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: Yorktown National Battlefield: https://www.nps.gov/york/ Colonial National Historical Park on NPS: https://www.nps.gov/colo/ Colonial National Historical Park on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_National_Historical_Park Colonial National Parkway: https://www.nps.gov/colo/parkway.htm Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail on NPS: https://www.nps.gov/waro/ Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail on W3R: https://w3r-us.org Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: https://www.nps.gov/cajo/ Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail - https://dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/yorktown-battlefield-a-unit-of-colonial-national-historical-park/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:31 - KG5LRB - P2P 02:50 - HJ5LVR 03:05 - K5CIP - P2P 03:27 - EA4TL 03:49 - N0RCP - P2P 04:38 - KE5YYC 05:08 - W5SZS 05:49 - KC6ZBE 06:32 - W5VYC 07:16 - WA5Z 07:47 - KF0VCX 08:21 - VE9C - P2P 09:19 - W7HFV - P2P 10:30 - Check Check 10:42 - DF2GN - P2P 11:49 - KF0JW 12:14 - KE5YYC 12:39 - EA1BUL 13:24 - Outro -- -- #pota #parksontheair #amateurradio #hamradio