Riding the Short Bus POTA Activation

I finally got the chance to meet up with KE5NJ and his Radio Bus for a Parks On The Air (POTA) @ParksOnTheAir activation at K-7648 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Conservation Area @delawarednrec (South Lums Parking Area) in Bear, Delaware on Saturday, July 08, 2023. Look for more videos about the KE5NJ Radio Bus coming in the future. Other videos with KE5NJ & his WANCO generator/light/antenna tower: K-7648 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Conservation Area: https://youtu.be/p1LHBruUmy4 K-7653 - Woodland Beach State Wildlife Area: https://youtu.be/HWbgHw-PugE K-1733 - Cape Henlopen State Park: https://youtu.be/hgoPV5OA8FM 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: Yaesu FTDX10 @YaesuUSAOfficial Antenna: KE5NJ's Multiband vVertical Antenna 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: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini 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 Mini Pack, Large Tool Bag, iPad Pro sleeve and various pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) @SOEtacticalgear - https://www.originalsoegear.com or https://www.soetacticalgear.com Hat & shorts from Kitanica @KitanicaUSA - https://kitanica.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: DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area overview: https://bit.ly/3fFth1q DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area (entire map): https://bit.ly/3qSlEtB Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal Michael N. Castle Trail - https://delawaregreenways.org/trail/michael-n-castle-c-d-canal-trail/ -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - AD4JX 01:52 - KE4ZUN 02:26 - N9FUE 02:54 - KR8P 03:25 - AB8LL 03:54 - KD4FTN 04:35 - W5SWX 05:42 - KE8RZS 06:20 - W4XED 06:45 - VA3WP - P2P 07:28 - K8SKP 08:28 - K8AA 09:32 - KM5RF 09:56 - KI4TGV 10:33 - VE1SK - P2P 11:52 - 10 Meters 12:02 - VE9GCS 12:40 - 15 Meters again 12:48 - KO4OL 13:25 - AB8LL 13:59 - 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/ . --