Strange Band Conditions Make a Tough POTA Activation

Not all Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activations are easy or quick. Band conditions and space weather can be one thing that makes activations tough sometimes. When things get tough, PUSH ON! Keep going forward. Accomplish the task & finish your goal. This POTA activation is from US-1743 White Clay Creek State Park @DelawareStateParks17 US-0898 White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River @NationalParkService in Newark, Delaware at the Carpenter Recreation Area location (this location is not a 3fer, just a 2fer). Watch the video to see everything that happened! 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 1620T 20M & 1624T 40M HF Sticks Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner Coax Cables: ABR Industries @ABRindCoax N9SAB's 1:1 QRP Nano Dipole Balun/Choke for Common Mode Currents/Noise Reduction Gen II - http://bit.ly/3UEy9Zf 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 Lavalier @DJI Camera: iPhone 15 Pro Max Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging) Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo") 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 Range 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: ✖️🐦 X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/k3jrz 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.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: White Clay Creek State Park - https://destateparks.com/whiteclaycreek White Clay Creek State Park Map - https://destateparks.com/wwwroot/maps/white-clay-creek/WhiteClayCreekMap.pdf White Clay Creek State Park on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Clay_Creek_State_Park White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - http://whiteclay.org Map of White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ff42a57d0aae43c49a88daee0e353142 NPS' National Wild and Scenic Rivers program - https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1912/index.htm Article from the NPS on the White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/white-clay-creek-wild-and-scenic-river.htm White Clay Creek on Rivers.gov (National Wild & Scenic River System) - https://www.rivers.gov/rivers/white-clay.php -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:34 - KG4VET - P2P 03:07 - AB8WN - P2P 04:22 - KB8OGP - P2P 05:04 - Kilo Lima Bravo 05:21 - KC4DSV - P2P 06:51 - KE0OFI 08:08 - WA9TMU 08:40 - WB8S - P2P 09:16 - W8JDZ 09:59 - KO4UVO 10:54 - N3APC - P2P 13:04 - KB2TDT - P2P 14:12 - Recap/Outro -- I am not affiliated administratively with the Parks On The Air organization, but a happy participant in the POTA program. SEE LINKS ABOVE FOR MORE INFO. --