The FX-4CR at Blackbird Creek Reserve

On a warm Saturday, December 02, 2023, I went to K-9891 Blackbird Creek Reserve @delawarednrec in Townsend, Delaware. After I took my two dogs for a walk I got on the air with my awesome FX-4CR SDR transceiver for another Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation. 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 & Shark Antenna S-F15 Hamstick Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner 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: Blackbird Creek Reserve - https://dnrec.delaware.gov/coastal-programs/research-reserve/blackbird-creek/ Blackbird Creek Reserve DNREC Map - https://dnrec.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f1e51517c01f44ebb1415c20dc5b1b70 Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve - https://dnrec.delaware.gov/coastal-programs/research-reserve/ Blackbird Creek on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_Creek_(Delaware) National Estuarine Research Reserves - https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/ -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - 10 Meters 01:24 - N7HDD 02:08 - AC0KB 02:55 - K2HVN 04:53 - N5WQ 05:21 - K7PRA 05:52 - Halfway there 06:04 - K5WRE 06:40 - W5LIC 07:14 - KI5RLZ 07:41 - KO4FHS 08:35 - KG5CIK 09:08 - KJ7JJT 10:02 - KE8QLG 10:33 - KJ5SO 11:35 - KI5ZDQ 12:28 - 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/ . --