The One Thing I Forgot to Do - Don't Make This Mistake

Sometimes Parks On The Air (POTA) activations don’t go as planned. There are things that are *out* of our control and then there are things that are *in* our control. While attempting to get a Kilo at US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area at the Biddle Point trailhead, on Saturday, June 07, 2025, something happened and it was *IN* my control. Watch and see what did happen. Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts! 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 FT-891 Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20M HF Sticks 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 External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit Camera: iPhone 16 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 Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag iPad Pro sleeve and various pouches from Special Operations Equipment (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 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.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: 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/ -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - M1GRY - P2P 02:52 - K3M0T 03:29 - KG2MM 03:59 - KD9DZT 04:44 - WY0R - P2P 05:33 - WD0EDJ 06:03 - KD9KJC 06:31 - AA1SL 06:58 - AC3DH 07:31 - KOKLB 07:52 - K0OE - P2P 08:42 - Noise Source 08:55 - N0JTG 09:25 - WO0Z 10:17 - N1NQU 10:56 - KP4YAT 11:38 - N5VMN 12:03 - ON3EMT 12:37 - WB9NDG 13:06 - Recap/Outro -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --