The perfect storm! Will this be my first FAILED activation?

What happens when a solar flare and a thunderstorm meet at the same time? Subscribe be part of my 2000 Subscriber Giveaway! https://tinyurl.com/42cvrd7v Space weather and our terrestrial weather are both ever-changing, especially during a very active solar cycle and the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere. I went to a new location that I haven't visited yet for this Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation from US-1743 White Clay Creek State Park @DelawareStateParks17 and US-0898 White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River @NationalParkService in Newark, Delaware. Watch the video to see what happens when two storms meet! 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: Buddistick Pro Deluse and MFJ 1620T 20m 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 & hat 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 01:27 - N4CPR 01:59 - Relocated 02:18 - KQ4NGE 03:00 - KD9DZT 03:31 - KI5GTR 04:01 - VE1MY 04:39 - KQ4IDF 05:24 - SM3NRY 06:07 - WX4WKY 06:58 - A storm is coming 07:29 - IZ4FCB 08:37 - W9APE 09:34 - 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. --