The Yaesu FT-891 - I Liked It!

Part 3 of 3 For the past few years I get asked to help out with Boy Scout Troop 85 with their Jamboree On The Air/Jamboree On The Internet (JOTA/JOTI), so on Saturday, October 19, 2024, I met up with them at US-1741 Lums Pond State Park in Bear, Delaware. It was also the Parks On The Air (POTA) Support Your Parks Weekend. After lunch, scout leader Frank W3RMZ and I got on the air while the scouts were off doing some activities. Watch the video to see what happened. 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: Franks Yaesu FT-891 Antenna: Franks Wolf River Coil & Whip (?) Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging) Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo") Water Jug: Corkcicle 64 oz. Series A Sport Jug Hat from GearForeverDesigns on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/GearForeverDesigns Large Tool 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: Delaware State Parks: https://www.destateparks.com/PondsRivers/LumsPond Lums Pond State Park on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lums_Pond_State_Park Jamboree On The Air/Internet from BSA: https://www.scouting.org/international/jota-joti/ Jamboree On The Air from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamboree_on_the_Air Jamboree On The Internet from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamboree_on_the_Internet -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - KC7PW 01:47 - KK7GTQ 02:41 - N5SRC 03:34 - KN4ZVJ 04:27 - KE0WWG - P2P 06:09 - AB2SG - P2P 07:35 - W0BNC - P2P 08:47 - 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/ . --