We Attempted a P2P with Alaska and This Happened

Some Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activations have goals that the activator wants to accomplish. This was one such activation. The intent was to have a Park to Park QSO with Jeramy KL7EC in Alaska as he needs to hunt a park in Delaware and I need to hunt a park in Alaska. So with that as the goal for Sunday, April 02, 2023, I set out to K-1737 Fort DuPont State Park @DelawareStateParks17 in Delaware City, Delaware and Jeramy KL7EC set out this his park of choice. Was this goal achieved? What else happened? Watch and find out! Jeramy's video of his activation: https://youtu.be/QTZiIn2Yqz0 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: Yaesu FTDX10 Case: Apache 4800 from Harbor Freight Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick & MFJ 1620T 20m FHF Stick Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 30Ah LFP Battery (PVC, BLF-1230A) 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 14 Pro Max Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging) Logging App: HAMRS - https://hamrs.app Tray: ENRICH UP Car Steering Wheel Premium Tray Tumbler: IRON °FLASK Rover Tumbler 2.0 - 32 Oz Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag Large Tool Bag, iPad Pro sleeve, miscellaneous pouches & bags and Combat Cock 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 -- Please like & subscribe if you enjoyed the video and click the bell for notifications of new videos! Don't forget to leave a comment also to tell me what you thought of this video & activation! BUY ME A COFFEE!!! (Better for creators than Patreon) If you wish, you can help support the channel at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ . Already on PATREON? You can help support the channel at https://www.patreon.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: What3Words.com: ///cartoons.calling.prove https://what3words.com/cartoons.calling.prove Delaware State Parks: https://www.destateparks.com/History/FortDupont Fort DuPont on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_DuPont -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - CT1ERY 02:11 - WP4JLZ 03:08 - NB0X 03:35 - WY0X 03:57 - K9DHC 05:53 - Texting Jeramy 06:09 - N5BTS 06:46 - WT0RJ 07:32 - WK0N 08:02 - VA6IRE 08:38 - Intermission 08:52 - AA5JF 09:40 - KD9MAK 10:25 - W9XAN 11:28 - K04WTG 12:10 - KD9VUK 12:44 - N4KGL 14:03 - EA2EZ 14:55 - EA4TL 15:44 - K0KST 16:14 - KD8OCW / Start of DXer Breaking DX CoC 16:41 - Breaking the DX Code of Conduct 17:03 - DX Code of Conduct Time 17:37 - W8DKC 18:28 - AJ4MY 19:24 - KD9DZT 20:21 - Where’s Jeramy? 20:31 - CQ Jeramy 20:50 - VE1PVH 21:19 - K3SDM 22:33 - K4EPH 23:09 - Calling KL7EC. Can you hear me? 23:23 - Recap / Outro Extra footage @ ??:?? -- 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/ . --