When Space Weather Hits, Just Get On The Air!

Sometimes you still need to go out and do a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation despite the space weather. You won't know what happens up you get yourself on the air and start calling CQ. So I Sunday morning, May 25, 2025 I heading down to US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area @delawarednrec at the Biddle Point trailhead. I didn't know what the bands would have in store for me, but I wanted to get on the air! 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: Yaesu FT-891 @YaesuUSAOfficial Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1640T 40M & 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 @GigaPartsHuntsville Coax Cables: ABR Industries @ABRindCoax 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 @ubeesize9784 External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI 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 @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 📸 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 00:29 - KC2QVD - P2P 01:20 - N1CMD 02:20 - KA1WPM 02:42 - K8GQ - P2P 03:23 - W3JRG - P2P 04:18 - Someone being nice 04:35 - AA1SL 05:06 - KK7LCA 05:51 - KB4LOA - P2P 06:37 - KD9YAZ 06:52 - KS4S 07:07 - KN4ODH 07:23 - N2XQ 07:34 - WB9VVH 07:46 - N4BDW 08:15 - KR4XG 08:34 - K4VZX 09:04 - W4MTO 09:32 - K5KAZ - P2P 10:09 - K3SDM - P2P 11:06 - WI0M 11:36 - K0KWH - P2P 12:28 - KQ4REL 12:43 - K4MOD 12:52 - WA4SWF 13:09 - KE9AKI 13:25 - W5AAQ 13:42 - N6JDH 13:53 - KG5LRB - P2P 14:26 - KC9HEQ 14:38 - K5DRG - P2P 15:16 - WA9UGP - P2P 16:13 - KC2QVD - P2P 16:57 - N5MCY - P2P 17:49 - Recap/Outro -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. --