Will attempt #2 to activate be another FAILURE?

For the second day in a row, I headed out to US-11809 Becks Pond State Fishing Lake, in southern Newark, Delaware on Sunday, August 25, 2024, to attempt my Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation from there. With my amazing FX-4CR SDR transceiver I was awaiting what the bands would have in store for me this day. Second day in a row? Yes. Watch the video to see what happened on the first day. 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: FX-4CR SDR HF Transceiver DIRECTLY FROM BG2FX - GET YOUR OWN AT http://www.bg2fx.com! Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20M, MFJ 1610T 10M & MFJ 1640T 40M 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 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’s Public Freshwater Fishing Ponds (DNREC) - https://dnrec.delaware.gov/fish-wildlife/fishing-ponds/ Becks Pond - Delaware Pond Maps (DNREC) - https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/d59b72d092604ae2943da0f8e71387fc/page/Pond-Maps/?views=Becks-Pond Becks Pond - Norrik Fishing - https://norrik.com/fishing-spots/delaware/becks-pond/ -- MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -- CONTACT TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - AE0YK 02:28 - WA6URY 03:53 - SM3NRY 04:31 - KI5ZLF 05:05 - N4BUN 05:58 - EA1AF 06:34 - KI5MM 06:59 - KJ7LAE 07:45 - WA7RAR - P2P 09:04 - W6AFA 09:27 - W6PUG - P2P 11:09 - N0N 11:40 - M1GRY - P2P 11:53 - NW9F - P2P 12:58 - KD9WNY - P2P 13:31 - KE9BAH - P2P 14:40 - 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/ . --