After finally getting several high priority tasks completed, I made my way out to US-1741 Lums Pond State Park @DelawareStateParks17 for my 42nd activation at the park on Saturday, August 24, 2024. The bands were crowded with multiple state QSO parties going on, so it should be a good time for a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation with my FX-4CR SDR transceiver... but sometimes you just need more than 5W of power to complete the activation.
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!
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: 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 - 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
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) - www.originalsoegear.com or www.soetacticalgear.com
Range Shorts from Kitanica @KitanicaUSA kitanica.com
3D PRINTED QR CODE PLAQUES - EMAIL Jess N4JAH via QRZ.com
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Parks On The Air spotting/stats/awards/and more site: pota.app
Parks On The Air: parksontheair.com
Parks On The Air Facebook group: groups/parksontheair/
Parks On The Air Slack group: parksontheair.slack.com
LOCATION INFO:
Delaware State Parks: www.destateparks.com/PondsRivers/LumsPond
Lums Pond State Park on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lums_Pond_State_Park
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:01 - K2ORC
01:58 - K3DI - P2P
02:36 - K0U
03:23 - N4MMP
03:57 - KO4OZOG
04:33 - WD0OM - P2P
05:19 - N4RDJ
05:44 - N0OZZ
06:49 - VE9CF
07:27 - SQ3SHI
08:25 - KF4VJE
09:13 - Recap/Outro
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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 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 parksontheair.com/faq/ .
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3 сен 2024
