After getting some free time On Saturday, October 05, 2024, I was able to get to US-1737 Fort DuPont State Park, in Delaware City, Delaware, for another Parks On The Air (POTA) activation. 10 meters had been wide open for the past 2 or 3 days and I wanted a piece of that action. Again I wanted some more power so I set the power of my FX-4CR SDR transceiver to 20 Watts and got on the air. Watch the video to see what happened.
*PART 2 of my 10/05/2024 US-1737 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
Antenna: Shark Antenna S-F15 Ham Stick, MFJ 1620T 20M & MFJ 1610T 10M HF Sticks
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner
Coax Cables: ABR Industries
Connectors & Adapters: American Radio Supply
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
Camera: iPhone 16 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
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag
Hat from GearForeverDesigns on Etsy - www.etsy.com/shop/GearForeverDesigns
Large Tool Bag, iPad Pro sleeve and various pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) - www.originalsoegear.com or www.soetacticalgear.com
Range Shorts from Kitanica: kitanica.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: www.buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ
🅿️ Patreon: www.patreon.com/K3JRZ
Connect with me on:
✖️🐦 X/Twitter at k3jrz
📸 Instagram: k3jrz
--
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/History/FortDupont
Fort DuPont on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_DuPont
Delaware City on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City,_Delaware
Delaware City Historic District on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City_Historic_District
Delaware City History: www.delawarecity.com/history/
Delaware City Day: delawarecityday.com
K0KLB's Inverted V Fan Dipole video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JwiVbWsMsbw.html
--
MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
--
CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - N7ELL
02:24 - K6MMM
03:42 - W8SH
04:57 - KI4YGV
05:25 - N4BDW
06:15 - K3RTA - P2P
07:02 - UT5PI
07:40 - AC8SB
08:13 - K4DSX
08:33 - K0KLB
10:01 - N7AAX - P2P
11:07 - M1GRY - P2P
11:19 - 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 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/ .
--
14 окт 2024
