Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
For this Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation we adventure onto the newly added K-9881 Pomeroy and Newark Rail Trail National Recreation Trail that goes into K-1743 White Clay Creek State Park @DelawareStateParks17 and K-0898 White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River @USInterior @NationalParkService in Newark, Delaware on a chilly Thursday, October 19, 2023. Being on the trail itself makes this activation a 3-fer. HOT DOG!
Thank you to all of the hunters and POTA activators for the contacts during this activation!
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: 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 HF Stick
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 9Ah LFP Battery
Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod @ubeesize9784
External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging)
Logging App: HAMRS - https://hamrs.app
Tumbler: RTIC 30 oz Insulated Tumbler @RTICOutdoors
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag
Expedition Hoodie, iPad Pro sleeve, Large Tool bag and other bags/pouches from Special Operations Equipment @SOEtacticalgear (SOE) - originalsoegear.com or soetacticalgear.com
3D PRINTED QR CODE PLAQUES - EMAIL Jess N4JAH via QRZ.com
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Parks On The Air - parksontheair.com
Parks On The Air Facebook group - facebook.com/groups/parksontheair
Parks On The Air Slack group - parksontheair.slack.com
Parks On The Air spotting/stats/awards/and more site - https://pota.app
LOCATION INFO:
White Clay Creek State Park - destateparks.com/whiteclaycreek
White Clay Creek State Park Map - destateparks.com/wwwroot/maps/white-clay-creek/WhiteClayCreekMap.pdf
White Clay Creek State Park on Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Clay_Creek_State_Park
White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - whiteclay.org
Map of White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - nps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ff42a57d0aae43c49a88daee0e353142
NPS' National Wild and Scenic Rivers program - nps.gov/orgs/1912/index.htm
Article from the NPS on the White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - nps.gov/articles/000/white-clay-creek-wild-and-scenic-river.htm
White Clay Creek on Rivers.gov (National Wild & Scenic River System) - rivers.gov/rivers/white-clay.php
Pomeroy and Newark Rail Trail: americantrails.org/resources/pomeroy-and-newark-rail-trail
Delaware Greenways: delawaregreenways.org/trail/pomeroy-trail
Pomeroy and Newark Railroad on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeroy_and_Newark_Railroad
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - N4CWB
01:45 - W1ARR
02:06 - N5SLY & W5R
02:29 - KE8VOX
02:53 - K9ICP
03:10 - WA2SLH
03:31 - WS8O
03:55 - K1LY
04:24 - K8HQ
04:59 - VE1RAE
05:40 - KD9VUW - P2P
06:24 - KY4DH
06:56 - 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 .
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For this Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation we adventure onto the newly added K-9881 Pomeroy and Newark Rail Trail National Recreation Trail that goes into K-1743 White Clay Creek State Park @DelawareStateParks17 and K-0898 White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River @USInterior @NationalParkService in Newark, Delaware on a chilly Thursday, October 19, 2023. Being on the trail itself makes this activation a 3-fer. HOT DOG!
Thank you to all of the hunters and POTA activators for the contacts during this activation!
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: 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 HF Stick
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-10 Automatic Tuner
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 9Ah LFP Battery
Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod @ubeesize9784
External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging)
Logging App: HAMRS - https://hamrs.app
Tumbler: RTIC 30 oz Insulated Tumbler @RTICOutdoors
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag
Expedition Hoodie, iPad Pro sleeve, Large Tool bag and other bags/pouches from Special Operations Equipment @SOEtacticalgear (SOE) - originalsoegear.com or 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: buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ
🅿️ Patreon: patreon.com/K3JRZ
Connect with me on:
✖️🐦 X/Twitter at twitter.com/k3jrz
🦣 Mastodon at https://mastodon.hams.social/@K3JRZ
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Parks On The Air - parksontheair.com
Parks On The Air Facebook group - facebook.com/groups/parksontheair
Parks On The Air Slack group - parksontheair.slack.com
Parks On The Air spotting/stats/awards/and more site - https://pota.app
LOCATION INFO:
White Clay Creek State Park - destateparks.com/whiteclaycreek
White Clay Creek State Park Map - destateparks.com/wwwroot/maps/white-clay-creek/WhiteClayCreekMap.pdf
White Clay Creek State Park on Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Clay_Creek_State_Park
White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - whiteclay.org
Map of White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - nps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ff42a57d0aae43c49a88daee0e353142
NPS' National Wild and Scenic Rivers program - nps.gov/orgs/1912/index.htm
Article from the NPS on the White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River - nps.gov/articles/000/white-clay-creek-wild-and-scenic-river.htm
White Clay Creek on Rivers.gov (National Wild & Scenic River System) - rivers.gov/rivers/white-clay.php
Pomeroy and Newark Rail Trail: americantrails.org/resources/pomeroy-and-newark-rail-trail
Delaware Greenways: delawaregreenways.org/trail/pomeroy-trail
Pomeroy and Newark Railroad on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeroy_and_Newark_Railroad
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
--
CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - N4CWB
01:45 - W1ARR
02:06 - N5SLY & W5R
02:29 - KE8VOX
02:53 - K9ICP
03:10 - WA2SLH
03:31 - WS8O
03:55 - K1LY
04:24 - K8HQ
04:59 - VE1RAE
05:40 - KD9VUW - P2P
06:24 - KY4DH
06:56 - 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 .
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