Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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My fool-proof activation preparation method fails me for the first time. A POTA is spoiled after I get all of my ham radio gear portable into the field and find I'm dead in the water. On to the back-up plan. Cool park anyway!

00:00 - Welcome
00:08 - Theme
00:28 - Travel Montage
01:33 - Introduction
04:41 - Setup
15:09 - Back to the RV Montage
16:21 - Setup #2
20:19 - Radioactive!
32:59 - Wrap-up
33:59 - Outro

Set Up:
Yaesu FT-891
25 watts CW
US Morse Straight Key
Nelson 40-Meter EFHW
DX Commander Expedition
4.5ah Bioenno LiFePO4
15ah Bioenno LiFePO4
N3FJP logging software on 12-volt Gateway Laptop

Music:
"Parisian Garden" by OTE
epidemicsound.com/track/txUKMdthM8

"Rusty Nails" - by Got Happy
epidemicsound.com/track/OUORcm6mpd