Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
So on Sunday, June 08, 2025, I made sure I charged up my battery and headed back out to US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area @delawarednrec at the Biddle Point trailhead to get my Kilo award (for making 1000 contacts at the entity). Sometimes during a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation there's that one person that turns out to be a sad ham and tries to ruin people's fun, but thanks modern technology, that sad ham can be taken care of! Watch and see what happened on my final push for a Kilo award!
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: Yaesu FT-891 @YaesuUSAOfficial
Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B
Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi
Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20M HF Sticks
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner
Backpack: Gigaparts Explorer Modular Backpack System 2.0 - HamRadio 2.0 Special Limited Edition @GigaPartsHuntsville
Coax Cables: ABR Industries @ABRindCoax
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 30Ah LFP Battery
Battery Box: Powerwerx PWRbox Portable Power Box for 12-40Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Bioenno Batteries
Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod @ubeesize9784
External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI
Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max
Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging)
Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo") @Ham2KApps
Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag
iPad Pro sleeve and various 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 spotting/stats/awards/and more site: https://pota.app
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
LOCATION INFO:
DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area overview: bit.ly/3fFth1q
DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area (entire map): bit.ly/3qSlEtB
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal
Michael N. Castle Trail - delawaregreenways.org/trail/michael-n-castle-c-d-canal-trail
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
00:59 - W8TMB - P2P
02:03 - Is it?
02:16 - K4KTO
02:57 - KQ4QPA
03:24 - KO4ZV
03:55 - AE4XZ
04:19 - KD8WEK
05:02 - Still there?
05:23 - WD8OMX
06:08 - KD4ONB
06:38 - N7MZW
07:13 - KW4LU - P2P
08:00 - NC4DJ
08:27 - N4BDW
08:51 - KE4QCY
09:11 - KQ4YBO
09:31 - AJ4EW
10:01 - KO4FSZ
10:32 - W8VJO
11:17 - KK4SYD
11:41 - W9GPB
12:34 - KY4REX
13:08 - K3MOT
13:43 - Recap/Outro
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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So on Sunday, June 08, 2025, I made sure I charged up my battery and headed back out to US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area @delawarednrec at the Biddle Point trailhead to get my Kilo award (for making 1000 contacts at the entity). Sometimes during a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation there's that one person that turns out to be a sad ham and tries to ruin people's fun, but thanks modern technology, that sad ham can be taken care of! Watch and see what happened on my final push for a Kilo award!
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: Yaesu FT-891 @YaesuUSAOfficial
Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B
Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod @ulanzi
Antenna: MFJ 1620T 20M HF Sticks
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner
Backpack: Gigaparts Explorer Modular Backpack System 2.0 - HamRadio 2.0 Special Limited Edition @GigaPartsHuntsville
Coax Cables: ABR Industries @ABRindCoax
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 30Ah LFP Battery
Battery Box: Powerwerx PWRbox Portable Power Box for 12-40Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Bioenno Batteries
Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod @ubeesize9784
External Microphone: DJI Mic Kit @DJI
Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max
Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging)
Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo") @Ham2KApps
Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag
iPad Pro sleeve and various 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
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/k3jrz
--
Parks On The Air spotting/stats/awards/and more site: https://pota.app
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
LOCATION INFO:
DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area overview: bit.ly/3fFth1q
DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area (entire map): bit.ly/3qSlEtB
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_%26_Delaware_Canal
Michael N. Castle Trail - delawaregreenways.org/trail/michael-n-castle-c-d-canal-trail
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
00:59 - W8TMB - P2P
02:03 - Is it?
02:16 - K4KTO
02:57 - KQ4QPA
03:24 - KO4ZV
03:55 - AE4XZ
04:19 - KD8WEK
05:02 - Still there?
05:23 - WD8OMX
06:08 - KD4ONB
06:38 - N7MZW
07:13 - KW4LU - P2P
08:00 - NC4DJ
08:27 - N4BDW
08:51 - KE4QCY
09:11 - KQ4YBO
09:31 - AJ4EW
10:01 - KO4FSZ
10:32 - W8VJO
11:17 - KK4SYD
11:41 - W9GPB
12:34 - KY4REX
13:08 - K3MOT
13:43 - Recap/Outro
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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