Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
I activated 5 historic colonial parks where America's independence was won - US-8204 Yorktown National Battlefield in Yorktown, Virginia - and made incredible US & DX contacts! This multi-part Parks On The Air (POTA) adventure captured amazing propagation and unforgettable QSOs. Electrical noise at Yorktown tried to stop me, but...
Watch the video and see what happened!
Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts!
Search for videos of your contacts at ve2zdx.com/toolkit/youtube/videos/K3JRZ
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 (with Amazon Affiliate links):
Radio: Yaesu FT-891
Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B
Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod
Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick & Shark Antenna S-F15 Ham Stick
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner
Backpack: Gigaparts Explorer Modular Backpack System 2.0 - HamRadio 2.0 Special Limited Edition
Coax Cables: ABR Industries
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 - amzn.to/40LozWJ
External Microphone: DJI Mic 2 - amzn.to/48GXPLW
Camera: iPhone 17 Pro Max
Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging)
Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo")
Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler - amzn.to/45lY23O
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag
Portable Fan Rechargeable, 20000mAh Cordless Battery Powered Fan - amzn.to/4klpHaD
Other items used:
RJ45 Extension Cable (forFT-891 mic) - amzn.to/4f2ZlJq
Domke 722-19U F-34 19-Inch Protective Wrap (Blue) (Used for mAT-30) - amzn.to/4eUlVnb
Domke F-34L 19-Inch Protective Wrap -Red (Used for 891) - amzn.to/3GDJS5L
iPad Pro sleeve and various pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) - originalsoegear.com or soetacticalgear.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:
Yorktown National Battlefield: nps.gov/york
Colonial National Historical Park on NPS: nps.gov/colo
Colonial National Historical Park on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_National_Historical_Park
Colonial National Parkway: nps.gov/colo/parkway.htm
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail on NPS: nps.gov/waro
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail on W3R: w3r-us.org
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: nps.gov/cajo
Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail - dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/yorktown-battlefield-a-unit-of-colonial-national-historical-park
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:31 - KG5LRB - P2P
02:50 - HJ5LVR
03:05 - K5CIP - P2P
03:27 - EA4TL
03:49 - N0RCP - P2P
04:38 - KE5YYC
05:08 - W5SZS
05:49 - KC6ZBE
06:32 - W5VYC
07:16 - WA5Z
07:47 - KF0VCX
08:21 - VE9C - P2P
09:19 - W7HFV - P2P
10:30 - Check Check
10:42 - DF2GN - P2P
11:49 - KF0JW
12:14 - KE5YYC
12:39 - EA1BUL
13:24 - Outro
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#pota #parksontheair #amateurradio #hamradio
I activated 5 historic colonial parks where America's independence was won - US-8204 Yorktown National Battlefield in Yorktown, Virginia - and made incredible US & DX contacts! This multi-part Parks On The Air (POTA) adventure captured amazing propagation and unforgettable QSOs. Electrical noise at Yorktown tried to stop me, but...
Watch the video and see what happened!
Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts!
Search for videos of your contacts at ve2zdx.com/toolkit/youtube/videos/K3JRZ
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 (with Amazon Affiliate links):
Radio: Yaesu FT-891
Cage: Armoloq TPA-891B
Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod
Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick & Shark Antenna S-F15 Ham Stick
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner
Backpack: Gigaparts Explorer Modular Backpack System 2.0 - HamRadio 2.0 Special Limited Edition
Coax Cables: ABR Industries
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 - amzn.to/40LozWJ
External Microphone: DJI Mic 2 - amzn.to/48GXPLW
Camera: iPhone 17 Pro Max
Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging)
Logging App: KI2D's Ham2K Portable Logger (a.k.a. "PoLo")
Tumbler: Stanley Quencher H2.0 FlowState Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler - amzn.to/45lY23O
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag
Portable Fan Rechargeable, 20000mAh Cordless Battery Powered Fan - amzn.to/4klpHaD
Other items used:
RJ45 Extension Cable (forFT-891 mic) - amzn.to/4f2ZlJq
Domke 722-19U F-34 19-Inch Protective Wrap (Blue) (Used for mAT-30) - amzn.to/4eUlVnb
Domke F-34L 19-Inch Protective Wrap -Red (Used for 891) - amzn.to/3GDJS5L
iPad Pro sleeve and various pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) - originalsoegear.com or soetacticalgear.com
--
💚 Support the Channel 💚
Please like 👍 & subscribe ✅ and click the bell 🔔 for notifications of new videos!
Don't forget to leave a comment 📜!
🎊 Become a Channel Member: youtube.com/@K3JRZOnTheAir/join
*NEW* 👕 K3JRZ Merch Store: k3jrz.myspreadshop.com
☕️ Buy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/K3JRZ
🅿️ Patreon: patreon.com/K3JRZ
🛒 Shop on Amazon & Support me! Affiliate Link: amzn.to/4nV1gn3
📡 Alpha Antenna Affiliate Link: alphaantenna.com/?aff=49
Connect with me on:
✖️🐦 X/Twitter at twitter.com/k3jrz
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/k3jrz
📓 Threads: threads.com/@k3jrz
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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:
Yorktown National Battlefield: nps.gov/york
Colonial National Historical Park on NPS: nps.gov/colo
Colonial National Historical Park on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_National_Historical_Park
Colonial National Parkway: nps.gov/colo/parkway.htm
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail on NPS: nps.gov/waro
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail on W3R: w3r-us.org
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: nps.gov/cajo
Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail - dwr.virginia.gov/vbwt/sites/yorktown-battlefield-a-unit-of-colonial-national-historical-park
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:31 - KG5LRB - P2P
02:50 - HJ5LVR
03:05 - K5CIP - P2P
03:27 - EA4TL
03:49 - N0RCP - P2P
04:38 - KE5YYC
05:08 - W5SZS
05:49 - KC6ZBE
06:32 - W5VYC
07:16 - WA5Z
07:47 - KF0VCX
08:21 - VE9C - P2P
09:19 - W7HFV - P2P
10:30 - Check Check
10:42 - DF2GN - P2P
11:49 - KF0JW
12:14 - KE5YYC
12:39 - EA1BUL
13:24 - Outro
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#pota #parksontheair #amateurradio #hamradio
