Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
To end out the month of July, I went out to K-1743 White Clay Creek State Park @DelawareStateParks17 and K-0898 White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River @NationalParkService @USInterior in Newark, Delaware for a Parks On The Air (POTA) @ParksOnTheAir activation on the afternoon of Sunday, July 30, 2023. Again I used a minimalist setup to get more comfortable with not using a larger 100W radio.
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: Xiegu G90
Antenna: Shark Antenna S-F15 Hamstick & MFJ 1640T 40M HF Stick
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 9Ah LFP Battery
Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod
External Microphone: Movo VXR10-PRO External Video Microphone @MovoOfficial
Camera: iPhone 14 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
Mini Pack, iPad Pro sleeve, Large Tool bag and other bags/pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) @SOEtacticalgear - originalsoegear.com or soetacticalgear.com
Hat & shorts from Kitanica @KitanicaUSA - kitanica.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
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:46 - Is the frequency in use?
01:53 - K4TTM - P2P
02:53 - AB1CD - P2P
03:14 - WD2DW - P2P
03:38 - N4TFN
04:24 - KD4AFW
04:53 - AC3DH
05:34 - N3XLS
06:04 - KB2TDT - P2P
07:15 - W8APS - P2P
08:52 - KC3JAS - P2P
10:55 - WU8BE
12:06 - N3XLS - Duplicate
12:16 - NE2B - P2P
13:18 - KD2YSN - P2P
13:57 - 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 .
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 .
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To end out the month of July, I went out to K-1743 White Clay Creek State Park @DelawareStateParks17 and K-0898 White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic River @NationalParkService @USInterior in Newark, Delaware for a Parks On The Air (POTA) @ParksOnTheAir activation on the afternoon of Sunday, July 30, 2023. Again I used a minimalist setup to get more comfortable with not using a larger 100W radio.
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: Xiegu G90
Antenna: Shark Antenna S-F15 Hamstick & MFJ 1640T 40M HF Stick
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 9Ah LFP Battery
Tripod: UBeesize 64" Phone Tripod
External Microphone: Movo VXR10-PRO External Video Microphone @MovoOfficial
Camera: iPhone 14 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
Mini Pack, iPad Pro sleeve, Large Tool bag and other bags/pouches from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) @SOEtacticalgear - originalsoegear.com or soetacticalgear.com
Hat & shorts from Kitanica @KitanicaUSA - kitanica.com
3D PRINTED QR CODE PLAQUES - EMAIL Jess N4JAH via QRZ.com
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💚 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
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:46 - Is the frequency in use?
01:53 - K4TTM - P2P
02:53 - AB1CD - P2P
03:14 - WD2DW - P2P
03:38 - N4TFN
04:24 - KD4AFW
04:53 - AC3DH
05:34 - N3XLS
06:04 - KB2TDT - P2P
07:15 - W8APS - P2P
08:52 - KC3JAS - P2P
10:55 - WU8BE
12:06 - N3XLS - Duplicate
12:16 - NE2B - P2P
13:18 - KD2YSN - P2P
13:57 - 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 .
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