Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
No Valentine's date? No problem. While everyone else was fumbling with dinner reservations, I was at US-1737 Fort DuPont State Park in Delaware City, Delaware, pulling DX from Hawaii, Brazil, and Uruguay — plus cross-country contacts to California. Turns out the love of my life has always been HF doing Parks On The Air (POTA). 💘🎙️
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: Shark Antenna S-F15 Ham Stick, MFJ 1610T 10M & 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
Coax Cables: ABR Industries
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 12Ah 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 (for FT-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
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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:
Delaware State Parks: destateparks.com/History/FortDupont
Fort DuPont on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_DuPont
Delaware City on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City,_Delaware
Delaware City Historic District on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City_Historic_District
Delaware City History: delawarecity.com/history
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - KJ5DHF
02:12 - N5REW
02:39 - KD5EDL
03:05 - WD5EEI
03:32 - CX3DDO
04:12 - K5VOP
04:59 - NH6PV
05:33 - PY5REI
06:14 - Forgot to record
06:37 - N2JIM - P2P
07:22 - K3KKI - P2P
08:42 - KN6NQH
09:40 - VA4ADM - P2P
10:31 - N7MES - P2P
11:16 - K6YYL - P2P
12:22 - KD9DZT - P2P
13:00 - N6LY - P2P
13:50 - Recap/Outro
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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#pota #parksontheair #amateurradio #hamradio
No Valentine's date? No problem. While everyone else was fumbling with dinner reservations, I was at US-1737 Fort DuPont State Park in Delaware City, Delaware, pulling DX from Hawaii, Brazil, and Uruguay — plus cross-country contacts to California. Turns out the love of my life has always been HF doing Parks On The Air (POTA). 💘🎙️
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: Shark Antenna S-F15 Ham Stick, MFJ 1610T 10M & 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
Coax Cables: ABR Industries
Tri Mag Mount: MFJ 336S
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 12Ah 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 (for FT-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
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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 📜!
🎊 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
🫙 Tip Jar: paypal.me/K3JRZ
📡 Alpha Antenna Affiliate Link: alphaantenna.com/?aff=49
Connect with me on:
🌐 Website: K3JRZ.com
📧 Email Signup: K3JRZ.com/email
✖️🐦 X/Twitter: twitter.com/k3jrz
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/k3jrz
📓 Threads: threads.com/@k3jrz
📹 TikTok: tiktok.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:
Delaware State Parks: destateparks.com/History/FortDupont
Fort DuPont on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_DuPont
Delaware City on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City,_Delaware
Delaware City Historic District on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_City_Historic_District
Delaware City History: delawarecity.com/history
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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - KJ5DHF
02:12 - N5REW
02:39 - KD5EDL
03:05 - WD5EEI
03:32 - CX3DDO
04:12 - K5VOP
04:59 - NH6PV
05:33 - PY5REI
06:14 - Forgot to record
06:37 - N2JIM - P2P
07:22 - K3KKI - P2P
08:42 - KN6NQH
09:40 - VA4ADM - P2P
10:31 - N7MES - P2P
11:16 - K6YYL - P2P
12:22 - KD9DZT - P2P
13:00 - N6LY - P2P
13:50 - Recap/Outro
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MUSIC COPYRIGHT 1992 - 1997 BY GANGSTER PUMP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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#pota #parksontheair #amateurradio #hamradio
