Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 52 minutes ago

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What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day (Sunday, May 04, 2025 - May The 4th) than doing a Parks On The Air (POTA) activation at US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area @delawarednrec at the South Lums trailhead. I had to use The Force to get some of the contacts, but prevailed in the end! Watch the video to see what happened!

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 1610T 10M & 1640T 40M 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
01:46 - XE1BLA - P2P
02:59 - CE3FZL
03:36 - KA6NPD
04:01 - KI6PMD
04:29 - HJ2EMJ
05:19 - W7DBP
05:46 - CE3RIF
07:04 - KG2RG - P2P
07:55 - KQ4RMH
08:29 - W2IG
08:56 - KE2DPK
09:20 - W5MPB
09:50 - N4BDW
10:33 - VA3ET
11:11 - KC1ELF
11:34 - W3MLK
12:16 - KN4VA
12:42 - KB9ZAO - P2P
14:11 - WN9K - P2P
14:32 - Recap/Outro

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Star Wars (Main Theme) by The Great John T. Williams - Bantha Music and Warner-Tamerlane Pub Corp.

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