Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Sometimes you still need to go out and do a Parks On The Air @ParksOnTheAir (POTA) activation despite the space weather. You won't know what happens up you get yourself on the air and start calling CQ. So I Sunday morning, May 25, 2025 I heading down to US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area @delawarednrec at the Biddle Point trailhead. I didn't know what the bands would have in store for me, but I wanted to get on the air! 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 1640T 40M & 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")
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
00:29 - KC2QVD - P2P
01:20 - N1CMD
02:20 - KA1WPM
02:42 - K8GQ - P2P
03:23 - W3JRG - P2P
04:18 - Someone being nice
04:35 - AA1SL
05:06 - KK7LCA
05:51 - KB4LOA - P2P
06:37 - KD9YAZ
06:52 - KS4S
07:07 - KN4ODH
07:23 - N2XQ
07:34 - WB9VVH
07:46 - N4BDW
08:15 - KR4XG
08:34 - K4VZX
09:04 - W4MTO
09:32 - K5KAZ - P2P
10:09 - K3SDM - P2P
11:06 - WI0M
11:36 - K0KWH - P2P
12:28 - KQ4REL
12:43 - K4MOD
12:52 - WA4SWF
13:09 - KE9AKI
13:25 - W5AAQ
13:42 - N6JDH
13:53 - KG5LRB - P2P
14:26 - KC9HEQ
14:38 - K5DRG - P2P
15:16 - WA9UGP - P2P
16:13 - KC2QVD - P2P
16:57 - N5MCY - P2P
17:49 - Recap/Outro

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