The Gear & Equipment I Use For My POTA Activations - April 2022

Another showing of the gear & equipment I use for my POTA activations. Filmed after my Parks On The Air (POTA) activation of K-1741 Lums Pond State Park in Bear, Delaware on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 for the 2022 Spring Support Your Parks weekend!

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: Yaesu FTDX10
Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick AND 1620T 20m HF Stick
Battery: Bioenno Power 12V, 30Ah LFP Battery (PVC, BLF-1230A)
Battery Box: Powerwerx PWRbox Portable Power Box for 12-40Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Bioenno Batteries
Tripod: Anozer Flexible Tripod
External Microphone: Movo VXR10-PRO External Video Microphone
Camera: iPhone 13 Pro Max
Logging Device: iPad Pro (Spotting, information & logging)
Logging App: HAMRS - https://hamrs.app
Tray: ENRICH UP Car Steering Wheel Premium Tray
Tumbler: IRON °FLASK Rover Tumbler 2.0 - 32 Oz
Ham Stick Bag: Lixada 55 Inch Fishing Rod Bag

Expedition jacket, Mini Pack, iPad Pro sleeve and Combat Cock from Special Operations Equipment (SOE) - https://www.originalsoegear.com​or https://www.soetacticalgear.com

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Parks On The Air: https://parksontheair.com​
Parks On The Air Facebook group:   / parksontheair  
Parks On The Air Slack group: https://parksontheair.slack.com
Parks On The Air spotting/stats/awards/and more site: https://pota.app

Delaware State Parks: https://www.destateparks.com/PondsRiv...
Lums Pond State Park on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lums_Po...

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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 https://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 https://parksontheair.com/faq/ .

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