Where Did Mr. DX Go? Quick 20 Contacts on a WARC Band!

After waiting most of the day for an important delivery, which eventually caused a change of plans, on Saturday, January 18, 2025, I headed out to US-7648 the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Conservation Area at Biddle Point for another Parks On The Air ‪@ParksOnTheAir‬ (POTA) activation. I found myself on 17m and got a nice surprise while on the air. Watch the video to see what happened.

Thank you to the all of the hunters and fellow activators for the contacts!


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EQUIPMENT USED:
Radio: Yaesu FT-891 ‪@YaesuUSAOfficial‬
Mount: ULANZI MT-33 Flexible Mini Tripod ‪@ulanzi‬
Antenna: MFJ 1610T 10M HF Stick
Tuner: MAT-TUNER mAT-30 Automatic Tuner
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

Large Tool Bag, Mini Pack, Grocery Bag, iPad Pro sleeve and various pouches from Special Operations Equipment ‪@SOEtacticalgear‬ (SOE) - https://www.originalsoegear.com or https://www.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: https://parksontheair.com
Parks On The Air Facebook group:   / parksontheair  
Parks On The Air Slack group: https://parksontheair.slack.com

LOCATION INFO:
DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area overview: https://bit.ly/3fFth1q
DNREC C&D Canal Conservation Area (entire map): https://bit.ly/3qSlEtB
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesape...

Michael N. Castle Trail - https://delawaregreenways.org/trail/m...

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CONTACT TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:08 - W4LCB
01:53 - K9LE
02:19 - KN4ZVJ
02:47 - KD9NHZ
03:17 - K1MCO
03:48 - KE0IBA
04:18 - K4WTW
04:59 - N1MHV
05:43 - EA4GU
06:34 - KD4KJW
07:31 - KN4MYZ
08:04 - N5PBP
08:38 - J88IH
10:03 - KN4ULD
10:41 - WP4RF
11:16 - W1MCO
11:37 - K3ATZ
12:05 - KI5TBT - P2P
12:50 - AA1ZZ
13:42 - KC0TQU
14:11 - Recap/Outro

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