Today I try for a successful Parks-on-the-air (POTA) activation at Falling Waters State Park, K-1864. I ended my activation with 28 total contact on 2 bands (20M and 40M). You can find out more information about POTA on the POTA facebook page and www.parksontheair.com.

Music credits:
Autumn Sunset by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Forest Rhythm by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Butcher by Silent Partner

Camera equipment:
Canon Vixia HF R800
Iconntechs 4K actioncam (similar to a gopro) for most video
Canon powershot elph 150is

Editing software:
Corel Videostudio X10 ultimate

My radio equipment today:
Radio: Yaesu FT-891
Tuner: LDG z100plus auto tuner
Antennas: End-fed wire (random) with homebrew 9:1 unun

Catch me outside, how about that. 🙂

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