900MHz POTA - Leave No Band Behind

Parks on the Air (POTA) activation at Harriet Hollister Spencer State Park (US-8623) on August 28, 2024. I operated on 902.300 MHz FM using an Alinco DJ-G29 HT and a DMS Wireless YA90014 Yagi antenna.

[understandthetimes]

You are very fortunate to live in an area with hams active on VHF plus. Great job and 73!

[NeonLightRays]

It’s awesome to see you do this 900MHz has always been so intriguing to me I wish more amateur equipment was made for it

[a_ham_like_me]

Great stuff, Mike! Thanks for bringing the POTA life to the long-yagi bands!

[StealthGTI]

I'm pursuing an N1CC Activator award. I'm a mobile-only operator with 80m-2m, plus 70cm and 33cm in the car. Just today, I told someone that 900 MHz is "the forgotten band" and that I've never made a 900 MHz contact. HAHA! I'm hoping to activate three more parks on 10 bands over the next few weeks. I'm traveling to WI and MN and will likely stop in some parks along the way from VA. I don't know that I can count on making VHF/UHF contacts on the road like I do near home. Thanks for the video! 73! -Scott KE4WMF

[carlosroig]

I had the DJ-G7 tri bander, 2m, 70cm, 1.2Ghz, never managed to get my hands on a DJ-G29. I'll be traveling to Rochester maybe by the end of the year or by early 2025. I'll take my FT-817ND to make some contacts with you guys from the Rochester VHF group. Thank's for the video!

[kcopv]

Excellent video Mike. I'm primarily an HF guy, but this inspires me to look into what VHF+ DX activity is around where I live #leavenobandbehind

[hamradioonthego]

Great video!
I am mobilizing to get onto the 900mhz band!

[JosephVEGKT]

Mike, it can be surprisingly helpful to hold the HT sideways if you're using the stock antenna, and if the other station is horizontally polarized! Glad it all worked for you. 73 VE3GKT

[ralphnunn]

We have a few 900 mhz repeaters here in Utah, and one that I can actually break the squelch on with my 1 watt 900 mhz Retevis RT-10. We have a weekly net on that repeater that I've checked into on occasion. I, too would love to see more activity on this band. I'll have to check out that Yagi antenna that you used. I'm sure that would help my signal quite a bit.

[deanheckman]

Nice video, Mike! Wish I had known you were doing this. I live near the park. I don't have the equipment for 900Mhz, but could have gotten on the other bands. Dean AD2Z.

[CamilleCullen-owqj]

Fun video, many thanks!! Robert K5TPC

[danmarkiewicz]

Thanks Mike, that was a fun and interesting video. 73s Dan N2DTO

[temporarilyoffline]

Ham-Density - I like that. And your squelch chirping at the end sounded like it was coming from my shack and I had to pause/unpause/rewind

[HamRadioCrusader]

Great Video Mike!!! Now I gotta take a serious look at 900Mhz 73 DE KD5FMU

[JOHN_COSMO]

Great video awesome Yagi antenna I'm getting one! Thanks for the inspiration pretty close to you I'm in williamsville!

[ChrisKDYSW]

Awesome to see and hear. maybe I might trying 2m and 70cm activation

[nyqt]

It started looking pretty spooky towards the end.

[alzeNL]

I have an IC9700 at home and a triband (still have it) with 23cm on it, the only thing I could reliably here on it was one beacon. The only thing that uses the band reguarly is Amateur Television repeater on the 23cm band, but the ic9700 doesnt follow the UK band plan, so its not in there. Sadly there is very little activity from what I could see on my time on 23cm at the QTH - I did have a recent QSO on 2M FM for POTA tho ! Still, top work promoting POTA and the 23cm band, impressive work, especially the walk up the hill with the yagi !

[bobkopf]

Good morning Mike, thanks for sharing another great video I’m curious about whether there are black bears in Western New York?

[garylanders]

Could build an up-converter 2m to 33cm, fairly small device.