Team K4YTZ does it again!!! The York County Amateur Radio Society wins the 2022 Parks on the Air “Support Your Parks” Plaque Event for Club Activation.

Team K4YTZ goes back to back with the Club Activation Plaque for Parks on the Air - Support Your Parks. YCARS operators activated 6 parks across 2 states for the Event.  The club ran 2 callsigns to help differentiate the parks on the spotting clusters. 

Team K4YTZ was led by club members Vicki Carnes, AD3I and Theo Moore, K4TTM from K-2889 Chester State Park. Club members Andy Moran, AA0AM, Harry Miller, KZ1H, Jack Armstrong, KJ4BKI, Bill Yoos, KW4DN, Sherry Parker, KO4IVQ, Wade Parker KO4IVS all worked shifts at Chester State Park and logged at total of 1,351 Q’s. The operators at the Chester Park location ran a Yaesu FT-891 transceiver with a DX Commander and a Xiegu G-90 transceiver with a DX Commander.

Sherri, KO4IVQ and Wade Parker, KO4IVS helped new activator Johnathan Panzica, KF7BBU complete his first activation as K4YTZ at Draper Wildlife logging 25 contacts.  Wade, Sherry and Jonathan ran a Yeasu FT-991A and an Alpha Antenna FMJ portable.

Vicki AD3I and Jason Faulhefer, K4HEF closed out the event by logging 185 contacts in a last minute monster pile-up from K-2904 Landsford Canal running a Yaesu FT-891 and a DX Commander.

Meanwhile Team N4YTZ was busy at 3 parks in NC.  Jim Warren, KY4JG logged 33 Q’s under some very difficult conditions atop Crowders Mtn. at K-3894.  Jim climbed to the top of the mountain and operated until the extreme heat sent him back down.  Jim Ran a Yaesu Ft-891.

Up at 5,000ft in the mountains of North Carolina, club members Steve Czaikowski, W3SPC, Darcy Pach, K4DQP and John Gendron, NJ4Z logged a total of 3,674 contacts from K-3378 Blue Ridge Parkway and K-4510 Pisgah National Forest.  The mountain team ran a Yaesu FT-DX 10 with a N9SAB 10-80 OCF dipole.

The Club logged an astounding 5,286 QSO’s for the weekend. The top three teams for the event were K4YTZ The York County Amateur Radio Society, W3GH - Skyview Radio Society (New Kensington, PA), and W5VSSV - Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club (Nederland, TX). Congratulations to all the participants.