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Movie 20200105 11 Day Moon Waxing Gibbous

Equipment used in this video:

Celestron Advanced VX Series 8″ EdgeHD Go To Telescope  
Celestron Celestron 1.25″ Universal Barlow and T-Adapter  
Cannon T5i  

April 10, 2020 n4mqu

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Mar
26

K-7797 #2 Hughlett Point State Natural Area Kilmarnock, VA

  The new hamsticks have already proven themselves in signal reports and being able to use them during in inclement weather. With the amateur radio contest going on this weekend if you can’t beat them join them. 15 meters 6 CW 2 FL 1 NC 2 Spain 1 Italy 3 SSB 2 Spain 1 Italy…

Mar
25

K-7787 #2 Bush Mill Stream State Natural Area

Fun spur of the moment activation of VA K-7787 Bush Mill Stream State Natural Area. First use of my new hamsticks on 20 meter thanks to w4je for doing most of the contacts while I logged. He’s not ready to activate yet. de n4mqu

Mar
21

N4MQU Antenna Install Rockingham

  I am happy to report my antennas got installed Friday.  This was a great accomplishment.  I had to disconnect everything when we started preparing the house for sell in July of 2022 and I had to remove my antennas.   To see the video of the crew removing the antennas see https://youtu.be/r0jWBwJf02o. To see the…

Mar
21

K-2755 #1 William B. Umstead State Park

This activation was for the scout group OARS – Occoneechee Amateur Radio Society. The scouts wanted to learn about setting up a station they are all licensed. Chris Cancilla (W4CEC) and me (N4MQU) was able to activate NC K-2755 William B Umstead State Park. It was my first time at that park. We were doing…

Mar
15

K-6947 #8

I took advantage of the time change and activated NC  K-6947 Sandhills State Game Land for the 8th time. 15 meters 25 contacts 1 Spain 5 TX 3 MN 2 NC 2 AZ 2 ID 1 KS 2 NV 1 MT 1 CA 1 MO 1 OK 1 SD Park to park KB8SZU  K-2637 KI5ZTS …

Mar
12

K-1291 #1 Belle Isle State Park

I activated this park using my friends (W4JE) Icom 7100 and 20 meter hamstick in his SUV.  We had his YL with him so it had to be quick. At first I didn’t think I was going to activate today because it was really windy. An opportunity came for a  road trip and Andy had…

Mar
06

Activating K-8010 #17 My 100th Activation

I have said it before and I’ll say it again if you had to test for your aptitude to get your amateur radio license I wouldn’t be licensed. Realizing that yesterday was my hundred activation really pleased me.  NC K-8010;McKenny Lake State Fish Hatchery is a special place being down the street from my fathers…

Mar
03

Rover Award K-6934, K-0416, K-6854, K-8010, K-6947

  This is an award from Parks on the Air organization that recognizes a amateur radio operator basically activating 5 parks in one day. Awards are located https://parksontheair.com/pota-awards/. The Rules for POTA are at https://docs.pota.app/ I chose to activated parks near where I live. K-6934 Pee Dee River State Game Land K-0416 Pee Dee National…

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