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Oct

RICHMOND COUNTY ASTRONOMY CLUB MEETING OCTOBER 2025

Richmond County Astronomy Club October 14, 2025 meeting recap.

the club had three members present.

The Astronomy club took advantage of the clear meeting night and set up the telescope outside to enjoy the sky.

Sep

Richmond County Astronomy Club Meeting September 2025

The September meeting of the Richmond County Astronomy Club occurred on September 9, 2025. We had a record number of 12 people in attendance. We discussed telescopes, eclipses, and why T Corona Borealis hasn’t gone NOVA yet. The group also planning upcoming astronomy activities. Our meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at Richmond Community College.

Aug

WWFF 2025 AUGUST IN THE PARKS

3 John 13 – 14 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

World Wide Flora Fauna

Starting August 1, 2025 I will be participating in the World Wide Flora and Fauna in amateur radio AUGUST IN THE PARKS WWFF 2025 event. I will be participating as an activator and a hunter. Please consider checking to see if the POTA park you are participating in is also a WWFF and review the rules for submitting your logs to WWFF. I hope to be active on CW and SSB. I hope to work you soon. I’ll be posting the link to WWFF in the comments. The activity event will start at 00:01 UTC on August 1st and will end at 23:59 UTC on August 31. The logs are all updated to Parks on the Air and World Wide Flora Fauna and QRZ.

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 1

Pee Dee River State Game Land, WWFF-5284 POTA US-6934 Lilesville, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 2

Sandhills State Game Land WWFF-4941 POTA-6947 Rockingham, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 3

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge WWFF KFF-4584 POTA-0416 Ansonville, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 4

Birkhead Mountains Wilderness Area, WWFF-6612 POTA-10260 Asheboro, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 6

Uwharrie National Forest WWFF-6612 POTA-10260 Troy, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 7

Morrow Mountain State Park WWFF-2746 POTA US-2746 Badin, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks Day 8

Ward/Selma State Nature Preserve WWFF-3866 POTA US-3866 Asheboro, NC

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WWFF 2025 August in the Parks

NC US-3848 #6 Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve KFF-3848

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May

Tour of WUNC FM Tower

Amateur radio. After I served my wife breakfast up in bed for her birthday (well I offered too) I left for Carboro As a member of the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society and part of their Tarheel SWL SIG. I enjoyed the tour of the WUNC FM tower today. We enjoyed the tour and I think the host enjoyed showing a more technical group the inner workings of a radio tower.

Apr

Rockingham GMRS Luncheon

Rockingham GMRS group put a great spread today for what i believe was their first luncheon. I had the Seestar telescope out and showed the sun. Thanks for inviting me. I plan to join the club my Call WSDA411

Photo Credit Richmond County GMRS

Apr

Amateur Radio POTA UA-8010

NC US-8010 #44 Rockingham Mckinney Lake State Fish Hatchery Thanks for the 11 contacts. I couldn’t spot myself but got it done. NASCAR returned to the racetrack near by after years of absence. I could hear them racing.

Apr

Mineral Springs Elementary School STEM Event

Thanks to Mineral Springs Elementary School for inviting us to their event today. Fred Lathan and Mark Gibson introduced amateur radio and astronomy to our visitors. We showed two types of telescopes a visual telescope and a smart telescope. We worked amateur radio into our presentation by demonstrating Morse code.by sending the visitors name using a home made key equipped with a speaker so they could hear the sound. We emphasized how amateur radio was the primary means of communication after Hurricane Helene hit the western part of the state. Fred and Mark are members of the Richmond County Amateur Radio Club and Mark is a member of the Richmond County Astronomy Club.

Apr

Astronomy 3rd Annual STEM Showcase

Thanks to the members Richmond County Astronomy Club and the Richmond County Amateur Radio Club for supporting us in the 3rd Annual STEM Showcase Cole auditorium tonight. We fielded a lot of questions and Carl Howald Showed the sun. Fred Lathan, Ted Lathan and Mark Gibson operated the amateur radio station and made 6 contacts one all the way in Canada. Thanks to the organizers for inviting us. I didn’t get a great shot of our set up because we had to put the telescopes away due to the approaching storm.

Contacts made

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