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May
16

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
20

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
20

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
16

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
14

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

Apr
13

Astronomy The Pink Moon 2025 and More

The night of the full moon in April 2925 brought forth clear skies and a full moon.

Pink Moon April 2025

Apr
10

Waxing Gibbous Moon April 2025

Waxing Gibbous Moon

Beehive Cluster

M106

Apr
06

Astronomy with the SeeStar 4/5/2025

Took advantage of the clear skies.

Moon

Mars before focusing

After focusing

M97

M108

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