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.
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
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.
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.
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.
The night of the full moon in April 2925 brought forth clear skies and a full moon.
Took advantage of the clear skies.
NC US-3848 Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
CW only activation 10 contacts That was tough, challenging and lots of satisfaction at the same time. I appreciate all that took time to work me. Thank you for sticking with me when I asked you to repeat. For those wanting to do a CW activation I just sent a ? Or agn. And everyone responded accordingly. Thank you de n4mqu
This is a video I made from images I took with the Seestar S50 telescope. I am still learning all the features of the telescope and it certainly not a professional video. This is the March 13-14, 2025 as seen from Rockingham, North Carolina.
If you can’t see the video use this YouTube Link