Author: n4mqu

NC K-3871 #1 White Pines State Nature Preserve

Amateur Radio, K-3871, Portable, POTA

NC K-3871 White Pines State Nature Preserve

Another fun and productive activation. This was a new park for me. I had to run up north and decided to activate a park outside my home area.

20m 13 4 p2pgy

40m 31 phone 1 cw 2 p2p on cw and phone N4NTO 1 DX Canada VE3TH

15 2 phone 2 DX Poland SO5CAL

No solar power today I was in the shade of the woods.

  • MFJ-1984HP, ENDFED 1/2 Wave 40-10M
  • IC-706MKG HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver
  • MFJ Model MFJ-969 Deluxe Versa Tuner II antenna tuner
  • Bioenno Power 12V 20Ah 240 Watt-hours Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery
  • CW Morse Blue Micro Morse Code Key W/ Aluminum Base

K-6934 #4

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

Activating NC K-6934 #4

Another nice day for activating. Today I chose to activate the park that stretches from my home county over to the next county but I chose to activate from the Anson County side. I was able to get the antenna up in 3 throws.
* MFJ-1984HP, ENDFED 1/2 Wave 40-10M
* IC-706MKG HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver
* MFJ Model MFJ-969 Deluxe Versa Tuner II antenna tuner
* Bioenno Power 12V 20Ah 240 Watt-hours Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery
* Bioenno Power 28 Watt Foldable Solar Panel
* Bioenno Power 12V/24V 30A Solar Charge Control
* CW Morse Blue Micro Morse Code Key W/ Aluminum Base

Here are the numbers

20m 31
40m SSB 10 CW 5
15m SSB 4
17m SSB 1

51 contacts total.
Two operators worked me Two bands 20 and 15 VE2YYC and KI4YZN thanks to all the hunters and p2p

And on the way home I was lucky not to have hit a turtle crossing the street. I turned around and stopped and put it on the grass to the area he was headed but I noticed it had turned back around and was headed to cross the street,

K-6947 #20 Air Plaque Event

Portable, POTA

What a weekend!

Thanks for the new Air Plaque Event. On Saturday I helped KE8WDY Olivia get started activating her first park NC  K-8010 and learn how to set up the antenna and upload all the logs.  We had a two operators until we got the park activated then I turned it over to her and she made 25 more contacts. She did a great job. We decided to call it a day.

On Sunday I got to NC K 6947  park about 3:00 and hung the MFJ-1984HP, ENDFED 1/2 Wave 40-10M. I kind of rushed out with the battery not fully charged.  About 730 I answered a CQ from PA I heard him call a couple of times  and decided to answer him I told him I was portable and he looked me up on QRZ and he found out about another interest  I have in astronomy and scouting turns out studies radio probation during the eclipse and participated in Jamboree on the air as a scout. Interesting QSO.  After that I decided to finish up with CW contacts and called cq and the battery died. That was ok because I was ready and I need to remember not to rush things. 138 QSO’s prior record was 120 under the tutoring of  NC4XL.  Thanks to all the hunters and p2p. And thanks to  N4CMD  an eyeball visit. I don’t know how he found me in the 65000 acres. De n4mqu


K-6947 #18

6947, Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

K-6947 #18

  • MFJ Model MFJ-969 Deluxe Versa Tuner II antenna tuner
  • MFJ-1984HP, ENDFED 1/2 Wave 40-10M
  • IC-706MKG HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver
  • Bioenno Power 12V 20Ah 240 Watt-hours Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery
  • Bioenno Power 28 Watt Foldable Solar Panel
  • Bioenno Power 12V/24V 30A Solar Charge Control

NC K-6947 #18 Sandhills State Game Land 65 phone contacts on 20, 15, 40 and 10 meters.

I really enjoyed todays activation. I appreciated talking to a new activator KA8TNT from K-9473 he was doing a great job.  I think I have a new record talking to 29 park to park contacts.  Weather was iffy but I deployed my Endfed anyway.  I thank all the hunters and p2p.  De n4mqu

K-6947 #17, K-8010 #24, K-9224

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

Three Parks and 2 States

That’s a nice thing about living in a border county. Easily hit another state.  This was not thought of me doing this until recently. I activated 3 parks today

NC K-6947 #17 Sandhills State Game Land 23 phone contacts

NC K-8010  #24 McKinney Lake State Fish Hatchery 39 phone contacts

SC K-9224 Lake #2 Wallace Wildlife Management Area. 14 phone contacts

The recently set of MFJ Short HF Mobile Ham-tenna I obtained made it much easier to set up the antenna. I may have let the rain not motivated me to activate  without having the Ham-tenna . I really appreciate all the hunters and p2p.  I had a blast. De n4mqu

K-6947 #15

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA
  • MFJ-1984HP, ENDFED 1/2 Wave 40-10M
  • IC-706MKG HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver
  • MFJ Model MFJ-969 Deluxe Versa Tuner II antenna tuner
  • Bioenno Power 12V 20Ah 240 Watt-hours Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery
  • Bioenno Power 28 Watt Foldable Solar Panel
  • Bioenno Power 12V/24V 30A Solar Charge Control

NC K-6947 #15 Sandhills State Game Land. Nice afternoon to activate the park.I realize I am very lucky to have 3 “ home” parks in my county to activate. 3 CW and 61 phone contacts. I was at yet another section of the parks 65,135 acres. I talked to one of the rangers the other day about camping and he said only during hunting season and only if I had a hunting license. I asked if I could set up my radio after dark he said I could do anything I wanted to but not camp. I casually asked him what he actually did for the park and he said he is a biologist and his current project was counting wood peckers. So I encourage all those parents with kids to encourage them to go after a occupation they would enjoy. I thought that was very interesting. Thanks to the hunters and p2p. De n4mqu

For Sale Icom IC-706MKIIG

Amateur Radio, For Sale

 

SOLD

I have an Icom IC-706MKIIG for sale for $2000.  See this link for the details of the features of the radio. The original box and paperwork comes with the radio. The paperwork includes the instruction manual, and ham radio terms from Icom. Also has a colorful brochure of the IC-706MKIIG, menu switch flow chart,and two addendum sheets. This radio is being sold as is, no warranty. Additional  hardware includes MB-63 Mounting Bracket and OPC-581 Separation Cable and two optional filters installed.

USPS Money order or cash. Will consider meeting within 150 miles of 28379. $650 Firm.

Feel free send me an Email .

 

 

K-2746 #1 Morrow Mountain State Park

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA


Well things didn’t go exactly as planned for me this morning. I had planned to activate NC K-3866 Selma Cornelison Ward State Nature Preserve. I couldn’t find it. I plugged the coordinates in and drove there but it was a country road with no sign or nothing. So plan B I headed to K-2746 Morrow Mountain State Park That woke me up as far as depending on the internet I learned my lesson. Luckily I had the park numbers on google earth and could look up my park number. I was able to work KC3CAS in K-4239 and K-1345 on 40 and 20. That was fun. Thanks for all the hunters and p2p. I started with Today I used the MFJ Short HF Mobile Ham-tenna but since the signal reports weren’t good I switched to my MFJ-1984HP, ENDFED 1/2 Wave 40-10M. I may have rushed myself to set up and the result wasn’t great signals but I did activate the park. Be sure to keep yourself hydrated and bring a lunch. De n4mqu.