Author: n4mqu

N4MQU Antenna Install Rockingham

Amateur Radio

 

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 new install process see https://youtu.be/uj6GF7I49TM.  The antennas seem to be in good condition after being installed 2012 so I decided not to purchase anything new.  The components consist of

K-2755 #1 William B. Umstead State Park

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA


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 fine until Chris’s battery died I was able to recover by switching to my battery. We had a couple of visitors. I couldn’t find my POTA flag. I hope it is stuck in the car somewhere and I didn’t leave it. Thanks for reading n4mqu

 

K-6947 #8

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

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  K-4416

17 meters 20

1 Italy

1 England

1 Belgium

1 Sweden

2 Canada

3 NC

3 TX

2 NH

2 IL

1 MI

1 AR

1 NY

1 KS

1 MT

70 cm

1

2 band award goes to

N4CMD 70 cm  & 17

K-1291 #1 Belle Isle State Park

Portable, POTA

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 his radio in the car so everything worked out.  Thanks for reading.

 

Activating K-8010 #17 My 100th Activation

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

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 birthplace. I appreciate the p2p and hunters. 37 phone contacts and 5 CW contacts.  My friend and fellow Rockingham resident Mark Dawkins N4MCD made a surprise visit.  I got to work many friends the funniest contact was hearing a weak signal from my friend in Virginia W4JE. He had the Icom 7610 set to 0 and I still heard him. He later rechecked in and was his normal strong signal. My friend Tripp Owens checked in from my former home park NC-K-3854 on CW.  Trip played an important role in me upgrading to General by getting my code speed up to 13 wpm back in the day. Thanks for reading.  De n4mqu

 

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

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

 


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 Wildlife Refuge
K-6854 Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site
K-8010 McKinney Lake State Fish Hatchery
K-6947 Sandhills State Game Land

I had activated all the parks before except for K-0416. Activated means that you contacted at least 10 qualified amateur operators.

Equipment 
* 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

POTA name badge https://hambadgers.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Pota
POTA logo flag https://hamradiogear.shop/products/copy-of-logo-flag-small
Please visit my website for more https://n4mqu.com/pota/

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K-8010 #16 and the North Carolina QSO Party

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

 

 

 

K-8010 Mckinney Lake State Fish Hatchery
Operator: N4MQU
Equipment 
* MFJ-1984MP ENDFED 1/2 Wave 40-10M modified
* MFJ Model MFJ-969 Deluxe Versa Tuner II antenna tuner
* 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

Contacts SSB 62

POTA name badge https://hambadgers.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Pota
POTA logo flag https://hamradiogear.shop/products/copy-of-logo-flag-small
Morse Code Keyer https://cwmorse.us/

Please visit my website for more https://n4mqu.com/pota/

K-8010 Mckinney Lake State Fish Hatchery #16
Videographer: Mark Gibson (N4MQU)
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