Author: 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.

K-6947 #10

Amateur Radio, Portable, POTA

 

 

 

 

NC K-6947 Sandhills State Game Land Nice late afternoon activation after the thunderstorms. 35 contacts and one Canadian station and 1 Venezuelan station. 15 meters was fun. At the end I felt pressured to leave before it got dark. NC K-6947 #10 de n4mqu