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My projects

Amateur Radio, Astronomy, Astrophotography

On this blog you will find things that I am working on.

  1. Set up a home position (Parking Position) for my Advance VX Mount.

  2. Get PTZOptics movie camera working.  Got it going next step streaming.

  3. Get StarSense working

  4. Work on Amateur Radio portable operation. 

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Aug
05

K-3867 Swift Creek Bluffs State Nature Preserve #1 20220805

For my first attempt at this park see K-3867 Swift Creek Bluffs State Nature Preserve I had tried to activate this park before but when I got passed #8 my battery went dead. No fault of my battery.  I hadn’t charged it in the last six activations.  Lesson learned.  I am gaining more confidence in the…

Jul
30

K-6948 Sandy Creek State Game Land #1 20220730

        I need to step up my game and activate more North Carolina parks quicker.  At this rate it will take me four years to activate the parks.  Today’s activation was a success.  I was able to activate the park without getting my car damaged.  I was pretty good navigating out of…

Jul
26

K-0713 Richmond National Battlefield #1 20220725

  As everyone knows that follows me my goal is to activate every park in North Carolina (230).  This is not North Carolina.  This does not prevent me from activating parks in other states as I visit for other reasons. My friend W4JE wanted me to rescue some spare parts from the storage room so…

Jul
23

K-3854 Flower Hill State Nature Preserve #9 20220722

Links to prior articles: K-3854 #1 20220919 K-3854 #3 20220130 K-3854 #4 20220208 K-3865 #7 20220521     I arrived at 9:27 and started operating at 10:08.  I tried to work 6 bands but only worked 4.  40, 15, 17 and 20.  

Jul
18

K-2738 Jones River State Park #1 20220716

Sandhills Amateur Radio Club Meeting and Support Your Park Event The reason for picking this park to activate was because Sandhills Amateur Radio Club had their meeting there for July and promoted it as a Support Your Park event. As I was checking in I asked where the amateur radio event was and she pointed…

Jul
14

K-6838 Duke Homestead State Historic Site #1 20220713

Thanks to the hunters and the Park to Park contacts.  The park is 45 minutes from my home in Wendell. Met my goal of park activation. I always like to make a brief tour of the museum visitor center if  they have one. I did so on this one today.  I told the staff what I…

Jul
11

K-6837 Swift Creek Bluffs State Nature Preserve

This would be considered a failed activation but I learned something. Always charge your battery after each activation.  I must have been thru 6 activations prior to my first battery failure.

Jul
11

K-1324 Westmoreland State Park

My friend KX4ZG had never activated a park before.  We parked in the parking lot and had a successful activation. We operated from Mark’s truck and I failed to get any photos. That is very unusual for me.  This may be a Multiple park situation co-located with: K-4567 – Capt John Smith Chesapeake NHT K-4581 –…

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