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The first snow of 2021! What it means for astronomy.

Astronomy, Weather

I just started doing some research on astronomy and snow. The First article I found was Winter Stargazing Tips from NASA.

 

If you are new to astronomy you may not know what the term seeing means.  Take a look at this article A guide to seeing and Atmospheric transparency.

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Jun
05

K-6947 #20 Air Plaque Event

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…

May
29

K-6947 #18

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…

May
27

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

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…

May
26

K-6947 #15

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…

May
24

For Sale Icom IC-706MKIIG

I have an Icom IC-706MKIIG for sale for $650.  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…

May
24

K-2746 #1 Morrow Mountain State Park

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…

May
23

K-6947 #14

NC K-6947 I didn’t have a set agenda just to play radio.  I introduced my friend Fred Lathan KG4GSA to POTA. 6 CW and 25 phone contacts.  Thanks to the p2p and the hunters. De n4mqu

May
07

K-6947 #13

NC K-6947 #13 Sandhills State Game Land Had a little trouble setting up my Endfed today and it was buggy but I appreciate the p2p and hunters 10 ph and 1 cw de n4mqu  

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