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JARS FIELD DAY

JARS Fieldday 2020

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Ariel Shot Above by: Doug Williams Photo Credit for all images below: Mark Gibson

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Sep
17

Add These Activities to Your Camping Experience

By: Mark Gibson(N4MQU)                             What activities can you do while you are camping?   There are the usual things you do, hiking, exploring, bird watching, singing around the campfire, playing board games, listening shortwave radio… ? Metal detecting…? Watching satellites..? Astronomy.? How…

Aug
23

Tips on Using Non Automatic Lenses

equipment  Cannon T5i body Use auto for ISO. Why it seemed to work.  Trying to switch from the ISO did not work but when I switched to auto it worked. I learned from a retired professional photographer current with the new technology on cameras, using  the older lenses with the camera the camera will still…

Aug
14

SWL at the Local Park

I am taking a look at the hobby of Short Wave Radio Listening (SWL) with fresh perspective and a new radio.   So far I have enjoyed the features of the radio.  Rich stereo sound, direct digital entry of frequencies two tuning knobs one for regular tuning the other for fine tuning. I heard radio…

Aug
02

What Are God’s Limitations?

By: Mark Gibson (N4MQU) I just completed teaching a class of amateur radio volunteer examiners.  I think I did a good job and a bunch of good questions were asked in the Q&A and we were able to provide answers.  After the session I got to thinking I have a bad habit of telling people…

Jul
26

Metal Detecting Vacant Lot

Featured image above: The purple flower was the only flower in the vacant lot as I went to start my metal detecting. The house on this lot had burnt down maybe in 2020. As I understand it use to be a doctor’s office.  The doctor charged $3.00 for an office visit.  Ever since it burnt…

Jul
17

My trip to the emergency room

By Mark Gibson (N4MQU) Sometimes things don’t  go well for humans medically.  This happened to me in mid July of 2021.  I enjoyed a nice dinner of left over Chinese take out order and just dished out some butter pecan ice cream. I started noticing a real bad dizziness and it didn’t get better when…

Jul
06

What treat do we get?

By:Mark Gibson (N4MQU) Recently I volunteered to be a K9 decoy at the airport.  They hid whatever it was they wanted the K9 to detect on me and had me walk thru the line like a normal passenger would going for a flight.  I did this several times and the handler hid a toy under…

May
25

W4CEC Amateur Radio Technician Class at Camp Durant

  By Mark Gibson(N4MQU) Alternative title are my camping days numbered due to allergies? Thanks to the Occoneechee Council of BSA. We had great weather for camping without any rain that is but at the same time the officials at the camp said no camp fires. Unfortunately my allergies really made me uncomfortable  and have…

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