[amsat-bb] Special Event- Lighthouse Weekend
roib@optonline.net
roib at optonline.net
Fri Aug 14 05:33:54 PDT 2009
Hello All,
As part of the International Lighthouse/Lightship event, I will be
operating on most of the FM Satellites, thru the weekend. In addition we
will have AMSAT information available to the many visitors that tour the
Fire Island Lighthouse, our goal is to have fun and bring new Satellite
operators to the airwaves. So when you hear W2GSB/Lighthouse, give us a
call, you can visit http://www.gsbarc.org to view the QSL card and more
information about the event, thank you.
73,
Pete, WB2OQQ
CQ CQ... this is W2GSB/Lighthouse - Fire Island Lighthouse NYSpecial Event
Station
W2GSB/Lighthouse - August 15 and 16, 2009
Fire Island Lighthouse, Fire Island National Seashore, Fire Island, Suffolk
County, New York
The event is always held on the 3rd full weekend in August starting at 0001
UTC on Saturday and finishing at 2359 UTC on Sunday. It also now coincides
on the Sunday with the International Lighthouse Day which is an event
organized by the International Association of Lighthouse Keepers whereby as
many world lighthouses will be open to the public for the day.
The following are the various designators for the operation W2GSB/Lighthouse
location information:
Grid Square: FN-30-jp
QSL via W2GSB/LH,
PO Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704-0356.
S.A.S.E. Please.
The International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend came into being in 1997 from
the Scottish Northern Lighthouses award weekend by Mike Dalrymple, GM4SUC, a
member of the Ayr Amateur Radio Group, see also this web site for further
history and this page for the event's first web site. Over the years it has
grown to over 380 lighthouses in some 51 countries around the world
participating in the event.
73,
Pete, WB2OQQ
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