International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Friday afternoon/evening, August 16th, members of LeFrog and the Ozaukee Radio Club
will be setting up a 30' Tower and a Tri-Band Beam on the property adjacent to the
1860 Light Station & Museum on top of the hill in Port Washington (near
St. Mary's Church). This is in preparation for the annual International Lighthouse
Lightship Weekend event. Amateur radio clubs and amateurs around the globe
will be doing the same type of thing as we attempt to contact other lighthouses.
We are registered as US0114 and will be using the W9CQO call sign.
See
http://www.illw.net/ for more information about the weekend event.
The ORC will be setting up one 10' X 10' Tent, Club Banner and Operating
Table next to the Lighthouse and LeFrog will be doing the same. We will be
operating, basically on 20m, from 8am Saturday morning, August 17th through
Sunday afternoon, August 18th, but not overnight. We'll probably call it
quits Saturday afternoon around 5pm and Sunday around noon.
Along with an HF Radio, which LeFrog will supply, Tom, AA9XK and Loren,
N9ENR will be supplying Automatic Antenna Tuners. Hopefully, Tom, W9IPR can
provide his DSP Speaker for the event as well. We'll also have D-Star
running along with a dedicated computer for logging. We plan to use the
new Icom 9100 transceiver as well.
If you're interested in helping out (setting up and/or operating) we are
asking that you contact Bill KA9WRL or myself Tom KC9ONY so we
have an idea of who will be joining us. We might need help transporting
the tower sections, too.
You're all welcome to join us at the 1860 Light Station & Museum.
Bring your own little cooler with drinks of your choice to the Light Station
and even a sandwich for lunch, although there are plenty of restaurants in
the Port Washington area. This year, the Maritime Heritage Festival is on
the following weekend, so we won't have any food from their venues.
If you are like me and do not own HF equipment nor have any experience
with HF, don't let that stop you from coming out. We will get you on the
radio to try it out. It's all about having fun and learning. If you need
directions or talk-in, someone will be monitoring the ORC 2m repeater,
146.970 MHz, (- offset), PL 127.3
This is a non-pressure, non-contest event, so be prepared to just have fun!
WHO: Ozaukee Radio Club and LeFrog
WHAT: International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend special event station
WHERE: 1860 Light Station & Museum
311 Johnson Street
Port Washington, WI
http://www.portwashingtonhistoricalsociety.org/lightstation.htm WHEN: Friday, August 16th 1pm - 5pm? (until tower is set up)
Saturday, August 17th 8am - 5 pm operating
Sunday, August 18th 8am - noon operating
Sunday, August 18th noon - 5pm break down equipment