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