Lighthouse/Lightship Special Event 8/21-8/22
Hello, Almost 300 lighthouses in more than 40 countries will be on the air for the 2010 International Lighthouse/Lightship weekend, 8/21- 8/22. The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club will be operating, on HF and satellite, from the historic Fire Island Lighthouse located on Fire Island, New York, FN 30. The call used will be W2GSB/LH, for more information, www.gsbarc.org. For more info about the Fire Island Lighthouse visit http://www.fireislandlighthouse.com/
We will begin our satellite activities around 11:00 AM, Saturday and work as many FM passes to 6:00 PM each day. QSL: W2GSB/LH, PO Box 1356, West Babylon, NY 11704.
73's Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com
Almost 300 lighthouses... will be on the air for the 2010 International Lighthouse/Lightship weekend, 8/21- 8/22.
And if they have an APRS radio and change their SYMBOL to the lighthouse symbol, then we can see them on http://aprs.fi
Or, if enough of them select the Lighthouse symbol, then you can see them on:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/symbol.cgi?icon=%5CL&limit=200
And, they can all communicate with each other and anyone else on the planet's APRS radio by sending an APRS message to CQSRVR with the first two words of the message being "CQ LOTA ..."
See how www.aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
AN easy way to make contact. Bob, Wb4APR
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Peter Portanova -
Robert Bruninga