Fayerweather Lighthouse (USA-059) activation in Bridgeport, CT with the Greater Bridgeport Amateur Radio Club on September 26, 2020 operating as W1B! Enjoy
and i thought lighthouses on the air ,transmission within 500m of said lighthouse, unless i am mistaken its maybee a few metres past that ??
Well, it was close enough Come to the next event we would love to have you! Join the groups.io page from www.gbarc.net to get the updates! We do monthly foxhunts, and a net every Thursday night on the N1KGN repeater
For the lighthouse society rules we had to be within sight of the light. I think there is a different lighthouse group that may have that 500m stipulation. Thanks for the info.
Hi Guys Lovely post of the days events, we also have a lighthouse activity weekend here in GD land (Isle of Man) This Lighthouse is at the Point of Ayre, the most northerly tip of the Isle of Man. I regularly activate this one and we have to be as close as is practical to class as an activation. I trust you all had a great day and hope to meet up with you some day on the bands. 73, de Martyn GD3ZZN
Got a chance to do this myself a few years ago from the Point Arena Light Station in Northern California. Made lots of QSO's and had a blast.
So if I could see the light from another island I can still claim an activation? I activated Jekyll Island one night and was able to see the St Simons Lighthouse from my operating position.
well the ORIGINAL lighthouse activations weekends was started a few years ago by 2 Scottish gentleman, and it originally was only the lighthouses around the UK coast line it then expanded into Europe and eventually to the the US, due to not being able to physically access lighthouses due to automation ,that when the distance guidance came in, the activation has now been re named the international lighthouses & lightships weekend, the website is here :-https://illw.net/index.php and despite there being many lighthouses/lightships listed in the USA with there number , i not see the station "lighthouse" mentioned, and the original guidelines do state as near or adjacent to the lightship/lighthouse and one of the original founders is now Sierra Kilo , and not Sugar Kilowatt my point made