Lark members and guests will be travelling to Michigans Lake Superior to do Special Event radio operation 'Remembering the Edmund Fifzgerald. We will be there from Nov. 6th -10th Operating from Whitefish Point, Saunders Sunrise Cabins ( on the Bay) and Tahquamonon Falls State park. Modes will be mostly SSB and FT8/FT4. This is the 49th Anniversary of the tragedy. Station N8F at Whitefish Point Paul W8PS, Rich W8VS and Randy WB8DDV Station W9F - W8LRK at Saunders Sunrise Cabins. Mark W8YA and KB8SW Station K8F at Tahquamonon Falls State Park (Rivermouth) Russ W8UKY and Mark K8MST Please look for us on the air and on the DX Clusters. Thank you, Mark W8YA 73
Thanks for posting! I hope to make contact. I grew up near The Big Lake they call Gitche Gumee. The story of The Fitz is as well known to me as any well known American History event. I still get goose bumps whenever I hear the song by Gordon Lightfoot; “….and later that night when his lights went outta sight, Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald..”
Hello everyone, thank you for the interest. We hope to put on a good special event. We are going to shake out the bugs for next year the 50th anniversary of the tragedy. Please be aware that W0JH from Stillwater, Minnesota and W8F from Livonia, MI will also be putting on special events at this time. So it looks like others from around the US share in our desire to honor the sailors who paid the ultimate price, and promote the museum and amateur radio. Thank you and see you on the air soon. A QSO with you will help keep us warm up on the big lake. best 73 Mark W8YA
We are getting ready to head up the to big lake. I am happy to report that I worked W0JH and got into their logbook. They were 20 over 9 here on 14.272 this weekend. I hope we can do this well from our location up in Paradise. On a side note, I didn't realize Paraside is only a 4 1/2 hour drive to the north. 73 all and I hope to get you into the log. Certificates are available for this event. Details are posted at http://www.w8lrk.org click on the picture of the big ship you can't miss it. Mark W8YA (W9F) Thank you.
Dr. Dave KB8V is at Tequamenon falls state park right now on 14.294 USB. POTA. this park is not too common I wouldn't think. We are getting started.
We are in Paradise, mi on the shores of Lake Superior. we are 2.5 miles north of town on the water. 80 and 40 ft8 SSB and some CW tomorrow. thank you to all the stations working us We are spotting on the clusters. so look for our callsigns W9F, N8F, K8F thank you and 73 to all. I hope to post some pictures of the "expedition" soon.
Thanks to N8F (Randy) on 20M this morning for working very hard to make a QSO with me. Unfortunately propogation wasn’t in our favor. Great try though! I’ll give it another go this weekend!
Thank you to everyone who made contact with us. On Behalf of all of the special event operators I would like to say thank you. We had a lot of support from family and friends. The weather was great and we made a lot of contacts. It was nice to operate in a low noise setting with lots of stations trying to work us. I was running the ICOM IC705 with a Mercury 3 amplifier. I was dimming the lights in the cabin with CW. It was a good feeling. 73 all and see you next year for the 50th anniversary. A special thanks to all the ops who took time to tell us their memories of the ship. It really has a special place in peoples hearts. Mark W8YA / W9F
