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Whiskey - Six - Lighthouse
Another
WQ6X Radio Expedition
International
Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend
allows us to
demonstrate the link between
Lighthouses
and Amateur Radio when it comes to
providing
emergency communications between ships and shore.
Pt. Montara Lighthouse |
|
Pigeon Pt. Lighthouse |
For 2012, WQ6X drove the lighthouse route from Vallejo to Santa Cruz, setting up portable operations along the way. Operating the North American QSO Party (NAQP) during Lighthouse weekend gave further training in portable station preparedness.
Read the CBC
News article about International Lighthouse Weekend.
Read the
article summary [HERE]
WQ6X has
conucted numerous other domestic radio expeditions for such events
as the November
Sweepstakes and the California
QSO party.
WQ6X is currently in Alameda California
For more information contact Ron Fitch.
Telephone Ron at: (818) 216-5376
E-mail Ron at: Ron@WQ6X.Info