[CTSARA] Fwd: [gnarc] Sheffield Island Operation Report

[KB1YLQ, Steve]

See below...Steve , KB1YLQ Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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This past Saturday, 7 hams from GNARC and SARA participated in International Lightship and Lighthouse Weekend. (www.illw.net).  We were on Sheffield Island, off the Norwalk shore.  The Seaport Association generously provided us transportation to and from the island.We put up two resonant dipoles, one on 40m and one on 20m, 90 degrees to each other. We also used the club’s band filters to further reduce the chance of interference, and it worked well. N1EV was used as the call sign. We ran two Icom IC-7300s. One on battery, one on the island’s solar system.Many contacts were made on 40m, and a fair amount on 20m, although that band was much tougher.  We worked stations all up and down the East coast and into Canada, including several other lighthouses. Everyone got a chance to operate, and Lyz W1LYZ made her first ever HF contact.  Time to get that general!Unfortunately, due to weather, the captain cancelled the later ferries, so we had to pack up quickly and take an earlier boat back. But everyone enjoyed the session, and we had enough time to operate and tour the lighthouse.Lyz W1LYZ, Peter KC1PWH, Jon AI1V, Tom W1TEG, Steve KB1YLQ did most of the operating.Special thanks to Paul W1PPL who came out early with me on the staff boat to get a jump start on antenna setup. We were able to have almost everything done before the operating team arrived.Look for pictures later on GNARC.ORG and Facebook. Our next event will be the Lighthouse to Lighthouse charity race on September 15th. We will be providing comms for race control.  There are marine and shore based operating stations.73Paul WB2JVB