[K3CAL] Final Lighthouse plans

Fri Aug 17 23:18:07 EDT 2012

Storms here tonight also Peter
Hopefully they will be gone tomorrow morning 
K3CAL sets up at 8am tomorrow 
we will list up for you sometime late morning 
Stay Safe 

73
Brian
KB3WFV

--- On Fri, 8/17/12, mistralholt at comcast.net <mistralholt at comcast.net> wrote:

From: mistralholt at comcast.net <mistralholt at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [K3CAL] Final Lighthouse plans
To: "Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL" <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Friday, August 17, 2012, 7:28 PM

#yiv383120711 p {margin:0;}Hi, From Seguin Island Lighthouse,
   We set up early and got on the air about 1700hrs and made three unofficia lcontacts, all on 17 meters, and then the entire lighthouse and surrounding area experienced a blackout.  Coast Guard was notified.  Then a big T-storm came at us and we just gotourelectricity back up but there is so much lightning about we cannot get back on the air, so W1S will be back on tomorrow, Saturday, morning.  Hope to catch some of you then.
73's
Peter KB3SXB  (W1S) special event call sign

From: mistralholt at comcast.net
To: "Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL" <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Jack Carlisle" <carlislejl at yahoo.com>, "John Brewster" <jbrew at nc.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:34:33 PM
Subject: Re: [K3CAL] Final Lighthouse plans

#yiv383120711 p {margin:0;}

Hi, Bill and Wayne, and everyone.  Glad to see you are all up for the LIght House event.  Two friends and I hope weather will allow us to set up W1S (special event call sign) on Seguin Island about 3 miles off the coast of Maine.  We are putting our gear in an outboard motorboat on Friday and will set up Friday afternoon actually running a dipole off the light house itself to a pole some 90 feet away.  We have been provided a room at the base of the light house tower (180 ft above the water) with electricity and lighting.  We will work with a Kenwood TS2000.  Hope to contact you on the air.  We will be able to spend the night in the light house (it has two guest rooms).  Our ground rod will be the lightning rod running off the lighthouse tower, hope we are not having the t storms which are predicted for Saturday.

Look forward to hearing, you,
73's
Peter  KB3SXB

From: "KB3WFV" <kb3wfv at yahoo.com>
To: k3cal at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:19:25 PM
Subject: [K3CAL] Final Lighthouse plans

Hello all 
Below is  a BUNCH of information for the lighthouse event. But first I need some help.
I need folding tables and chairs for this weekend. If anyone has some please contact me at KB3WFV at yahoo.com 

The International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend

WHERE: 
Cove Point Lighthouse (at the end of Cove Point Road in Lusby Maryland) 

WHEN: 
Saturday August 18th @ 8:00 AM overnight until Sunday August 19th. 

(Actual quitting time to depend on operator enthusiasm. I anticipate that we would be done around 5 or 6 PM but the event ends August 19th @ 8:00 PM.)

IMPORTANT NOTE
The Cove Point Lighthouse property is open to the public between the hours 
of 1PM to 4PM on Saturday and Sunday ONLY. At all other times the gate to the lighthouse property will be CLOSED. 
CARA members and their quests who would like access to the event outside of these hours can call by 2 meter radio on 146.580 simplex or by telephone at 301-641-1674 and someone will open the gate for you.

TALK IN FREQUENCY: 
146.580 simplex

Cold sandwiches, drinks and Cookies Saturday afternoon 
Pizza and soda Saturday evening 
Please bring your own Food and drinks if you are planning to stay overnight or stop by on Sunday. 

Below is a list of some of the members who have volunteered equipment and or time for the event. If anyone else would like to operate a station at this event please contact me at KB3WFV at yahoo.com .

Bill Hackett - N3XMZ
Operator 

Dick Ratcliffe - W3RBR
Operator 

K3CAL 
The associations K3 HF rig and Pizza and Soda for Saturday evening

Ron - WA4PRR 
Will provide the same HF station and antenna that he had at Field Day and is also the  designer of the Lighthouse QSL card 

Bob - N3PPH
Will provide the same Digital station and antenna that he had at Field Day

Dick - N3VkW

Will provide the same HF rig that he had at Field Day 

Steve- N3IPN
Will provide 2 sections of Rohn tower (slightly lower than the tower at field day) and a A3 Beam antenna much smaller than the beast from field day

Bob - KF3AA
Will also have a digital station and his same vertical antenna that he had at Field Day 

Dave - W3PQS
2m/440 dual band antenna and mast for simplex talk-in station 

K3UGA
2m/440 dual band radio for talk-in station 

Dave - N3TZO
Will set up and man the Public Information booth similar to the one seen at Field Day

Wayne - N1WROperator and Has been very instrumental as the spokesperson for CARA with the Calvert Marine Museum

Jack - KB3WUM
and his wife Judi will provide cold sandwiches, drinks and cookies mid-day Saturday 

There are currently 327 entrants on the official list for the ILLW. This promises to be a fun event. Not only are contacts from other lighthouses expected but also contacts from amateurs who want to collect the special edition QSL card for the lighthouse event,

Come on by and say HI or get on the air. 
We look forward to seeing you there  

Thanks 
Brian
KB3WFV
email : KB3WFV at yahoo.com

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