In 1998, the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend took place from 0001 UTC on Saturday 22 August until 2359 UTC on Sunday 23 August 1998 when radio amateurs of the world joined in the fun of the weekend by establishing stations at 151 lighthouses, lightships or maritime lights in 38 countries. Stations were QRV in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
This year the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will be from 0001 UTC on Saturday 21 August until 2359 UTC on Sunday 22 August 1999.
The event is NOT a contest, each stations decides how they will operate their station regards modes and bands. We have found that when it is quiet they have a natter and when there is a pileup they convert into a type of contest mode. We wish the operators to enjoy themselves and have fun while making contact with as many stations as possible. Some operators say fun - 10,000 contacts - OK, but we request that stations take some time to work the slow operator, the newly licensed and QRP stations too.
Participating stations are requested to add LIGHT, LGT, LIGHTHOUSE or LIGHTSHIP after their call.
We use the event segment of the 5 Classic bands with a center frequency if conditions are bad, at least we have one place we can (try to) meet.
CW
80m 3.510 - 3.540 Khz Center 3.521 +/-
40m 7.005 - 7.035 7.021 +/-
20m 14.010- 14.040 14.021 +/-
15m 21.010 - 21.040 21.021 +/-
10m 28.010 - 28.040 28.021 +/-
PHONE
80m 3.650 - 3.750 Khz Center 3.721 +/-
40m 7.040 - 7.100 7.051 +/-
20m 14.125 - 14.275 14.221 +/-
15m 21.150 - 21.250 21.221 +/-
10m 28.300 - 28.400 28.351 +/-
The 40 and 80 M frequencies are for European stations, if you are outside
Europe you can use any authorized frequencies
If you require any further information just contact me and I will do all I can to help. If you have already chosen your site could you let me know the call sign you will use, QTH and QSL information. This will be used to create a list of participating stations and issued to other amateurs and radio amateur media.
So, come and join us, the more the merrier.
73s from Scotland,
Mike GM4SUC
e-mail : gm4suc@compuserve.com