International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend - ILLW
Normally held on the 3rd full weekend in August
Next year: 00.01 UTC 17th August to 24.00 UTC 18th August 2024 (48 hours)
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For some reason or other August seems to have become the international weekend for lighthouses. Countries all over the world have become involved in one for or another of lighthouse activity. Some years ago the United States Congress declared August 7th as their National Lighthouse Day and during that first week in August amateur radio operators in America set up portable stations at lighthouses and endeavour to make contact with each other. This event is known as the US National Lighthouse Week.
In Britain the Association of Lighthouse Keepers, ALK, conducts International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend on the same weekend as the ILLW in August. Their objective is to encourage Lighthouse managers, keepers and owners to open their lighthouse or lightstation and related visitors centres to the public with a view to raising the profile of lighthouses, lightvessels and other navigational aids, and preserving our maritime heritage.
However, the major event which takes place in August is the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend, ILLW, which came into being in 1998 as the Scottish Northern Lights Award run by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group. The history of this event can be found elsewhere on this site. The ILLW usually takes place on the 3rd full weekend in August each year and attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries. It is one of the most popular international amateur radio events in existence probably because there are very few rules and it is not the usual contest type event. It is also free and there are no prizes for contacting large numbers of other stations. There is little doubt that the month of August has become "Lighthouse Month" due largely to the popularity and growth of the ILLW.
In occasione del ILLW International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, la Sezione A.R.I. di Genova attiverà nel weekend del 17 e 18 agosto 2024 una stazione radioamatoriale dal faro di Punta Vagno utilizzando per l'occasione il nominativo speciale II1PV.
La stazione trasmetterà nelle giornate di Sabato 17 e Domenica 18 Agosto p.v.indicativamente dalle ore 10.00 alle ore 18.00 (ora locale italiana)
Modi di emissione: SSB, CW, FM e tutti i modi digitali.
Bande: 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6 e 2 metri.
Il faro di Punta Vagno porta le seguenti referenze:
WAIL LI-006
ILLW IT - 0018
A.R.LH.S ITA-151
Per l’occasione verrà realizzata una QSL speciale a conferma del QSO ed inviata a tutti gli OM/SWL che avranno collegato/ascoltato la Stazione II1PV
A fine manifestazione verrà caricato il log su arigenova logonline
https://www.arigenova.it
Di seguito i riferimenti dell'evento
International Lighthouse
WAIL scheda Punta Vagno
http://www.qrz.com/
https://www.illw.net
http://wlol.arlhs.com/lighthouse/ITA151.html
Vi Aspettiamo!!
Domenica 18 Agosto la Sezione A.R.I. di Savona O.D.V. attiverà, in occasione del Lighthouse Lightship Weekend, il Faro Capo di Vado con il nominativo IQ1SV.
Vi aspettiamo ON AIR ! Per info contattare arisavona(chiocciola)arisavona.it
IZ1KVQ Francesco Giordano
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qth: Genova - Italy
Grid: JN44LK
CQ Zone: 15
ITU Zone: 28
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