Lighthouses having their first activation

A trend emerging with the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend in August is for a few to find a lighthouse location that has not previously been activated by amateur radio.

While organisers of the friendly annual event like to see amateur stations returning year after year to the same location, it's pleasing that some new lighthouses, or those not registered for some time, being included.

Already quite a few enquiries around the world have been received about new lights, lightships and maritime beacons.

There are still some easy to reach lighthouses yet to be activated. If you are operating portable from such a location, then please do let everyone know.

With 185 registrations already, who will be the lucky number 200 on the growing list from 27 countries.

The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend is on 17-18 August 2013.

More information at http://www.illw.net

International Museums Weekend special event

The International Museums Weekend special event will take place on the double weekends of 15th & 16th June and 22nd & 23rd June.

Radio amateurs are encouraged to participate in this event by setting up stations in their local museums.

Organiser Harry, M1BYT, asks that all those intending to take part in the event should register their museum via the web form please, on the International Museums Weekend website - http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/imw

Special Event Station 2O12L - update

The organisers of 2O12L, the most successful amateur radio special event station of all time and celebrating the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Summer of 2012, have now released a 45 minute DVD of the event.

Produced by team member Fred Curtis G3SVK, the DVD goes behind the scenes of the event, telling the story of how those 69,644 QSOs were made possible.

Details can be found at their web-site http://www.2o12l.com under the ‘News’ link.