International Lighthouse &
Lightship Weekend.
20th-21st-August-2022.
From-South Solitary Island
S:30 12 24 x E:153 16 02.
Click>>>HERE for an Island
picture.
Three Coffs Harbour Radio Club members will be operating from
South Solitary Island.
during the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend.
ILLW.
We have been given permission from the NPWS office in Coffs
Harbour.
We are accessing the Island by local helicopter company,
Precision Helicopters.
The 23 acre island is 18km north east from Coffs Harbour and
is only accessible by Helicopter.
ILLW operating hours are
Local times 10:00 Saturday 20th to 10:00 Monday
22nd
GMT times 00:01 Saturday 20th to 23:59 Sunday 21st
The Lighthouse number is AU-0054
and Islands of the Air id is OC-194
The Callsign for the weekend will be VK2FM
The three club members are
Russell Wotherspoon----VK4NGN
Russell Ashdown-------VK2VK
Freddo McSkimming----VK2FM
Our presence on the Island is from Lunchtime Friday August
19th
until Lunchtime on Monday the 22nd
and would welcome contacts before during, and after the ILLW
hours
We will be operating from the now vacant light-keepers
cottage which is adjacent to the lighthouse
Antennas are G5RV on HF and 5/8 wave ground-plane on 2m
HF frequencies are mainly on the 80m, 40m, 20m bands using
one G5RV antenna
VHF frequencies on 2m FM via Coffs 146.850 mhz repeater then
switching to simplex on 146.0 mhz
VHF USB on 144.1 mhz. Using 5/8 G/plane antenna on a mobile
tripod
Sorry--no CW
Island history---------www.southsolitaryisland.com.au
QRZ page----www.qrz.com/db/vk2fm/
Website with pics---http://vk2fm.atwebpages.com/
Radio Club webpage---------https://www.chadarc.org.au
with links
Event qsl address -----mailto:vk2fm@mail.com
fred [ freddo ]
McSkimming.vk2fm---ph-02-66531511---vk2fm@dodo.com.au
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