International Lighthouses and Lightships on the Air Weekend (Saturday)
International Lighthouses and Lightships on the Air 2022
ILLW 2022 occurs on 20/21 August 2022, from 00:00 on Saturday to 23:59 on Sunday. Setup will occur on the Saturday morning and tear down will occur on Sunday evening, the outline programme is:
- 09:00 Arrive on site, transfer equipment to the John Sebastian and setup HF SSB station
- 10:00 Start operations
- 16:00 Close down station, dismantle rig etc. but leave antenna in situ
- 16:30 Leave site
- Lat/Long (WGS84 Geoid): 51.446530°,-2.594221°
- IARU: IO81qk
- IOTA: EU005 (UK Mainland)
- WAB: ST57 – England
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Aside from operating and logging there are a range of tasks that need attention to setup, operate, communicate and dismantle the station, these include:
- Setting up the station and antenna
- Operating the HF SSB Station
- Logging the contacts
- Checking the other participating stations that we work
- On site photography of the event
- On site video recording of the event setup, operating and dismantling
- On site audio recordings of QSOs etc.
- Social Media announcements via TWITTER and INSTAGRAM
- Explaining and Promoting Amateur Radio to visiting members of the public
- Dismantling the station and antenna
- After event reports to RadCom etc.
- After event video editing
- Website after action report