Tuesday, July 14, 2015

International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend - August 15-16

INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND
by Dave Timmons, W2DST

Once again we have received permission to operate station K2R from the grounds of the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, Rochester N.Y. for the 2015 event.


International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend

AN ANNUAL AMATEUR RADIO WEEKEND EVENT.
FOUNDED IN 1995 BY TWO MEMBERS OF THE AYR AMATEUR RADIO GROUP, (AARG), SCOTLAND, AND HELD ON THE THIRD FULL WEEKEND IN AUGUST.
15-16 August 2015 - Duration 48 hours from 0001 UTC 15.8.2015

During last year's event the station was operated by Tim Brown WB2PAY, Laura Enders KD2BEA and Dave Timmons W2DST. We had several visitors and made 125 contacts in 23 states and 4 countries. We contacted 21 lighthouses and 1 lightship.

If interested in participating this year please contact Dave Timmons W2DST at W2DST@arrl.net. Operating hours will generally be from 11 AM to 5 PM both days.

Links:
ILLW - http://illw.net/
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse - http://www.geneseelighthouse.org/

*borrowed from the June RARA RAG newsletter

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Adirondack & North Country Amateur Radio

Blue Mtn. Repeater January 2015

With the peak summer season upon us, more of us are getting out into the outdoors. For those of you who head to the north country, we thought we would share some of the great Ham Radio information for that area. With spotty cell phone service, the Amateur repeaters can also be a great asset in an emergency. Many of the repeaters are located on very high profile mountains with excellent coverage. There are over (40) listed repeaters in the North Country, so check them out. Thanks to all the North Country repeater owners/trustees and their support teams for putting together some great coverage repeaters.

See all the ADK/North Country repeater and club information here: http://nnyara.net/ 

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Field Day 2015 Reports.......June 27th & 28th

SCDXA at the Lake

Salt City DX Association had a nice set up on the east shore of Onondaga Lake next to the Yacht Club. From all reports they were pretty successful with over 1200 QSO's!

Equipment:
Station 1-Kenwood TS590
Station 2- Elecraft K3
GOTA station W2AXR-Alinco DX70TH

Logging software:
Networked N3FJP on 3 laptops

Antennas:
Hex beam at 50 ft on crank up AB577 Mast for 20-10 mtrs
Inverted Vees at 45 ft for 80/40 mtrs
Multiband vertical 40-10 near the shore

Generator:
Honda 2000i 1600 watts continuous


Radio Amateurs of Greater Syracuse (RAGS) had their Field Day operation at the Camillus Ski Lodge in Camillus, NY.  They were running four stations during the event and were running a digital station (PSK31 and RTTY), one CW station, and two SSB stations. I didn't get a report on their contact activity but heard folks had some good food and a very nice time!












Thanks to the folks who forwarded reports and pictures to us!

Keep them coming! Email us at: UpstateHam@gmail.com