K1N – 2015
The club set up a more ambitious field station at the Newburyport Harbor Light (Plum Island, US0108) for the 2015 International Lighthouse and Lightship event on August 15-16, 2015.
Thank you to the Newburyport Daily News for covering the event.
The Newburyport Harbor Light is maintained by the Friends of Plum Island Light, Inc. and non-profit organization, P.O. Box 381, Newburyport, MA 01950. Phone: 978-973-6935
Email friendsofpilight@aol.com
Event Summary
On day 1 we made 73 contacts and had to respond to some exciting weather conditions. We were QRT as the storms rolled through and were back on the air for the grey line.
The team loading up the Millennium Falcon and preparing for the transit.
Spiderbeam is up!
Day one set-up.
Happy operators!
A bit of excitement as a large thunderstorm moved through. Spiderbeam rode it out like a champ!
Day 2
The weather was much improved on day 2 and the team was very happy when the 40m and 20m bands opened up. The QSO total was 200 for the two days of operation.
KC1BDD working on the Mk 1 Mod 1 logging apparatus.
KC1CMF managing a pile-up on Elecraft Kx3 (thank you Dave, KD1NA).
K1RID and KN1O sporting the latest K1N swag!
Late afternoon on day two – clear skies and the bands were opening.
One of over 120 contacts on day 2:
A great summary of the event filmed and produced by Maria Mataac:
The Millennium Falcon is loaded and On the Move (OM) after breaking down the site.
