Lighthouse activities

• Members of the Old Barney Amateur Radio Club (OBARC) will be active as N2OB/150 (or N2OB/LH) starting at 0000z, on December 27th, through 2359z, January 4th (2009).

Operations will be on all bands and modes available. Activity is to celebrate the relighting and the 150th anni-
versary of the "Barnegat Lighthouse" (nicknamed "Old Barney"). Yes,"Old Barney" will officially be relit on January 1, 2009, which is the 150th anniversary of its original lighting on January 1st, 1859. The lighthouse was officially shut down in 1944 and became a state park in 1957. Since that time only a 250 watt light was lit for aesthetics only.

On January 1st, a new light with a new fresnel lens will be lit and "Old Barney" will once again be an official (private) navigational aid. For more info on the relighting, visit the following Web page at:
http://www.southjersey.com/articles/?articleid=19695

N2OB/150 stations will be operating from various locations around"Ocean County". Some operations from the lighthouse property may be possible, and the callsign N2OB/LH will be used which will count for working the lighthouse and IOTA NA-111. A nice color photo QSL is being planned showing the relighting of the lighthouse. QSL via N2OB (SASE
requested) or by the Bureau is "OK". Visit the OBARC Web page at: http://www.obarc.org

• Members of the Turkish group called TCSWAT (Special Wireless Activity Team) will activate a series of lighthouses during the following five months from the historical lighthouses around Istanbul.

In collaboration with the Directorate General of Coastal Safety, TCSWAT is organizing the "Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air" activities which will take place from Karaburun (TUR 036), Sile (TUR 046), Anadolu (TUR 014), Ahirkapi (TUR 056), Rumeli/Turkeli (TUR 053) and Fenerbahce (TUR 021) Lighthouses during the last two weekends of December 2008.

The dates, locations and callsigns are as the following:
December 20-21st - Karaburun Lighthouse (TUR 036) as TC1KLH
27-28th - Karaburun Lighthouse (TUR 036) as TC1KLH
January 17-18th - Sile Lighthouse (TUR 046) as TC2SLH
January 24-25th - Anadolu Lighthouse (TUR 014) as TC2ALH
February 21-22nd - Ahirkapi Burnu Lighthouse (TUR 056) as TC1ALH
March 21-22nd - Rumeli/Turkeli Lighthouse (TUR 053) as TC1RLH
April 4-5th - Fenerbahce Lighthouse (TUR 021) as TC2FLH

Stations contacting four or more of the lighthouses will receive an "Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air Award". Details will be announced later on the following Web sites at: http://tcswat.tripod.com
http://ta0u.com

More lighthouses will be activated in the future by TCSWAT. The TCSWAT team members include: Urcun/TA0U, Leonardo/TA1FR, Mert/TA1ST, Tevfik/ TA1HZ, Erhan/TA2DJ, Bekir/TA2RX, Mehmet/TB1J and Onur/TB2MYE.

• Operators Ron WB3AAL, Jim KA3UNQ and Stan N2US will be active as homecall/p during the ARLHS Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party (between December 20th and January 4th) from the lighthouse (ARLHS USA-857) in Turkey Point, Maryland. Activity will be on all bands and modes.

QSL via the station's home callsign with a SASE or by the
Bureau. N2US uses the LoTW. For details on the Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party (LCL), see: http://arlhs.com/LCL-2008-guidelines.html

Source: OPDX