Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air

There will be a series of Lighthouse activations by TCSWAT during the following five months from the historical lighthouses around Istanbul / Republic of Turkiye.

In collaboration with the Directorate General of Coastal Safety, TCSWAT is organising the 'Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air' activity, 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 as of last two weekends of December 2008.

The dates, locations and callsigns are as follows:
January 17-18th Sile Lighthouse TUR 046 / TC2SLH;
January 24-25th Anadolu Lighthouse TUR 014 / TC2ALH; February 21-22nd Ahirkapý Burnu Lighthouse TUR 056 / TC1ALH;
March 21-22nd Rumeli/Turkeli Lighthouse TUR 053 / TC1RLH; April 4-5th Fenerbahçe Lighthouse TUR 021 / TC2FLH.

Stations contacting four or more of the lighthouses will recieve "Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air Award".

Details will be later announced on the website: ta0u.com/ and tcswat.tripod.com/. More lighthouses will be activated in the future by TCSWAT.

The lighthouse TCSWAT team will be:
Urcun TA0U, Leonardo TA1FR, Mert TA1ST, Tevfik TA1HZ, Erhan TA2DJ, Bekir TA2RX, Mehmet TB1J and Onur TB2MYE.

QSL direct to TA1HZ (QRZ.com).