{"id":200,"date":"2016-09-27T11:20:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T14:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avarc.ca\/?p=200"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:21:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T14:21:48","slug":"margaretsville-light-activation-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avarc.ca\/index.php\/margaretsville-light-activation-september-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaretsville Light Activation September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone<\/p>\n

Our first lighthouse activation went very well! Ten AVARC members showed up at the Margaretsville Light, and we quickly erected two 24-foot masts that supported dipoles for 20m and 30m, and a 33-foot vertical antenna for 40m. Several people also brought along their own portable stations with mag-mount antennas for the HF bands, and in short order we had 5 transmitters operational.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, propagation sucked today! Despite that however, we made several dozen phone, CW and digital QSOs. We worked a number of US states, including a few hard-to-get ones like Nebraska. We also received excellent signal reports into Europe, and worked Ireland, England, France, Austria, Spain, and the Czech Republic. Not bad for dipoles a few meters off the ground!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if we’ll be able to schedule another lighthouse activation before the winter hits, but we’ll definitely be doing this again!<\/p>\n

73
\nAl
\nVO1NO \/ VA1AVR<\/p>\n

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