New Point Comfort Light - ARLHS USA-543

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Also Known As: ARLHS USA 543, USA-543, USA 543
State or Province	Virginia
Lighthouse Coordinates (DO NOT USE FOR MARINE NAVIGATION) 37.30107, -76.27780 37° 18.064' N, 076° 16.668' W 37° 18' 04" N, 076° 16' 40" W
Map Link - KML
Maidenhead Coordinates aka 'Gridsquare' FM17uh
Structure removed, relocated, destroyed or otherwise lost?	no
Listed in the World List of Lights since 2006-06-01
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/va.htm http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/types/octagonals.html http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=442 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Point_Comfort_Light

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Amateur radio activity for this Lighthouse
Start Date	End Date	Callsign	Notes
2011-08-04	2011-08-04	KD4QIT	On August 4th with the trailer loaded with what was needed I set off for New Point Comfort Lighthouse in Matthews County Va!!. I had planned a radio activation of the lighthouse an with me were Dan W4DPL, Scott AE4TC and Charles KK4AIO. We got there by 8:30am got everything setup and was opearting by 9:30am and we worked stations until 3pm. We had issues to arise the tide came in so the water levels under vehicles got a little high which made things a little tricky we had to move the generator a few times to keep it out of the water !!!. It was a muggy day but the sun was not out in full force so the fans in the trailer made it bearable we operated 20meter psk31 ,20 meter SSB ,30 meter psk31 and were not to successful on 15 and 40 but had a blast and we made over 50 contacts during the event !! All qsl's will be uploaded to eqsl and lotw to cut back on the postage costs had a great time but forgot to take pictures and to install the matching element on the 15 meter beam so that antenna did not work well didn't even think about the element until i got home and was putting everything away .
2006-08-19	2006-08-20	N4P
2005-05-28	2005-05-28	KD3CQ
2001-08-04	2001-08-04	N4P

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2011-08-04

KD4QIT

On August 4th with the trailer loaded with what was needed I set off for New Point Comfort Lighthouse in Matthews County Va!!. I had planned a radio activation of the lighthouse an with me were Dan W4DPL, Scott AE4TC and Charles KK4AIO. We got there by 8:30am got everything setup and was opearting by 9:30am and we worked stations until 3pm. We had issues to arise the tide came in so the water levels under vehicles got a little high which made things a little tricky we had to move the generator a few times to keep it out of the water !!!. It was a muggy day but the sun was not out in full force so the fans in the trailer made it bearable we operated 20meter psk31 ,20 meter SSB ,30 meter psk31 and were not to successful on 15 and 40 but had a blast and we made over 50 contacts during the event !! All qsl's will be uploaded to eqsl and lotw to cut back on the postage costs had a great time but forgot to take pictures and to install the matching element on the 15 meter beam so that antenna did not work well didn't even think about the element until i got home and was putting everything away .

2006-08-19

2006-08-20

N4P

2005-05-28

KD3CQ

2001-08-04

N4P

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