Copyright 2016 Eifion parry-MW6EYU
Copyright 2016 Eifion parry-MW6EYU
| Wrexham Amateur Radio Society activated Talacre - Point of Air Lighthouse on the weekend of 20-21 August 2016. Conditions on the weekend were not what we had hoped for, instead we battled through gale force winds and very heavy rain and it is a miracle our adapted station and accommodation survived the not so nice Welsh weather.Equipment used on this occasion werea Icom 756-with power of around 80w antennas were AP8A 8 band vertical from Cushcraft and an 11 ele yagi for 144 MHz.Our first ever Lighthouse event finished of with around 90+ contacts From all parts of the UK to Namibia Africa to the USA and many parts of Europe. We managed to contact 10 lighthouses around uk and europe so i suppose under the circumstances we did ok. Hopfully we will be back here again next year for the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend -ILLW Thanks to ENI for allowing us to set up station within the dunes of Talacre and take part in this event Regards Eifion-W A R S |