International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend

AN ANNUAL AMATEUR RADIO WEEKEND EVENT. 
CONDUCTED UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE AYR AMATEUR RADIO GROUP, SCOTLAND.

HELD ON THE THIRD FULL WEEKEND IN AUGUST.

WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY EVENT ORGANIZER KEVIN, VK2CE.

Next Year's Event - 20-21 August 2011 - Duration 48 hours

Welcome to the web site for the ILLW. This annual amateur radio event was started in Scotland in 1995 by Mike Dalrymple (GM4SUC) and other members of Ayr Amateur Radio Group. Today the group is committed to the longterm ownership, development, administration and non-commercial operation of the event on behalf of the world-wide radio amateur community. Through its efforts in these areas AARG hopes to ensure that the ILLW and Mike's dream (of a premier international goodwill event) shall continue for many years in a truly amateur environment.

  The event came into being from the Scottish Northern Lighthouses award weekend . See also the Ayr Group web site for further history and here for the original ILLW web site and 1998 list by Bob Dixon, GM3ZDH. Over the past 13 years it has grown to over 400 lighthouses in some 50 countries around the world participating in the event.

The event is always held on the 3rd full weekend in August starting at 0001 UTC on Saturday and finishing at 2359 UTC on Sunday. It also now coincides on the Sunday with the International Lighthouse Day which is an event organised by the International Association of Lighthouse Keepers whereby as many world lighthouses will be open to the public for the day.

PURPOSE

The basic objective of the event is to promote public awareness of lighthouses and lightships and their need for preservation and restoration, to promote amateur radio  and to foster International goodwill.

So come and join us in the fun of the weekend, establish a station at a lighthouse, lightship or maritime beacon.  The more the merrier. If you decide to join us in the fun just fill in the official online entry form with your details. This will enable other stations to be aware of who is participating in the event. You may also send you entry, or any questions regarding the rules, via the "Contact Webmaster link in the main menu.

ILLW LOGO

The logo which appears at the top of the ILLW.net web pages is now a registered Trade Mark and as such may only be reproduced with the approval of the owners of the Trade Mark. Generally speaking there is no problem with entrants using the logo without permission on their web sites, Qsl cards or certificates as this usage is within the spirit of the event and to its benefit.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

The organisers of the ILLW, the Ayr Amateur Radio Group, Scotland, would like to thank all entrants for their loyalty and support of this web site and the fact that they have lodged entries via the official online entry form. We hope you have a very enjoyable weekend and we look forward to your participation next year.

It has come to our notice that there is confusing and inaccurate information on other web sites about the timing and duration of this year's ILLW event. Please see this page for details.

See where the 2009 and 2010 lighthouses are located with Google Earth. Click on the download button for the file.
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