International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend
20 August 22 August 2010
The Point Clark lighthouse is located 18 kilometres south of Kincardine and 35 kilometres north of Goderich, Ontario.
Pictures by VE3ISX Barry
Your welcome to the event.
The voice of Pt. Clark Gord VE3DBP
Gord VE3DBP and Barry VE3ISX
The lighthouse was closed to the public
and the amateurs due to structural issues.
ONTARS wishes to thank the Elmira Club
for controlling during the weekend!
Bill VE3WBJ fires the bow to place the G5RV into the trees.
Adam VE3IZS at the Lighthouse Station Yaesu FT-920 with G5RV
Bob VE3IXX kicks things off at 8 am for the ONTARS Net.
Barry VE3ISX ONTARS net manager enjoying the low noise level.
VE3ISX Barry and Bill VE3WBJ
Percy VE3TOF
The assembled Elmira Radio Club Team
Gord VE3NQK and Al VA3TET
Norm took the prize during the weekend with a contact
on 20 m to Russia!
Bruce VE3QB * Bill VE3WBJ * Harold VE3DWH * Fred VE3CZ
Bruce "Weazle" VE3EAR
The lighthouse/car show event took place after our
amateur operations. Fresh corn, BBQ and all the trimmings!
Point Clark accomodations:
Cedarbrook Bed and Breakfast
where Barry and Judy VE3ISX Bill
VE3WBJ and Bruce VE3QB
enjoyed the Point Clark experience.
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Ray Reid B&B host
Best breakfast and lodgings for amateurs.
VE3ISX sidetrip visitations:
In that we were
in the area, a few extra
Eye Ball QSOs were
in order.
We visited Jeff VE3CV (congrats on the new call)
at his shack in Varna..nice setup Jeff!
Only a few more KMs away was Joe VA3UJ
who made Judy and I feel at home in Parkhill.
Judy with Joe's wife "Lany".
Joe showed me his recently constructed SDR radio which
he is still updating...way to go Joe!
The board generates 1 watt and is fully
controlled by the nearby computer/sound card combo.
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