White River Light - Special Event Station

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Hey Everyone,

I wanted to announce here that the Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council, in conjunction with Muskegon County Emergency Communications Services will activate the White River Lighthouse this Sunday. The special event will run from 10:00 am to 7:00pm EDT. We will operate all bands on CW and Phone. Please look for Club Call W8ZHO or Special Event Call of W8L.

 

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An Update: We have confirmed our Special Event call for this event, listen for W8L on Sunday

 

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‎10/23/2011 | White River Light House Museum USA 885
Oct 23, 1400Z-2200Z, W8L/W8ZHO, Muskegon, MI. Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council & Muskegon County Emergency Communication Service. 21.335 21.050 14.335 7.275 146.940R and 144.220. Certificate & QSL. W8L / W8ZHO, PO Box 691, Muskegon, MI 49443.

 

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Combined effort special event station of the M.C.E.C.S. and MAARC at the White River Light Station.Call sign will be W8L. Most bands and modes are allowed for this event.

We encourage anyone that is a ham or anyone interested in becoming one to come out and enjoy the day.
This is a Joint effort by the Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Club and The Muskegon County Emergency Communications Services - ARES/RACES/Skywarn.

Also the Muskegon County Emergency Communication Mobile Command Post will be on site for the event.
Bring yourself a friend or family to see what we are all about.
This special event will be a activation of the White River Light station located in Whitehall , MI.
This event helps us to train in Emergency deployment communications in a portable situation off the main power grids normally provided by our community energy services.
Back-up communications when others would fail in a disaster related event , like cell phones ,commercial broadcast radio and local TV stations.

We would like to thank the White River Light Station Museum and Fruitland Township for allowing us to take part in this event to make contact with other stations nationwide and worldwide in the interests of historical Lighthouses and Amateur radio worldwide.
Our goal as operators is to make as many radio contacts to as many station as possible with the interest of the historical existance of our beautiful Light Station in Whitehall , Michigan.

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Remember to look for us on the air later today.