{"id":1205,"date":"2006-05-13T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ni0l.com\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2006-05-13T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-13T12:20:00","slug":"old-point-comfort-lighthouse-activation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/2006\/05\/13\/old-point-comfort-lighthouse-activation\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Point Comfort Lighthouse activation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni0l.com\/pictures\/arls.gif\" align=\"left\">What a wonderful morning at Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Fort Monroe, VA on the Chesapeake!  Blue, clear skies, temp at 60d F, with a slight breeze.  I could see the Norfolk Navy Base across the bay and watched as USNS Comfort pulled out towards the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled up to my position on the top of the wall surrounding historic Fortress Monroe, right above the moat.  Instead of using my mag mount Hamstick, I set up the homebrew vertical dipole on the edge of the wall, raising the mast to about 10 feet.  Setup was complete by about 0740\/1140(UTC) and started calling CQ on 40M.<\/p>\n<p>Callsign      State         Member<br \/>\nWA1OHR        CT             Y\/#587<br \/>\nW1VR          FL             Y\/#143 operating from USA 869<br \/>\nW1MCE         NH             Y\/#491<\/p>\n<p>The band died down and I took W1MCE&#8217;s advised and switched to 20M.<\/p>\n<p>Callsign      State           Member<br \/>\nVO1RYL        Canada         Y\/#1218<br \/>\nK0VDP          ND               N<br \/>\nKB7IOG         WA               N<br \/>\nKE5FWY         TX               N<br \/>\nKB7BGS         UT               N<br \/>\nKC0UIQ         CO               N<br \/>\nKE7CWR         WA               N<\/p>\n<p>I then dropped back down to 40M to finish up the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Callsign      State            Member<br \/>\nK2DNV          NJ                Y\/#1004<br \/>\nN3LWM          PA                N<br \/>\nK8WFL          OH                N<br \/>\nN8GW           OH                N<\/p>\n<p>I shut down at 1050\/1450(UTC) and packed up.  Thank you for the contacts and the spots on DX Summit and the Beacon Bot.  I really enjoyed all the exchanges.  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni0l.com\/pictures\/usaars_sm.gif\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Please look for US Army Amateur Radio Society&#8217;s special event station W4M on 27-28 May, operating from Fort Monroe (and USA 567) in commemoration of Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p>KTF!<\/p>\n<p>73 Scott AD7MI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderful morning at Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Fort Monroe, VA on the Chesapeake! Blue, clear skies, temp at 60d F, with a slight breeze. I could see the Norfolk Navy Base across the bay and watched as USNS Comfort pulled out towards the Atlantic. 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