The Morecambe Bay Amateur Radio Society (MBARS) participated in the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on Sunday the 18th of August 2024, 09:00 to 15:00 UTC.

We had a hf station on 40 and 20m SSB, and a station on the QO-100 satellite, again SSB.

Operating location, the cafe.

The Lighthouse on the Stone Pier.

40 m dipole

hf mast set-up

hf aerial (a sloping dipole.)

hf operators, M7DYP and M0IXK

hf operator 2E0FKX
(QO-100 station in the background.)

hf operators, G0LWU and M7ASK

QO-100 dish, 85cm, 10W at the POTY feed.

DX Patrol down-converter.

Kuhne up-converter, 20W o/p.

Satellite rig, Icom IC-9700.

Satellite operator, G8TZJ.

In 2024 we contacted;

on QO-100 satellite, 56 QSO’s, with 6 lighthouses.

on hf, 50 QSO’s, with 10 lighthouses.

QSO’s on QO-100 in 2024.

Countries worked on
QO-100 in 2024.

Countries worked on hf
in 2024.

Qso’s on hf in 2024. (40m = red pin, 20m = orange pin.)

Photos by G0RDH and G8TZJ