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SUMMARY:International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend - ILLW 2024
DESCRIPTION:For some reason or other August seems to have become the inte
 rnational weekend for lighthouses. Countries all over the world have bec
 ome involved in one for or another of lighthouse activity. Some years ag
 o the United States Congress declared August 7th as their National Light
 house Day and during that first week in August amateur radio operators i
 n America set up portable stations at lighthouses and endeavour to make 
 contact with each other. This event is known as the US National Lighthou
 se Week.\n\nIn Britain the Association of Lighthouse Keepers\,&nbsp\;ALK
 \, conducts International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend on the same weeken
 d as the ILLW in August. Their objective is to encourage Lighthouse mana
 gers\, keepers and owners to open their lighthouse or lightstation and r
 elated visitors centres to the public with a view to raising the profile
  of lighthouses\, lightvessels and other navigational aids\, and preserv
 ing our maritime heritage.\n\nHowever\, the major event which takes plac
 e in August is the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend\,&nbsp\;IL
 LW\, which came into being in 1998 as the Scottish Northern Lights Award
  run by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group. The history of this event can be fo
 und elsewhere on this site. The ILLW usually takes place on the 3rd full
  weekend in August each year and attracts over 500 lighthouse entries lo
 cated in over 40 countries. It is one of the most popular international 
 amateur radio events in existence probably because there are very few ru
 les and it is not the usual contest type event. It is also free and ther
 e are no prizes for contacting large numbers of other stations. There is
  little doubt that the month of August has become "Lighthouse Month" due
  largely to the popularity and growth of the ILLW.
URL:https://www.hb9af.ch/events/international-lighthouse-lightship-weeken
 d-illw-2024/
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