![]() It is also free and there are no prizes for contacting large numbers of other stations. It is one of the most popular international amateur radio events in existence probably because there are very few rules and it is not the usual contest type event. The ILLW usually takes place on the 3rd full weekend in August each year and attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries. The history of this event can be found elsewhere on this site. However, the major event which takes place in August is the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend, ILLW, which came into being in 1998 as the Scottish Northern Lights Award run by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group. Their objective is to encourage Lighthouse managers, keepers and owners to open their lighthouse or lightstation and related visitors centres to the public with a view to raising the profile of lighthouses, lightvessels and other navigational aids, and preserving our maritime heritage. In Britain t he Association of Lighthouse Keepers, ALK, conducts International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend on the same weekend as the ILLW in August. This event is known as the US National Lighthouse Week. Some years ago the United States Congress declared August 7th as their National Lighthouse Day and during that first week in August amateur radio operators in America set up portable stations at lighthouses and endeavour to make contact with each other. Countries all over the world have become involved in one for or another of lighthouse activity. Next year: 00.01 UTC 19th August to 24.00 UTC 20th August 2023 (48 hours)įor some reason or other August seems to have become the international weekend for lighthouses. This year 00.01UTC 20th August to 24.00UTC 21st August 2022 (48 hours) Normally held on the 3rd full weekend in August International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend - ILLW
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