ARLA/CLUSTER: Bons resultados na participação mundial no ILLW 2012

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Good result for the ILLW

Many thanks to the record number of registered stations for the 15th
annual International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend.

In the lead on registrations was Australia very closely followed by
the US, Germany, England and the Netherlands. The next five were
Sweden, South Africa, Argentina, Scotland and Canada.

There were 472 registrations just ahead of last year, a very good
result despite having eight fewer countries participating, with
financial and political change thought to be contributing factors.

In some places, judging by the increased public visits, there was
interest in the ancient form of maritime navigation. The news media
also helped by running numerous stories about the weekend.

It met its intentions of raising awareness of the need to restore and
preserve the structures, promote amateur radio and spread goodwill.

Visit the website ILLW.NET for full details, reports from the many
activations, and online registration for the next fun event to be held
on August 17-18, 2013.

Jim Linton VK3PC